Kenshi Tokuda

Kenshi Tokuda (徳田 拳士) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 4-dan.

Early life, amateur shogi and apprentice professional
Tokuda was born in Shūnan, Yamaguchi Prefecture on December 9, 1997. He learned how to play shogi from watching his grandfather and father play and won the Elementary School Student Meijin Tournament in 2009.

Tokuda was accepted into the Japan Shogi Association's (JSA) apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū as a student of shogi professional Kenji Kobayashi in September 2010. He was promoted to the rank of apprentice professional 3-dan in 2018, and obtained full professional status and the corresponding rank of 4-dan in April 2022 after tying for first with Reo Okabe in the 70th 3-dan League (October 2021 –March 2022) with a record of 15 wins and 3 losses.

Shogi professional
Tokuda won the 12th Kakogawa Seiryū Tournament in October 2022 by defeating Yūya Saitō 2 games to 0 in the best-of-three championship match.

Promotion history
The promotion history for Tokuda is as follows.


 * 6-kyū: September 2010
 * 3-dan: April 2018
 * 4-dan: April 1, 2022

Titles and other championships
Tokuda has yet to appear in a major title match, but he has won one non-title tournament.