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Rakuten Music
Rakuten Music · Rakuten Crimson House, 1-14-1 Tamagawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 158-0094, Japan · founded 2016
Plans and prices
Lite
20 hours per 30 days
Read 21 Sep 2026 · music.rakuten.co.jp
Standard
All functions · no song limits
Read 15 Oct 2026 · music.rakuten.co.jp
Student
Unlimited listening · maximum six-year eligibility
Read 15 Oct 2026 · music.rakuten.co.jp
Bundle
10 or 5 hours playback per 30 days · some downloads/full playback unavailable · no Web full playback
Read 15 Oct 2026 · corp.rakuten.co.jp
Light
20 hours playback per 30 days · some songs limited to 30-second previews
Read 15 Oct 2026 · music.rakuten.co.jp
Rakuten Card/Mobile member
Unlimited listening · all functions
Read 15 Oct 2026 · music.rakuten.co.jp
Annual Light
20 hours playback per 30 days · some songs limited
Read 15 Oct 2026 · music.rakuten.co.jp
Annual Standard
Unlimited listening · all functions
Read 15 Oct 2026 · music.rakuten.co.jp
On the record
- Ad-free listening
- The service advertises music playback without advertising interruptions.music.rakuten.co.jp · read 15 Oct 2026
- AI availability limit
- The AI music agent is for paid plans and excludes Bundle-plan users; rollout began gradually on Android.global.rakuten.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- AI feature
- Rakuten AI for Music lets paid subscribers search for artists, songs, albums and playlists with natural-language requests.global.rakuten.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- API scope
- Rakuten Web Services documents APIs for Ichiba, Books, Travel, Recipe, Kobo and GORA, and explicitly says no other Rakuten services are provided; Rakuten Music is not listed.webservice.faq.rakuten.net · read 15 Oct 2026
- App data disclosure
- Google Play says the app may share personal information, app activity and app-performance information with third parties.play.google.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Maximum audio quality
- standardmusic.rakuten.co.jp · read 21 Sep 2026
- Background playback
- The app supports background playback while users do other tasks.play.google.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Bundle eligibility
- Bundle access is provided to Rakuten Mobile Strongest Plan users, Diamond/Platinum/Gold members and Rakuten Black or Premium Card holders.corp.rakuten.co.jp · read 15 Oct 2026
- Bundle restrictions
- After the Bundle playback allowance is consumed, playback becomes 30-second previews and several functions are disabled.corp.rakuten.co.jp · read 15 Oct 2026
- Charts
- Charts and trend rankings are provided for discovering popular music.music.rakuten.co.jp · read 15 Oct 2026
- Company founded
- Rakuten Group states it was founded on February 7, 1997.global.rakuten.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Company headquarters
- Rakuten Group lists its head office at Rakuten Crimson House, 1-14-1 Tamagawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan.global.rakuten.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Company legal name
- The operating legal entity is Rakuten Group, Inc. (楽天グループ株式会社).global.rakuten.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Company size
- Rakuten reports 29,419 consolidated employees and 9,989 non-consolidated employees as of December 31, 2025.global.rakuten.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Developer onboarding
- Rakuten Web Services requires registering an application to obtain an application ID and access key, with up to five apps per developer.webservice.rakuten.co.jp · read 15 Oct 2026
- Family plan
- Nomusic.rakuten.co.jp · read 21 Sep 2026
- Licence
- The public app listings identify Rakuten Group as developer and provide no open-source licence; the consumer app is distributed as a proprietary service.play.google.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: casting integration
- A Google Play reviewer complained that Rakuten Music cannot be selected as a Google Home provider and has no cast function.play.google.com · read 15 Oct 2026
