Can a foreigner rent a VPS in Japan without a Japanese phone number or ID?

What do Japanese VPS hosts ask a foreigner for at signup?

At a Japanese host, the phone check does the job an ID check does elsewhere. The four hosts below are Japanese companies; their signup pages, help pages and terms were read on 2 November 2026. None of the pages read asks for a nationality. The obstacles are practical: a phone number that receives a code, a Japanese address at Sakura, and payment methods built for Japanese banks and cards.

Can a foreign phone number pass the check?

Only Sakura answers in writing, and its answer is an email to support. Sakura's help page asks members for a Japanese address and phone number at which they can be reached, and tells anyone who wants to register a foreign number to write to its customer centre.

XServer's verification FAQ asks for a number that starts with 0 and has 10 or 11 digits, the way numbers are written inside Japan; when neither the SMS nor the automated call goes through, its support can arrange to skip the step. ConoHa asks for a number that can receive an SMS or a call, and KAGOYA sends its code the same two ways. Neither says whether a foreign number passes: that is unverified, not a yes.

Do Japanese VPS hosts ask foreigners for an ID document?

None of the four asks for an ID upload in the signup steps read on 2 November 2026; two keep the right to ask later. XServer's account terms (Article 4) let it request documents to confirm the identity behind an application. KAGOYA's terms let it ask for documents proving a change to the name, address or phone number on file. The Sakura and ConoHa pages read here mention no document.

Can you pay a Japanese VPS host with crypto?

No: none of the four lists a cryptocurrency. Cards are the common route, with limits. ConoHa takes American Express and Diners Club cards only from residents of Japan. KAGOYA refuses debit cards for online orders. XServer warns that some debit and prepaid cards may be declined by their issuer. KAGOYA's other route, bank debit, needs a paper form stamped with the seal registered at your bank and posted to its Kyoto office, and Sakura's invoice option arrives by post.

Which Tokyo VPS hosts take crypto and ask no ID?

According to Lacquerbay's survey of 2 November 2026, 8 hosts that take crypto with no ID document at signup sold a comparable Tokyo VPS, from $6.00 a month, with a median of $11.50. Comparable means at least 1 vCPU, 1 GB of RAM and 20 GB of disk, an IPv4 address, monthly billing and at least 1 TB of traffic. Several of them still keep a written case for asking ID later: Which VPS hosts in Hong Kong, Singapore and Tokyo ask no ID, and when do they ask anyway?

What does Lacquerbay ask a foreign buyer for?

No KYC: we ask for no identity document, no selfie, no card and no phone number. An account number is your whole login; an email address is optional. You top up a balance in crypto (BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC) from $25 and order the VPS from it. Residents and companies of Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Russia, Belarus, mainland China, Yemen and Western Sahara, and of the occupied regions of Ukraine, cannot use the service.

Your VPS runs in a data centre inside the city you choose, on IP addresses registered to that territory (HK, SG or JP in the regional registry whois). A VPS has data-centre IP addresses: we make no promise about how IP location databases, streaming services or other websites classify them. Plans and prices for Tokyo are on Where can I rent a Japan (Tokyo) VPS and pay with crypto?, and the order path on How do I order an Asia VPS with crypto, from payment to SSH?