{{Short description|Japanese shogi player (born 1997)}} {{Infobox shogi professional |name = Kenshi Tokuda |native_name = 徳田拳士 |born = {{birth date and age|1997|12|09|mf=yes}} |hometown = Shūnan, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan |nationality = |pro_date = {{death date and age|2022|04|01|1997|12|09}} |badge_no = 332 |teacher = Kenji Kobayashi |rank = 5-dan |teacher_rank = 9-dan |tournaments = 1 |meijinclass = C2 |ryuoclass = 6 |jsa = 332 }} {{nihongo|'''Kenshi Tokuda'''|徳田 拳士|Tokuda Kenshi|December 9, 1997}} is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 5-dan.
==Early life, amateur shogi and apprentice professional== Tokuda was born in Shūnan, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on December 9, 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/332.html|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 徳田拳士|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Tokuda Kenshi|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Kenshi Tokuda|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=April 2, 2022}}</ref> He learned how to play shogi from watching his grandfather and father play<ref name="New4d" >{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2022/03/post_2102.html|script-title=ja:新四段誕生のお知らせ|title=Shin Yonden Tanjō no Oshirase|language=ja|trans-title=New 4-dans announced|date=March 12, 2022|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=April 2, 2022}}</ref> and won the {{ill|Elementary School Student Meijin Tournament|ja|小学生将棋名人戦}} in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/tournament/elementary_school_meijin/yuusyou.html|script-title=ja:小学生将棋名人戦 歴代優勝者一覧|title=Shōgakusei Shōgi Meijinsen Rekidai Yūshōsha Ichiran|language=ja|trans-title=Elementary School Student Meijin Tournament: List of Winners|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=April 2, 2022}}</ref>
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.<ref name="New4d" /> He was promoted to the rank of apprentice professional 3-dan in 2018,<ref name="New4d" /> 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{{sndash}}March 2022) with a record of 15 wins and 3 losses.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/match/shoreikai/sandan/70/index.html|script-title=ja:第70回奨励会三段リーグ戦 2021年10月～2022年3月|title=Dai Nanajūkai Shōreikai Sandan Rīgusen Nisennijūichinen Jūgatsu kara Nisennijūninen Sangatsu|language=ja|trans-title=70th apprentice school 3-dan league: October 2021 to March 2022|year=2022|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=April 2, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line-->|url=https://www.sankei.com/article/20220312-LTH73XKV4ZJEVEOHLVEIFEEUJM/|script-title=ja:岡部と徳田, 4月からプロ棋士に 奨励会三段リーグ|title=Okabe to Tokuda, Shigatsu kara Puro Kishi ni Shōreikai Sandan Rīgu|language=ja|trans-title=Apprentice professional 3-dan league: Okabe and Tokuda will be professional shogi players from April|date=March 12, 2022|newspaper=Sankei Shimbun|access-date=April 2, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line-->|url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2022/03/12/kiji/20220312s000413F2555000c.html|script-title=ja:岡部怜央, 徳田拳士の両三段が15勝3敗の相星で四段昇段! 第70期奨励会三段リーグ|title=Okabe Reo, Tokuda Kenshi no Ryō Sandan Ga Jūgoshō Sanpai no Aiboshi de Yondan Shōdan! Dai Nanajūki Shōreikai Sandan Rīgu|language=ja|trans-title=70th Apprentice Professional 3-dan League: 3-dans Reo Okabe and Kenshi Tokuda finished tied at 15 wins and 3 losses to earn promotion to 4-dan!|date=March 12, 2022|newspaper=Sports Nippon|access-date=April 2, 2022}}</ref>
==Shogi professional== Tokuda was one of the five regular professionals to be selected as an opponent for women's professional Kana Fukuma in her first attempt to pass the Professional Admission Test in August{{ndash}}October 2022. Tokuda and Fukuma met in Game 1 on August 18 in Osaka with Tokuda moving first and ultimately winning in 127 moves.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line-->|url=https://www.nikkansports.com/general/nikkan/news/202208180000931.html|script-title=ja:里見香奈女流5冠に｢編入5番勝負｣で勝利した徳田拳士四段｢もう１1あったら危なかった｣|title=Satomi Kana Joryū Gokan ni ｢Hennyū Goban Shōbu｣ de Shōrishita Tokuda Yondan ｢Mō Ichimae Attara Abunakatta｣|language=ja|trans-title=Winner Tokuda 4-dan says Game 1 of Kana Satomi's "Best-of-five match" was close, "If Satomi had one more piece in hand the result might've been different"|date=August 18, 2022|newspaper=Nikkan Sports|access-date=March 11, 2026}}</ref>
Tokuda won the 12th {{ill|Kakogawa Seiryū Tournament|ja|加古川青流戦}} in October 2022 by defeating amateur professional 3-dan Yūki Saitō 2 games to 0 in the best-of-three championship match.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ihara|first=Naoki|url=https://www.kobe-np.co.jp/news/culture/202210/0015728719.shtml|script-title=ja:将棋･加古川青流戦 徳田四段が初優勝 今春4月プロデビューの新星に栄冠|title=Shōgi･Kakogawa Seirūsen Tokuda Yondan ga Hatsuyūshō Konshun Shigatsu Purodebū no Shinsei ni Eikan|language=ja|trans-title=Shogi's Kakogawa Seiryū Tournament: Tokuda 4-dan, a new star who debuted as a professional this past spring, wins first championship of career|date=October 16, 2022|newspaper=Kobe Shimbun|access-date=October 19, 2022}}</ref>
===Promotion history=== The promotion history for Tokuda is as follows.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/332.html#jsTabE04_02|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 徳田拳士 昇段履歴|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Tokuda Kenshi Shōdan Rireki|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Kenshi Tokuda Promotion History|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=March 11, 2026}}</ref>
*6-kyū: September 2010 *3-dan: April 2018 *4-dan: April 1, 2022 *5-dan: March 6, 2026
===Titles and other championships=== Tokuda has yet to appear in a major title match, but he has won one non-title tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/332.html#anc02|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 徳田拳士 優勝履歴|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Tokuda Kenshi Yūshō Rireki|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Kenshi Tokuda Championship History|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=October 19, 2022}}</ref>
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==External links== * ShogiHub: [http://shogihub.com/players/680 Professional Player Info · Kenshi Tokuda] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220427012341/http://shogihub.com/players/680 |date=2022-04-27 }}
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