Kyuichi Tokuda

Kyuichi Tokuda
Tokuda c. 1952
General Secretary of the Japanese Communist Party
In office
3 December 1945  14 October 1953
Preceded bySakai Toshihiko
Succeeded bySanzō Nosaka
Member of the House of Representatives
for Tokyo 3rd district
In office
4 April 1946  6 June 1950
Personal details
Born(1894-09-12)12 September 1894
Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, Empire of Japan
Died14 October 1953(1953-10-14) (aged 59)
Beijing, China
Political partyJapanese Communist Party
Alma materNihon University
OccupationLawyer

Kyuichi Tokuda (徳田 球一, Tokuda Kyūichi; September 12, 1894 – October 14, 1953) was a Japanese politician and first chairman of the Japanese Communist Party from 1945 until his death in 1953.