# Rakuten Pay

> Source: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/rakuten-pay
> research date 2026-06-01 · extracted at 2026-10-07
> Publisher: Barcoder — encyclopedia of QR, barcode and payment-code standards

Specifications:
- [Rakuten Pay — official](https://pay.rakuten.co.jp/)

## Supported standards

This wallet supports the following visual-code standards:

- [`rakuten-pay-qr`](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/standards/rakuten-pay-qr)

## Overview

**Rakuten Pay** is **Rakuten Japanese e-commerce mobile wallet** + **Rakuten Group Inc TYO: 4755 Japanese e-commerce conglomerate parent** + **one of Japan's largest e-commerce-anchored mobile wallets via Rakuten Ichiba + Rakuten Pointoポイント Rakuten Points integration** + **~40M+ Japanese users** <sup>[1][1], [Japan report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/JP)</sup>.

## History

**Oct 27 2016 — Rakuten Pay launched by Rakuten Group as Japanese e-commerce mobile wallet** distinctive Japanese e-commerce mobile wallet heritage.

**2018 — Rakuten Pay QR code payments rollout across Japanese retail**.

## Ownership & operator

**Operating entity**: **Rakuten Pay** (Rakuten Japanese e-commerce mobile wallet; Rakuten Group parent).

**Major shareholders**: **Rakuten Group Inc (TYO: 4755; Japanese e-commerce conglomerate; Rakuten Ichiba + Rakuten Bank + Rakuten Securities + Rakuten Mobile + Rakuten Card parent; Hiroshi Mikitani founder + CEO)**.

**Regulators**: **FSA Japan + BoJ**.

## Technical integration

Rakuten Pay mobile app (iOS + Android; ~40M+ Japanese users) + pay.rakuten.co.jp online + Rakuten Pay integration with Rakuten Card + Rakuten Bank + Rakuten Pointoポイント Rakuten Points loyalty; JP Zengin + JP QR Payment Link + Rakuten Pay QR Japanese e-commerce mobile QR payment scheme.

## Implementations & partners

**Rakuten Group parent**: [Rakuten Bank](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/rakuten-bank) (Rakuten Bank; TYO: 5838; Rakuten Japanese e-commerce digital bank subsidiary) + Rakuten Group (Rakuten Group Inc; TYO: 4755; Japanese e-commerce conglomerate; Rakuten Ichiba + Rakuten Bank + Rakuten Securities + Rakuten Mobile + Rakuten Card parent).

**Major Japanese mobile wallet + payments competitors**: [PayPay](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/paypay) (PayPay; SoftBank + LY Corporation JV; Japan's largest mobile wallet by users + transactions; ~65M+ Japanese users) + [LINE Pay](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/line-pay) (LINE Pay; LINE mobile wallet; Japanese operations via LY Corporation) + [d払い (d Barai)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/d-barai) (d払い d Barai NTT Docomo Japanese telecom mobile wallet; ~56M+ Japanese users) + [au PAY](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/au-pay) (au PAY KDDI Japanese telecom mobile wallet; ~35M+ Japanese users) + [MerPay](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/merpay) (MerPay Mercari Japanese mobile wallet) + [Suica](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/suica) (Suica JR East Japanese transit + retail prepaid card; ~100M+ Japanese Suica cards) + [Pasmo](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/pasmo) (Pasmo Tokyo Metropolitan Japanese transit + retail prepaid card; ~60M+ Japanese Pasmo cards) + [MUFG Bank (Mitsubishi UFJ Direct app)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/mufg-bank) (MUFG Bank Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group; TYO: 8306 + NYSE: MUFG; Japan's largest commercial bank by assets) + [Olive (SMBC + Sumitomo Mitsui Card)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/smbc-olive) (SMBC Olive Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation; TYO: 8316; Japan's #2 commercial bank by assets) + [Mizuho Bank (Mizuho Direct + Mizuho Wallet)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/mizuho-bank) (Mizuho Bank; TYO: 8411; Japan's #3 commercial bank by assets) + [Japan Post Bank (Yucho)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/japanpost-bank) (Japan Post Bank Yucho; TYO: 7182; world's largest bank by deposits) + [Seven Bank](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/seven-bank) (Seven Bank; TYO: 8410).

**Regulators**: FSA Japan + BoJ.

## Status

**Active, Rakuten Japanese e-commerce mobile wallet + Rakuten Group Inc TYO:4755 Japanese e-commerce conglomerate parent + one of Japan's largest e-commerce-anchored mobile wallets via Rakuten Ichiba + Rakuten Pointoポイント Rakuten Points integration + ~40M+ Japanese users** <sup>[1][1], [2][2]</sup>.

## Sources

[1]: https://pay.rakuten.co.jp/ "Rakuten Pay — official"
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakuten_Pay "Rakuten Pay — Wikipedia"
[jp-cro]: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/JP

- [1] [Rakuten Pay — official][1]
- [2] [Rakuten Pay — Wikipedia][2]
- <sup>[Japan report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/JP)</sup> In-corpus: `reports/countries/JP-japan.md`

## Source

Biography extracted from [rakuten-pay.md](https://docs.barcoder.ai/source/wallets/rakuten-pay). See `matrix.md` for standards-support matrix if present.