Takeshi Tokuda (徳田 毅, Tokuda Takeshi, born May 30, 1971) is a former Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as an independent.
A native of Yao, Osaka, Tokita attended University of California, Los Angeles and summer school at Harvard University in the United States.
His father Torao Tokuda was also a politician, as well as head of the Tokushukai hospital group.
[1] 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.
[2] On February 24, 2014, he submitted his resignation from the Diet due to guilt-by-association rules of the Public Offices Election Law.