Kenzo Senda graduated from Waseda University in 1936.
He served successively as managing director of Taninami Railway Company, Toyokawa Railway Company, Nagoya Railway Company, Meitetsu (Nagoya Railway) Motorcar Company and Aichi Mercantile Marine Company and became president of Aichi Zosen Kogyo Kaisha (Aichi Shipbuilding Industry Company) and vice-president of Nagoya Railway Company.