# Kenshin Fujiwara

> Kenshin Fujiwara is a seed investor at HACARUS (Kyoto) backing Mobile and Medical. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [HACARUS](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hacarus)
- Location: Kyoto, Japan
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Oct 2016
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kenshinfujiwara
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/kenshinf
- Website: http://kenshinfujiwara.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/kenshin.fujiwara

Kenshin Fujiwara is a seed investor at HACARUS in Kyoto focused on Mobile and Medical. Kenshin is a CEO at Hacarus Inc., a healthcare technology startup based in Kyoto, Japan.He co-founded several tech startups with 2 exits in the past 15 years. His first career started as an engineer at Sony Computer Entertainment and worked on PlayStation development projects. HIs fist startup was acquired by Japanese public company, and thesecond startup was sold to the US company.Born in 1976. He holds a Computer Science degree from California State University. He loves mountain hiking and currently living in Kyoto Japan with his wife and family.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 1 | 50% |
| Medical | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Mobile Apps | 1 | 50% |
| Life Science | 1 | 50% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HACARUS | HACARUS is a provider of Explainable Lightweight AI Tools, backed by Miyako Capital (Kyoto University) among others. Its solutions are used in the Medical and Manufacturing fields to enable humans to make better, faster and more reliable decisions, based on AI driven insights. Hacarus' proprietary AI engine is built using Sparse Modeling, anAI method that understands data like a human would - by its unique key features and is far more resource, time and energy efficient when compared to Deep Learning. | $5.6M | Seed | Oct 11, 2016 |  |
| Helpfeel | Helpfeel develops software for AI-powered search, knowledge management, and information sharing. Its products include Helpfeel for customer support search, Cosense for team knowledge management, and Gyazo for capturing and organizing screenshots and other content. | $2M | Series A | Nov 11, 2014 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Miyako Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/miyako-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [OPT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/opt) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Senshu Ikeda Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/senshu-ikeda-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About HACARUS

VC Fund · Kyoto, Japan

HACARUS is a provider of Explainable Lightweight AI Tools, backed by Miyako Capital (Kyoto University) among others. Its solutions are used in the Medical and Manufacturing fields to enable humans to make better, faster and more reliable decisions, based on AI driven insights. Hacarus' proprietary AI engine is built using Sparse Modeling, anAI method that understands data like a human would - by its unique key features and is far more resource, time and energy efficient when compared to Deep Learning.

5 contacts available at HACARUS.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kenshin Fujiwara | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kenshin-fujiwara |
| Adrian V.J Sossna | VP of Global Sales | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adrian-v-j-sossna |
| Akihiro Hojo | Auditor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akihiro-hojo |
| Aldrin Bautista | Developer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aldrin-bautista |
| Marcel Takagi | VP of Product | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marcel-takagi |

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## FAQ

### What does Kenshin Fujiwara invest in?

Kenshin Fujiwara invests primarily in Mobile, Medical and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Kenshin Fujiwara last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kenshin Fujiwara closed in Oct 2016. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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