Summary
Koichi Fujikawa is a serial tech entrepreneur and founder based in Tokyo with eight years of recent experience building AI and blockchain-enabled products and a longer history leading engineering teams and startups. He currently leads Jugemu Labs, where he’s combining generative AI with tokenized incentives and blockchain-based data ownership to democratize creative tools. Previously he founded and scaled FlyData into an $11M-funded SaaS serving 100+ enterprise customers and served as CTO at VR/web3 game studio Thirdverse, building and managing remote teams of 30+ engineers. Koichi blends hands-on system design and feature coding with product strategy, agile process building, and cloud architecture for scalable, secure platforms. He has deep roots in data engineering, distributed systems, and developer-facing tooling—evidenced by early open-source work like Hadoop Papyrus—and a knack for turning research ideas into commercial products. Fluent in bridging AI, gaming, and blockchain domains, he focuses on user-centric, community-driven growth rather than hype.
8 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
University of Tokyo
bachelor, Materials, bachelor, Materials at Waseda University
Japanese, English