Kenshi Tokuda

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. He learned how to play shogi from watching his grandfather and father play and won the 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.

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 AugustOctober 2022. Tokuda and Fukuma met in Game 1 on August 18 in Osaka with Tokuda moving first and ultimately winning in 127 moves.

Tokuda won the 12th in October 2022 by defeating amateur professional 3-dan Yūki 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 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.