Yoshizumi Takeda (竹田 宜純, Takeda Yoshizumi, born 29 April 1991 in Nara Prefecture) is a Japanese rugby union player, currently playing with Top League side Toyota Verblitz.
After representing them at a sevens event at the start of August, he played in all seven of their matches during the first stage, scoring tries in their matches against Canon Eagles (on his debut) and Kobelco Steelers, as they finished in fourth spot to qualify to Group 1 of the second stage.
He featured in their match at that stage, but a 27–36 defeat to the NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes saw them fail to advance to the 52nd All Japan Rugby Football Championship.
They lost to Toshiba Brave Lupus in the Quarter Finals, but beat NTT Communications Shining Arcs and Canon Eagles to finish the competition in fifth spot.
[4] In March 2016, the Toyota-sponsored South African Currie Cup side the Free State Cheetahs announced that Takeda and prop Yōsuke Takahashi joined them on a short-term deal for the 2016 Currie Cup qualification series, as part of a player exchange programme between the two teams due to their connection with Toyota.