Toru Takasuka

is a Japanese software entrepreneur.

Takasuka founded Cybozu, one of Japan's first web-based groupware products. In 1997, with a $200,000 loan and two partners, Takasuka left his position as Vice President of Matsushita Electric Works V-Internet Operations in Osaka, Japan for the small city of Matsuyama, where he began developing Cybozu. Japanese for "cyber-kid", Cybozu held an initial public offering (IPO) within three years. In April 2005, Takasuka resigned his position as President and CEO at Cybozu. In January 2006, he co-founded LUNARR, Inc. with his business partner, Hideshi Hamaguchi in Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. He currently lives in both Portland, Oregon and Tokyo, Japan.

Personal history He was born in 1966, in Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan.

Education 1990, B.S. in Engineering Management, Hiroshima Institute of Technology

Professional He joined Matsushita Electric Works in 1990, working in client-server networking and R&D. In 1994, he developed Japan's first corporate intranet with Hideshi Hamaguchi. In 1996, he became Vice President and Director of V-Internet Operations at Matsushita Electric Works, an in-house venture company he helped create.