Kenmotsu geometry is a valuable part of contact geometry with nice
applications in other fields such as theoretical physics. In this article,
we study the statistical counterpart of a Kenmotsu manifold, that is,
Kenmotsu statistical manifold with some related examples. We investigate
some statistical curvature properties of Kenmotsu statistical manifolds. It
has been shown that a Kenmotsu statistical manifold is not a Ricci-flat
statistical manifold by constructing a counter-example. Finally, we prove a
very well-known Chen-Ricci inequality for statistical submanifolds in
Kenmotsu statistical manifolds of constant ?-sectional curvature by
adopting optimization techniques on submanifolds. This article ends with
some concluding remarks.