Toru Takasuka

{{short description|Japanese software entrepreneur (born 1966)}}

{{nihongo|Toru Takasuka|高須賀 宣|Takasuka Tōru|extra=born 1966}} 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.Read, R. (2006, February 12). After Cashing In His Chips At Home, Japanese Upstart Reboots In Portland. The Oregonian, pp.1,2 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.[http://about.lunarr.com/index.php/lunarr/press_company_info/ LUNARR - Create. Flip. Share] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927192808/http://about.lunarr.com/index.php/lunarr/press_company_info/ |date=2007-09-27 }} He currently lives in both Portland, Oregon and Tokyo, Japan.http://www.dreamgate.gr.jp/feature/interview/bestlife/36/ {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}