{{short description|Japanese politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Takeshi Tokuda | native_name = {{nobold|徳田 毅}} | native_name_lang = ja | image = Tokuda Takeshi.jpg | caption = | office = Member of the House of Representatives | constituency = Kagoshima 2nd | term_start = 11 September 2005 | term_end = 28 February 2014 | predecessor = Torao Tokuda | successor = Masuo Kaneko | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|5|30|df=y}} | birth_place = Naze, Kagoshima, Japan | death_date = | death_place = | father = Torao Tokuda | alma_mater = University of California, Los Angeles<br>Harvard University<br>Teikyo University | party = Independent | other_party = Liberal Democratic }} {{nihongo|'''Takeshi Tokuda'''|徳田 毅|Tokuda Takeshi|extra=born 30 May 1971}} is a former Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as an independent.
== Early life == A native of Yao, Osaka, Tokita attended University of California, Los Angeles and summer school at Harvard University in the United States. He entered Teikyo University in April 2005.
== Family == His father Torao Tokuda was also a politician, as well as head of the Tokushukai hospital group.
== Political career == Tokuda was elected for the first time in 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/diet/profile/0000/00000293.html |script-title=ja:政治家情報 〜徳田 毅〜 |work=ザ･選挙 (JANJAN) |accessdate=2007-10-06 |language=Japanese |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203095621/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/diet/profile/0000/00000293.html |archivedate=2007-12-03 |df= }}</ref>
=== Rape scandal and resignation === In February 2013, he resigned from his Diet post as parliamentary secretary in charge of infrastructure and transport as well as reconstruction, after tabloid ''Shūkan Shinchō'' ran a story alleging he had raped an intoxicated 19-year-old, and then when the victim filed a civil suit against him for damages came to an out-of-court settlement with her for ¥10 million. In public comments, Tokuda apologised for causing trouble but refused comment on the issue, stating that he had agreed not to discuss it.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1145579/liberal-democrat-rising-star-takeshi-tokuda-felled-sex-scandal|title=Liberal Democrat rising star Takeshi Tokuda felled by sex scandal|work=South China Morning Post|date=2013-02-08|accessdate=2014-01-12}}</ref> On February 24, 2014, he submitted his resignation from the Diet due to guilt-by-association rules of the Public Offices Election Law.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20140224p2g00m0dm065000c.html|title=Scandal-hit lawmaker Tokuda submits resignation|newspaper=The Mainichi Shimbun|agency=Kyodo|date=24 February 2014|access-date=18 November 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301104745/http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20140224p2g00m0dm065000c.html|archive-date=1 March 2014}}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.tokuda-takeshi.net/ Official website]
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