Selected as a Conditional Awardee for the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry’s FY2025 Supplementary Budget Fusion Energy Power Generation Demonstration Promotion Project Subsidy
Sep 13, 2026 • Kyoto Fusioneering
Starlight Engine
Starlight Engine Ltd.
Fusion Machine Developer
Founding Year
2025
Location
Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Company Founders
Kiyoshi Seko
Satoshi Konishi
Leadership
Kiyotaka KIKUCHI, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Kenzo IBANO, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Shuhei AZUMA, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer (CSO)
Yuto YOSHIOKA, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Website
Starlight Engine is a Japanese fusion energy startup established in April 2025 as a group company of Kyoto Fusioneering. It leads the FAST (Fusion by Advanced Superconducting Tokamak) project, a privately led industry-academia initiative aiming to demonstrate fusion power generation in the 2030s with a compact, low-aspect-ratio superconducting tokamak.
News
Starlight Engine Raises Over JPY 6 Billion in Its First External Funding Round
Jul 15, 2026 • Starlight Engine
The University of Tokyo, Starlight Engine, and Kyoto Fusioneering Sign a Joint Research Agreement
Apr 29, 2026 • Kyoto Fusioneering
Funding Received (Investment)
July 15, 2026
roundFirst external funding round
$37,400,000
Funding Received (Nondilutive)
August 31, 2026
programMETI Fusion Demonstration Subsidy
