Kenshi Tokuda | |
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Native name | 徳田拳士 |
Born | December 9, 1997 |
Hometown | Shūnan, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan |
Career | |
Achieved professional status | April 1, 2022 | (aged 24)
Badge Number | 332 |
Rank | 4-dan |
Teacher | Kenji Kobayashi (9-dan) |
Tournaments won | 1 |
Meijin class | C2 |
Websites | |
JSA profile page |
Kenshi Tokuda (徳田 拳士, Tokuda Kenshi, December 9, 1997) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 4-dan.
Tokuda was born in Shūnan, Yamaguchi Prefecture on December 9, 1997.[1] He learned how to play shogi from watching his grandfather and father play[2] and won the Elementary School Student Meijin Tournament in 2009.[3]
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.[2] He was promoted to the rank of apprentice professional 3-dan in 2018,[2] 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.[4][5][6]
Tokuda won the 12th Kakogawa Seiryū TournamentYūya Saitō 2 games to 0 in the best-of-three championship match.[7]
in October 2022 by defeatingThe promotion history for Tokuda is as follows.[8]
Tokuda has yet to appear in a major title match, but he has won one non-title tournament.[9]