is the third most common

Japanese surname Officially, among Japanese names there are 291,129 different Japanese surnames, as determined by their kanji, although many of these are pronounced and romanized similarly. Conversely, some surnames written the same in kanji may also be pronounced ...

. Less common variants include , , , , , , , and . Notable people with the surname include: *

Aaron Takahashi Aaron Takahashi is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as the "male nurse" Lee in the film '' Yes Man'' (2008), one of the fake groomsmen in '' The Wedding Ringer'' (2015), as Troy in the film ''Welcome to the Jungle'' (2013), and his ...

, American actor * , Japanese singer and actress * , Japanese kickboxer * , Japanese classical pianist * , Japanese art historian * , Japanese baseball player * , Japanese voice actress * , Japanese badminton player * , Japanese astronomer * , Japanese badminton player * Ayuo Takahashi (born 1960), Japanese-American musician * , Japanese film director * Belinda Takahashi, professor and creator of the Juno Baby product line * Bo Takahashi (born 1997), Brazilian baseball player * Bruna Takahashi (born 2000), Brazilian table tennis player * , Japanese voice actress * , Japanese politician * , Japanese long-distance runner * Chiyoko Takahashi (1912–1994), American lawyer * , Japanese politician * , Japanese footballer *

Daiji Takahashi Daiji Takahashi (born March 9, 1977) is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He competed in the Flyweight and Bantamweight division. Mixed martial arts record , - , Loss , align=center, 8-11-4 , Shinichi Hanawa , KO (punches) , Shooto: Sh ...

(born 1977), Japanese mixed martial artist * , Japanese figure skater * , Japanese footballer *

Daisuke Takahashi (mathematician) Daisuke Takahashi is a full professor of computer science at the University of Tsukuba, specializing in high-performance numerical computing. Education and career Takahashi received a bachelor's degree in engineering in 1993 and a master's degree i ...

, Japanese mathematician * , Japanese Nordic combined skier * , Japanese racewalker *

Erina Takahashi Erina Takahashi, born in the city of Kushiro in Hokkaidō, Japan, is a Lead Principal dancer with the English National Ballet English National Ballet is a classical ballet company founded by Dame Alicia Markova and Sir Anton Dolin as Lond ...

, English ballerina * , Japanese businessman * , Japanese footballer * , Japanese writer * , Japanese professional wrestler * , Japanese women's footballer * , Japanese politician * , Japanese billionaire real estate developer * , Japanese baseball player * , Japanese actor *

Hideko Takahashi Hideko Takahashi is a children's book illustrator. She was born in Osaka, Japan and educated in at Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan. In 1990, she moved to Los Angeles to attend Otis College of Art and Design. Her work is included in Cooper Hewit ...

, Japanese illustrator * , Japanese footballer * , Japanese footballer and manager * , Japanese cross-country skier * , Japanese actress and model * , Japanese singer-songwriter and composer * , Japanese judoka * , Japanese skeleton racer * , Japanese actor, voice actor and singer * , Japanese cross-country skier * , better known as Ao Takahashi, Japanese voice actress * , better known as

Kaoru Shimamura , better known by the stage name , was a Japanese voice actress affiliated with 81 Produce. Shimamura died at 3:06pm JST on February 26, 2013, from breast cancer at a Yokohama hospital at the age of 43. Filmography Television animation *'' Genes ...

, Japanese voice actress * , Japanese artist * , Japanese professional wrestler * , Japanese architect * , Japanese manga artist * , Japanese table tennis player * , Japanese footballer * , Japanese video game producer and designer * , Japanese judge * , Japanese baseball player * , Japanese actress * , Japanese singer * , Imperial Japanese Navy admiral * , Japanese drummer * , Japanese botanist * , Japanese footballer * , Japanese actor *

Joseph Takahashi Joseph S. Takahashi is a Japanese American neurobiologist and geneticist. Takahashi is a professor at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center as well as an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Takahashi's research group dis ...

(born 1951), Japanese-American neurobiologist and geneticist * , Japanese fashion designer * , Japanese footballer * , Japanese Singer and K-Pop idol from

Rocket Punch Rocket Punch (Korean: 로켓펀치; RR: ''roket peonchi''; Japanese: ロケットパンチ; RR: ''Rokettopanchi'') is a South Korean girl group, consisting of group members Juri, Yeonhee, Suyun, Yunkyoung, Sohee and Dahyun. Formed and managed b ...

* , Imperial Japanese Navy officer * , Japanese speed skater * , Japanese actress * , Japanese synchronized swimmer * , Japanese actress and singer * , Japanese voice actress * Kasumi Takahashi (born 1980), Japanese-Australian rhythmic gymnast * , Japanese writer * , Japanese golfer * , Japanese singer and actor * Katsuya Takahashi, conspirator in the Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway * , Japanese rugby union player * , Japanese voice actress * , Japanese sledge hockey player * , Japanese manga artist and game creator * , Japanese writer * , Japanese baseball player * , Japanese mixed martial artist * , Japanese actor * , Japanese luger * , Japanese baseball player * , Japanese actress * , Japanese game designer and artist * , Japanese manga artist * , Japanese baseball player * , Japanese long-distance runner * , Japanese basketball player * , Japanese footballer * , Japanese footballer * , Japanese sailor * , Japanese futsal player * , Japanese actor * , Japanese volleyball player * , Japanese footballer * , Japanese swimmer * , Japanese actor * , Japanese baseball player * , Japanese cyclist * , Japanese journalist * , Japanese politician and Prime Minister of Japan * , Japanese motorcycle racer * , Japanese volleyball player * , Japanese animator and character designer * , Japanese singer * , Japanese writer * , Japanese photojournalist * , Japanese drifting driver * , Japanese pool player * , Japanese motorcycle racer and racing driver *

Kuniyuki Takahashi Kuniyuki Takahashi (often best known simply as Kuni or Kuniyuki) is a Japanese DJ and music producer, sound engineer from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. He records under many different aliases depending on the style of music he is producing, includi ...

, Japanese DJ and music producer * , Japanese actress and model * , Japanese voice actor * Mamoru Takahashi (born 1956), Japanese golfer * , Japanese footballer * , Japanese gymnast * , Japanese model and actress * , Japanese singer * , Japanese actress and model * , Japanese footballer * , Japanese equestrian * Masanori Takahashi, commonly known as Kitaro * Masao Takahashi (born 1929), Canadian judoka * , Japanese physician, ophthalmologist and stem cell researcher * , Japanese cyclist * , Japanese sailor * Michael Takahashi (born 1974), Japanese-American basketball player * , Japanese virologist * , Japanese shogi player * , Japanese volleyball player * Migaku Takahashi, Japanese engineer * , Japanese swimmer * , Japanese voice actor and singer * , Japanese voice actress and singer * , Japanese singer, idol and actress * , Japanese voice actress * , Japanese actor * , Japanese volleyball player * , Japanese pentathlete * , Japanese physician * , Japanese sprinter * , Japanese politician * , Japanese poet * , Japanese animator and anime director * , 8th-century Japanese poet * Mutsumi Takahashi, Canadian journalist * , Japanese poet and writer * , Japanese professional wrestler * , Japanese footballer * , Japanese artist * , Japanese long-distance runner * , Japanese footballer * , Japanese singer and voice actor * , Japanese footballer * , Japanese figure skater * , Japanese screenwriter * , Japanese footballer * , Japanese murderer * Phil Takahashi (born 1957), Canadian judoka * , Japanese male volleyball player * Ray Takahashi (born 1958), Canadian sport wrestler and judoka * , Japanese baseball player * , Japanese voice actress and singer * , Japanese actress and voice actress * , Japanese rower * , Japanese manga artist * , Japanese footballer * , Japanese footballer * , Japanese musician and composer * , Japanese entomologist * , Japanese biathlete * , Japanese anime director, screenwriter, and producer * , Japanese footballer * , Japanese actor * , Japanese naval aviator * , Japanese women's footballer * , Japanese footballer * , Japanese international law scholar * , Imperial Japanese Navy admiral * , Japanese volleyball player * , Japanese badminton player * Satoshi Takahashi (born 1968), Japanese karateka * , Japanese ice hockey player * , Japanese swimmer * , Japanese swimmer * , Japanese footballer * , Japanese samurai * , Japanese manga artist * , Japanese footballer and manager * , Japanese baseball player * , Japanese religious leader * , Japanese sport shooter * , Japanese volleyball player * , Japanese poet * , Japanese footballer * , Japanese table tennis player * , Japanese footballer * , Japanese artist * , Japanese baseball player * , Japanese footballer * , Japanese footballer * , Japanese footballer * , Japanese cross-country skier * , Japanese middle-distance runner * , Japanese ice dancer and coach * , Japanese writer * , Japanese academic and translator * , Japanese anime director * , Japanese footballer and manager * , Japanese musician and record producer * , Japanese motorcycle racer * , Japanese footballer * , Japanese golfer * , Japanese politician * , Japanese jazz saxophonist * , Japanese writer for anime * , Japanese actor * , Japanese wrestling referee and writer * , Japanese video game conceptor * , Japanese composer * Tina Takahashi, Canadian judoka * Tomoko Takahashi (born 1966), Japanese artist * , Japanese baseball player * , Japanese pole vaulter * , Japanese roboticist * , Japanese baseball player * , Japanese computer network researcher and businessman * , Japanese racing driver * , Japanese footballer * , Japanese water polo player * , Japanese manga artist * Wes Takahashi, American animator and visual effects supervisor * , Japanese writer * , Japanese wheel gymnastics acrobat * Yasuko Takahashi, commonly known as Izumi Aki * , Japanese theoretical physicist * , Japanese manga artist * , Japanese film and television director * , Japanese singer * , Japanese mixed martial artist and kickboxer * , Japanese boxer * , Japanese long jumper * , Japanese baseball player * , Japanese manga artist * , Japanese footballer * , ring name of Kazuo Takahashi (born 1969), Japanese mixed martial artist * , Japanese baseball player * , Japanese manga artist * , Japanese rugby union player * , Japanese singer-songwriter * , Japanese actress and model * , Japanese voice actor * , Japanese painter * , Japanese Paralympic athlete * , Japanese classical pianist, composer, critic and writer * , Japanese footballer * , Japanese professional wrestler * , Japanese motorcycle racer * , Japanese baseball player * , Japanese sport wrestler * , Japanese musician * , Japanese volleyball and beach volleyball player * , Japanese triathlete * , Japanese footballer * , Japanese actress and singer * , Japanese weightlifter * , Japanese tennis player * , Japanese footballer * , Japanese engineer * , Japanese footballer * , Japanese actor * , Japanese ''Magic: The Gathering'' player

Fictional characters

* Daichi Takahashi and Eriko Takahashi, from ''

High School Girls is a Japanese manga series, created by Towa Oshima, which was originally serialized in Futabasha's ''Weekly Manga Action'' magazine from 2001, and then subsequently ''Comic High!'' from 2004. It was adapted in 2006 into an anime television ...

'' * Kenshi Takahashi, from the '' Mortal Kombat'' series * Misaki Takahashi, from ''

Junjo Romantica is a Japanese boys love manga series by Shungiku Nakamura. It focuses on four storylines: the main couple, which comprises the bulk of the books, and three other male couples that provide ongoing side stories ("Junjo Egoist", "Junjo Terror ...

'' * Mitsuko Takahashi, from ''

Someday's Dreamers is a Japanese manga series written by Norie Yamada and illustrated by Kumichi Yoshizuki. It was serialized in Fujimi Shobo's ''Comic Dragon'' magazine from May 2002 to January 2003 and was later collected in two bound volumes. In 2006, T ...

'' * , a character in the tokusatsu television series ''Gosei Sentai Dairanger'' *

Tetsuya Takahashi (born November 18, 1966 in Shizuoka Prefecture) is a Japanese video game designer and director. Takahashi worked at Square (now Square Enix), in the 90s as a graphic designer and director, participating on some of their most well-received title ...

, from ''

Forbidden Dance is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hinako Ashihara. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''Bessatsu Shōjo Comic'' magazine from the June 1997 issue to the September 1998 issue. Shogakukan collected the individual chapters int ...

'' * Nanami Takahashi, from the manga ''We Were There'' * Mr. Takahashi, from '' Curb Your Enthusiasm'' * Takeda Takahashi, from ''

Mortal Kombat X ''Mortal Kombat X'' is a 2015 fighting video game developed by NetherRealm Studios and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. It is the tenth main installment in the ''Mortal Kom ...

'' * Takahashi from ''

Fallout 4 ''Fallout 4'' is a 2015 action role-playing game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. It is the fourth main game in the ''Fallout'' series and was released worldwide on November 10, 2015, for PlayStation 4, ...

'' * Keisuke Takahashi from '' Initial D'' * Ryosuke Takahashi from '' Initial D''

References

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