Takeshi

Takeshi ( in hiragana or in katakana) is a masculine Japanese given name.

Written forms

Forms in kanji can include:

• 武, "warrior"
• 毅, "strong"
• 猛, "fierce"
• 健, "healthy"
• 剛, "sturdy"
• 崇, "exalt"
• 彪, "spotted"
• 威, "intimidate"
• 壮, "robust"
• 丈, "length"
• 雄, "masculine"
• 豪, "overpowering"
• 武史, "warrior, history"
• 武士, "warrior, gentleman"
• 健史, "healthy, history"
• 猛司, "fierce, director"
• 剛士, "sturdy, gentleman"
• 健士, "healthy, gentleman"
• 武志, "warrior, "intention"
• 丈史, "length, history"
• 剛始, "sturdy, commence"
• 猛司, "fierce, director"
• 勇志, "courage, intention"
• 雄志, "masculine, intention"
• 猛士, "fierce, gentleman"
• 岳志, "peak, intention"
• 剛志, "sturdy, intention"
• 岳史, "peak, history"

People with the name

• Takeshi Abo (阿保 剛, born 1973), Japanese video game composer
• Takeshi Aikoh (愛甲 猛, born 1962), Japanese retired Nippon Professional Baseball player
• Takeshi Akiba (秋葉 武士, born 1944), Japanese ice hockey player
• Takeshi Akiba (秋葉 武士, born 1944), Japanese ice hockey player
• Takeshi Amemiya (雨宮 健, 1935–2026), Japanese economist and academic
• Takeshi Aoki (青木 剛, born 1982), Japanese football player
• Takeshi Aono (baseball) (青野 毅, born 1983), Japanese former professional baseball infielder
• Takeshi Aono (青野 武, 1936–2012), Japanese voice actor
• Takeshi Aragaki (新垣 武, 1956–2022), Japanese professional Go player
• Takeshi Araki (荒木 武, 1916–1994), Japanese mayor of Hiroshima from 1975 to 1991
• Takeshi Asai (born 1964), Japanese jazz pianist, composer, producer and educator
• Takeshi Azuma (東 毅, born 1953), Japanese ice hockey player
• Takeshi Caesar (シーザー 武志, born 1955), Japanese actor and retired kickboxer
• Takeshi Ebisawa (海老沢 武, born 1964), Japanese drug smuggler and arms dealer
• Takeshi Fuji (藤 猛, born 1940), Hawaiian-born Japanese former professional boxer
• Takeshi Fujii (藤井 猛, born 1970), Japanese shogi player
• Takeshi Fujiwara (藤原 崇, born 1983), Japanese politician
• Takeshi Fukuda (福田 岳志), Japanese director of photography
• Takeshi Fukunaga (福永 壮志, born 1982), Japanese filmmaker and director
• Takeshi Furukawa (古川 毅), Japanese-American composer and conductor
• Takeshi Furusawa (古澤 健, born 1972), Japanese film director and screenwriter
• Takeshi Hagiwara (萩原 毅, born 1937), Japanese sailor
• Takeshi Hamada (濱田 武, born 1982), Japanese former football player
• Takeshi Handa (半田 武嗣, born 1985), Japanese former football player
• Takeshi Hasegawa (長谷川 武, born 1984), Japanese basketball player
• Takeshi Hayama (葉山 たけし, born 1958), Japanese musical arranger and guitarist
• Takeshi Hayashida (林田 彪, born 1944), Japanese former politician
• Takeshi Hidaka (日高 剛, born 1977), Japanese baseball player
• Takeshi Hino (日野 剛志, born 1990), Japanese international rugby union player
• Takeshi Hirayama (平山 雄, 1923–1995), Japanese cancer epidemiologist and anti-tobacco activist
• Takeshi Honda (本田 武史, born 1981), Japanese figure skater
• Takeshi Honda (animator) (本田 雄, born 1968), Japanese animator
• Takeshi Horikoshi (堀越 武, born 1943), Japanese weightlifter
• Takeshi Hosaka (保坂 武, born 1945), Japanese politician
• Takeshi Hosoyamada (細山田 武史, born 1986), Japanese baseball player
• Takeshi Hotta (堀田 剛司, born 1978), Japanese Head coach
• Takeshi Imamura (今村 武志, 1880–1960), Japanese Director of the Karafuto Agency
• Takeshi Inomata (猪俣 猛, 1936–2024), Japanese jazz drummer and bandleader
• Takeshi Inoue (boxer) (井上 岳志, born 1989), Japanese OPBF Super Welterweight Champio
• Takeshi Inoue (footballer) (井上 健, 1928–1992), Japanese footballer
• Takeshi Inoue (mixed martial artist) (井上 武, born 1980), Japanese mixed martial artist
• Takeshi Ito (伊東 壮, 1929–2000), Japanese economist and peace activist
• Takeshi Ito (伊藤 健史, born 1987), Japanese footballer
• Takeshi Itoh (伊東 毅, born 1954), Japanese jazz fusion saxophonist and flute player
• Takeshi Iwamoto (岩本 武志, born 1949), Japanese ice hockey player
• Takeshi Iwaya (岩屋 毅, born 1957), Japanese politician
• Takeshi Kaga (鹿賀 丈史, born 1950), Japanese actor
• Takeshi Kaikō (開高 健, 1930–1989), Japanese novelist, short-story writer, essayist, literary critic and television documentary writer
• Takeshi Kajikawa (梶川 武志, born 1971), Japanese golfer
• Takeshi Kamo (加茂 健, 1915–2004), Japanese football player
• Takeshi Kamura (嘉村 健士, born 1990), Japanese badminton player
• Takeshi Kanamori (金森 健志, born 1994), Japanese footballer
• Takeshi Kanazawa (金澤 岳, born 1984), Japanese former professional baseball catcher
• Takeshi Kaneko (金子 丈, born 1993), Japanese professional baseball player
• Takeshi Kaneshiro (金城 武, born 1973), Taiwanese-Japanese actor and singer
• Takeshi Katō (actor) (加藤 武, 1929–2015), Japanese stage and film actor
• Takeshi Katō (gymnast) (加藤 武司, 1942–1982), Japanese gymnast and Olympic champion
• Takeshi Kawaharazuka (河原塚 毅, born 1975), Japanese former football player
• Takeshi Kawakami (川上 猛, born 1972), Japanese shogi player
• Takeshi Kawamoto (川本 武史, born 1995), Japanese swimmer
• Takeshi Kawamura (川村 毅, born 1959), Japanese playwright and director
• Takeshi Kimura (木村 武, 1912–1988), Japanese screenwriter
• Takeshi Kimura (racing driver) (木村 武史, born 1970), Japanese racing driver
• Takeshi Kitano (北野 武, born 1947), known as Beat Takeshi, Japanese filmmaker and star of Takeshi's Castle
• Takeshi Kizu (木津 武士, born 1988), Japanese rugby union player
• Takeshi Koba (古葉 竹識, 1936–2021), Japanese professional baseball player and manager
• Takeshi Kobayashi (小林 武史, born 1959), Japanese keyboardist, lyricist, composer, arranger and record producer
• Takeshi Kobayashi (wrestler) (小林 武, born 1948), Japanese sport wrestler
• Takeshi Kodama (児玉 剛始, born 1971), Japanese rower
• Takeshi Koga (古賀 武, born 1939), Japanese retired judoka
• Takeshi Koike (小池 健, born 1968), Japanese animator, illustrator and film director
• Takeshi Konomi (許斐 剛, born 1970), Japanese manga artist
• Takeshi Koshida (越田 剛史, born 1960), Japanese football manager and former footballer
• Takeshi Koura (小浦 猛志, born 1942), Japanese former professional tennis player
• Takeshi Kozai (小齋 武志, 1974–2006), Japanese judoka
• Takeshi Kusaka (日下 武史, 1931–2017), Japanese actor and voice actor
• Takeshi Kusao (草尾 毅, born 1965), Japanese actor, voice actor, and singer
• Takeshi Kuwahara (桑原 剛, born 1985), Japanese soccer coach and former player
• Takeshi Maeda (前田 武志, born 1937), Japanese retired politician
• Takeshi Masada (正田 壮史, born 2001), Japanese professional wrestler
• Takeshi Masu (升 毅, born 1955), Japanese actor
• Takeshi Matsu (松 武, born 1973), Japanese gay manga artist
• Takeshi Matsuda (松田 丈志, born 1984), retired Japanese Olympic, Asian and National Record holding swimmer
• Takeshi Miki (三木 健, born 1986), Japanese footballer
• Takeshi Minamino (南野 タケシ, born 1985), Japanese professional wrestler
• Takeshi Mitarai (御手�� 毅, 1901–1984), Japanese founder of Canon Inc
• Takeshi Miura (三浦 威, 1938–2013), Japanese actor
• Takeshi Miyaji (宮路 武, 1965–2011), Japanese video game developer
• Takeshi Miyamoto (宮本 岳志), Japanese politician
• Takeshi Miyamoto (baseball) (宮本 丈, born 1995), Japanese baseball player
• Takeshi Miyanaga (宮永 武司), Japanese mixed martial artist
• Takeshi Miyazawa (宮沢 武史, born 1978), Canadian comic book artist
• Takeshi Mizubayashi (水林 彪, born 1947), Japanese professor
• Takeshi Mizukoshi (水越 武, born 1938), Japanese photographer
• Takeshi Mizuuchi (水内 猛, born 1972), Japanese footballer
• Takeshi Mori (announcer) (森 武史, born 1959), Japanese television announcer
• Takeshi Mori (commander) (森 赳, 1894–1945), Japanese lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army
• Takeshi Mori (director) (もり たけし, born 1963), Japanese anime director, storyboard artist and scriptwriter
• Takeshi Morishima (森嶋 猛, born 1978), Japanese professional wrestler
• Takeshi Morishita (森下 健, born 1932), Japanese physician and scholar
• Takeshi Moriuchi (森嶋 猛, born 1975), Japanese conductor
• Takeshi Motomiya (本宮 健史, born 1959), Japanese artist
• Takeshi Motoyoshi (本吉 剛, born 1967), Japanese former football player
• Takeshi Murata (born 1974), American contemporary artist
• Takeshi Nagano (永野 健, born 1985), Japanese volleyball player
• Takeshi Nagao (長尾 猛司, born 1943), Japanese sport wrestler
• Takeshi Nagata (永田 武, 1913–1991), Japanese geophysicist
• Takeshi Nakamura (中村 武志, born 1967), Japanese former professional baseball catcher
• Takeshi Nakano (中野 剛志, born 1971), Japanese bureaucrat, conservative critic and scholar
• Takeshi Natori (名取 武, 1913-1985), Japanese football player
• Takeshi Niinami (新浪 剛史, born 1959), Japanese business executive
• Takeshi Noda (野田 毅, born 1941), Japanese politician
• Takeshi Noma (野間 健, born 1958), Japanese politician
• Takeshi Noma (野間 赳, 1934–2023), Japanese politician
• Takeshi Nomoto (野元 勇志, born 1989), Japanese former professional basketball player
• Takeshi Nomura (野村 武史, 1919–1985), Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher
• Takeshi Obata (小畑 健, born 1969), Japanese manga artist
• Takeshi Ōjitani (王子谷 剛志, born 1992), Japanese judoka
• Takeshi Oka (岡 武史, born 1932), Japanese-American spectroscopist and astronomer
• Takeshi Oki (大木 武, born 1961), Japanese former football player and manager
• Takeshi Okumura (奥村 健, born 1952), Japanese pocket billiards player
• Takeshi Okumura (horse racing) (奥村 武, born 1976), Japanese racehorse trainer
• Takeshi Onaga (翁長 雄志, born 1950), Japanese politician
• Takeshi Ono (大野 毅, born 1944), Japanese former football player
• Takeshi Ono (footballer, born 1962) (小野 剛, born 1962), Japanese former football player and manager
• Takeshi Rikio (力皇 猛, born 1972), Japanese professional wrestler
• Takeshi Saito (footballer) (斉藤 武志, born 1979), Japanese footballer
• Takeshi Saito (ice hockey) (齊藤 毅, born 1981), Japanese ice hockey player
• Takeshi Saito (mathematician) (斎藤 毅, born 1961), Japanese mathematician
• Takeshi Saito (musician) (斎藤 毅, born 1959), Japanese violinist
• Takeshi Sakamoto (坂本 武, 1899–1974), Japanese actor
• Takeshi Sakurada (桜田 武, 1891–1943), Japanese lieutenant general
• Takeshi Sasaki (首藤 剛志, born 1996), Japanese judoka
• Takeshi Sasaki (political scientist) (佐々木 毅, born 1942), Japanese political scientist
• Takeshi Sato (佐藤 タケシ, born 1981), Japanese professional wrestler
• Takeshi Senoo (妹尾 武, born 1969), Japanese composer
• Takeshi Seyama (瀬山 武司, born 1944), Japanese film editor
• Takeshi Shimazaki (島崎 毅, born 1967), Japanese retired professional pitcher
• Takeshi Shina (階 猛, born 1966), Japanese politician
• Takeshi Shirai (白井 岳, 1977–2024), Japanese equestrian
• Takeshi Shudo (首藤 剛志, 1949–2010), Japanese scriptwriter
• Takeshi So (宗 猛, born 1953), Japanese long-distance runner
• Takeshi Sugita (杉田 武, born 1947), Japanese sport shooter
• Takeshi Suzuki (academic) (鈴木 斌, 1932–2005), Japanese professor
• Takeshi Suzuki (alpine skier) (鈴木 猛史, born 1988), Japanese alpine skier and Paralympic athlete
• Takeshi Takashina (高品 彪, 1891–1944), Japanese general
• Takeshi Takeoka (たけおか たけし, born 1999), Japanese judoka
• Takeshi Takeuchi (武内 崇, born 1973), Japanese artist
• Takeshi Taketsuru (竹鶴 威, 1924–2014), Japanese whisky distiller
• Takeshi Terada (寺田 武史, born 1980), Japanese former football player
• Takeshi Terauchi (寺内 タケシ, 1939–2021), Japanese rock guitarist
• Takeshi Teshima (手島 猛, born 1941), Japanese fencer
• Takeshi Tokuda (徳田 毅, born 1971), Japanese former politician
• Takeshi Tokutomi (徳富 斌, born 1941), Japanese former volleyball player
• Takeshi Tomizawa (富澤 岳史, born 1974), Japanese comedian and actor
• Takeshi Tsuchiya (土屋 武士, born 1972), Japanese professional race car driver
• Takeshi Tsujimura (辻村 猛, born 1974), Japanese former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
• Takeshi Tsuruno (つるの 剛士, born 1975), Japanese actor
• Takeshi Uchiyamada (内山田 竹志, born 1946), Japanese businessman
• Takeshi Ueda (上田 剛士, born 1968), Japanese musician
• Takeshi Umehara (梅原 猛, 1925–2019), Japanese philosopher and critic
• Takeshi Urakami (浦上 壮史, born 1969), Japanese former football player
• Takeshi Urata (浦田 武, 1947–2012), Japanese astronomer
• Takeshi Usami (宇佐美 毅, 1903–1991), Japanese bureaucrat
• Takeshi Ushibana (牛鼻 健, born 1977), Japanese former football player
• Takeshi Watabe (渡部 猛, 1936–2010), Japanese actor and voice actor
• Takeshi Watanabe (civil servant) (渡辺 武, 1906–2010), Japanese bureaucrat
• Takeshi Watanabe (footballer) (渡辺 毅, born 1972), Japanese former football player
• Takeshi Yagi (八木 毅, born 1967), Japanese TV director/producer
• Takeshi Yamada (born 1960), Japanese-American artist
• Takeshi Yamaguchi (山口 武士, born 1979), Japanese footballer
• Takeshi Yamakage (山影 武士, born 1945), Japanese swimmer
• Takeshi Yamanaka (山中 武司, born 1971), Japanese ice hockey player
• Takeshi Yamasaki (山﨑 武司, born 1968), Japanese retired professional baseball player
• Takeshi Yasuda (安田 武, born 1943), Japanese potter
• Takeshi Yasukawa (安川 壮, 1914–2000), Japanese diplomat
• Takeshi Yasutoko (安床 武士, born 1986), Japanese professional vert skater
• Takeshi Yokoyama (横山 武史, born 1998), Japanese jockey
• Takeshi Yonezawa (米澤 剛志, born 1969), Japanese former football player
• Takeshi Yoshida, Japanese engineer
• Takeshi Yoshioka (吉岡 毅志, born 1979), Japanese actor
• Hiroki Takeshi, better known as AK-69 (born 1978), Japanese rapper, singer-songwriter

Fictional characters

• Takeshi (タケシ), a character in the Pokémon media franchise, better known as Brock in English
• Takeshi, a character in the television series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Takeshi Goda (剛田 武), a character in the manga series Doraemon
• Takeshi Honda (本田 武史), a character in the anime series Yuri on Ice, based on the actual Takeshi Honda
• Takeshi Hongō (本郷 猛), a character in the tokusatsu franchise Kamen Rider
• Takeshi Kovacs, a character in many books by Richard Morgan
• Takeshi Kuroiwa (黒岩 武司), a character in the My Hero Academia spin-off My Hero Academia: Vigilantes mostly known as Knuckleduster
• Takeshi Manganji, a character in the anime series Crush Gear Turbo
• Takeshi Momoshiro (桃城 武), a character in the manga series Prince of Tennis
• Takeshi Nishigōri (西郡 豪), a character in the anime series Yuri on Ice
• Takeshi Saehara (冴原 剛), a character in the manga series D.N.Angel
• Takeshi Sendo (千堂 武士), a character in the manga series Hajime no Ippo
• Takeshi Shirokane, a character in the web comic Okashina Okashi – Strange Candy
• Takeshi Sugimori (杉森 威), a character in the Inazuma Eleven media franchise
• Takeshi Yamamoto (山本 武), a character in the manga series Reborn!

See also

• Takeshi (Kamen Rider) (猛士), a fictional organization in Kamen Rider Hibiki
• Takeshis', a 2005 film by, and starring, Takeshi Kitano
• Takeshi's Castle