Founders · #2 of 111
Kensuke Furukawa 古川健介
Founder & CEO, Alu
Verified 2026-10-17: Company site / press release
Background
Known online as "kensuu". Ran the shitaraba message-board company as a student, joined Recruit in 2006, founded nanapi (Rocket Start) in 2009 and sold it to KDDI in 2014, then founded Al in 2018. Source
Public appearances
| Undated Interview | Why serial founder kensuu builds a service for manga fans (Diamond Signal) 連続起業家「けんすう」マンガファンの“熱量”伝えるサービスを作る理由 Furukawa explains that manga fans are highly engaged but can only support works by buying volumes. Al aims to turn that enthusiasm into sales. The piece also recaps his earlier exits. Summary by The Raising Sun. From the article text (excerpt). |
| Undated Interview | In the AI era, human qualities and depth of content become the value (Hakuhodo Media Lab) AI時代は「人間力」やコンテンツの「深さ」が価値になる Furukawa argues that as AI spreads, value shifts to human character and deep content. He says he can no longer work without AI. Summary by The Raising Sun. From the article introduction. |
| Undated Interview | kensuu x Kunihiro Tanaka (Sakura Internet): lessons from failure けんすうさん × 田中邦裕 初対談 A conversation with Sakura Internet's CEO on what each learned from failure. Furukawa stresses that choosing a growing market matters most, and describes building Web3 products. Summary by The Raising Sun. From the article text (excerpt). |