(born 7 February 1965) is an author, translator, and the present (19th generation) head of the main Tokugawa clan. His great-great-grandfather was the famed Matsudaira Katamori of Aizu, and his maternal great-great-grandfather was Tokugawa Iesato, the sixteenth head of the Tokugawa clan. Life Tokugawa graduated from Keio University before completing a doctorate of economics at the University of Michigan. He is fluent in English, and translated from Japanese a book written by his father, Tsunenari Tokugawa titled Edo no idenshi (江戸の遺伝子) or The Edo Inheritance. He has translated books by Tony Blair, George Soros, George Friedman, Amy Chua, Frances McCall Rosenbluth and Rajiv Chandrasekaran's book 'Green Zone' into the Japanese language. He has also worked for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. In 2019, Tokugawa attempted to win a seat on the House of Councillors for the Shizuoka District, which he lost. He ran as a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, and campaigned on completely decommissioning the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant, which was shut down following the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011. Ancestry Patrilineal descent Tokugawa's patriline is the line from which he is descended father to son. The existence of a verifiable link between the Nitta clan and the Tokugawa/Matsudaira clan remains somewhat in dispute. Descent prior to Keitai is unclear to modern historians, but traditionally traced back patrilineally to Emperor Jimmu Emperor Keitai, ca. 450–534 Emperor Kinmei, 509–571 Emperor Bidatsu, 538–585 Prince Oshisaka, ca. 556–??? Emperor Jomei, 593–641 Emperor Tenji, 626–671 Prince Shiki, ????–716 Emperor Kōnin, 709–786 Emperor Kanmu, 737–806 Emperor Saga, 786–842 Emperor Ninmyō, 810–850 Emperor Montoku 826-858 Emperor Seiwa, 850-881 Prince Sadazumi, 873-916 Minamoto no Tsunemoto, 894-961 Minamoto no Mitsunaka, 912-997 Minamoto no Yorinobu, 968-1048 Minamoto no Yoriyoshi, 988-1075 Minamoto no Yoshiie, 1039-1106 Minamoto no Yoshikuni, 1091-1155 Minamoto no Yoshishige, 1114-1202 Nitta Yoshikane, 1139-1206 Nitta Yoshifusa, 1162-1195 Nitta Masayoshi, 1187-1257 Nitta Masauji, 1208-1271 Nitta Motouji, 1253-1324 Nitta Tomouji, 1274-1318 Nitta Yoshisada, 1301-1338 Nitta Yoshimune, 1331?-1368 Tokugawa Chikasue?, ????-???? (speculated) Tokugawa Arichika, ????-???? Matsudaira Chikauji, d. 1393? Matsudaira Yasuchika, ????-14?? Matsudaira Nobumitsu, c. 1404-1488/89? Matsudaira Chikatada, 1430s-1501 Masudaira Nagachika, 1473-1544 Matsudaira Nobutada, 1490-1531 Matsudaira Kiyoyasu, 1511-1536 Matsudaira Hirotada, 1526-1549 Tokugawa Ieyasu, 1st Tokugawa Shōgun (1543-1616) Tokugawa Yorifusa, 1st Lord of Mito (1603-1661) Matsudaira Yorishige, 1st Lord of Takamatsu (1622-1695) Matsudaira Yoriyuki (1661-1687) Matsudaira Yoritoyo, 3rd Lord of Takamatsu (1680-1735) Tokugawa Munetaka, 4th Lord of Mito (1705-1730) Tokugawa Munemoto, 5th Lord of Mito (1728-1766)