Hikaru Takeno

is a Japanese unisex given name meaning "light" or "radiance".

Written forms

Hikaru can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
* 光, "light"
* 輝, "radiance"
The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. It is more common for girls named Hikaru to only have hiragana in their name without kanji.

People with the name

* , Japanese voice actress
* , Japanese singer
* , Japanese footballer
* , Japanese performing artist and a former member of the Takarazuka Revue
* , Japanese K-pop performer, a member of Kep1er
* , Japanese artist
* , Japanese classical composer, pianist and conductor
* , former Japanese soccer player
* , Japanese general
* , Japanese baseball player
* , Japanese professional wrestler
* Hikaru Kojima, (born 1994) Japanese association football player
* , Japanese electronic musician
* , member of Hinoi Team and Love & Peace
* , Japanese singer and member of the J-pop group Kalafina
* , Japanese voice actor
* , Japanese footballer
* , Japanese performer, a member of Sakurazaka46
* , American chess Grandmaster and streamer
* , Japanese manga artist
* , Japanese women's footballer
* , Japanese J-pop singer and actress
* , Japanese snowboarder
* , Japanese admiral, the first female star officer of the Japan Self-Defense Forces
* , Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
* , Japanese professional wrestler and actress
* , Japanese gymnast
* , Japanese judoka
* , Japanese-American singer, songwriter, arranger, and producer
* , Japanese actress
* , Japanese ice hockey player
* , Japanese singer, actor, songwriter, dancer, and member of Hey! Say! JUMP

Fictional characters

* , a character in ''Angelic Layer''
* , a character in ''Ape Escape 2''
* , a character in '' Exo-Force''
* , a character in ''Parodius''
* , a character in ''Princess Ai''
* , a character in ''Seijuu Sentai Gingaman''
* , a character in ''Martian Successor Nadesico''
* , a character in ''The Tale of Genji''
* , a character in ''Ranma ½''
* , a character in '' Beyblade: Metal Fusion''
* , a character in '' Hime-chan no Ribbon''
* , a character in '' Little Battlers Experience WARS''
* , also known as Cure Star, the protagonist of ''Star Twinkle PreCure''
* , a character in '' Time Patrol Tai Otasukeman''
* , a character in ''Ouran High School Host Club''
* , a character in ''Kimagure Orange Road''
* , a character in ''Macross''
* , a character in ''Shugo Chara!'', aka ''Gozen''
* , a character in ''Kamen Rider Blade'', the human guise of the Tiger Undead
* , the main antagonist in manga and anime series ''Oshi no Ko''
* , a character in ''Choudenshi Bioman''
* , a main character in '' Ani-Imo''
* , a character in ''The Brave Fighter of Legend Da-Garn''
* , a character in ''Grendizer''
* , a character in ''Captain Tsubasa''
* , a character in ''Kirarin Revolution''
* , a character in ''Delicious Party Pretty Cure''
* , a character in ''The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls''
* , a character in ''Hot Gimmick''
* , a character in ''Ultraman Ginga''
* , a character in ''Magic Knight Rayearth''
* , a character in ''Hikaru no Go''
* , a character in the '' Gyakuten Saiban'' manga
* , a character in '' Codename wa Sailor V''
* Hikaru Sulu, a character in ''Star Trek''
* Thunder Warrior Hikaru of ''Seijuu Sentai Gingaman''
* , a character in ''Di Gi Charat''
* , the main character within Otogizōshi
* Sungel/Sunjiel (aka MagiShine), of ''Mahou Sentai Magiranger'' (often referred to as "Hikaru-sensei")
* The Figure Hikaru of ''Figure 17''

Other uses

* Sega Hikaru, an arcade game platform
* Sony Ericsson W995, previously known as Hikaru

See also

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References

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Japanese unisex given names