Takaaki is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Takaaki Ishibashi
is a Japanese comedian, singer and actor. He is best known as a member of Tunnels (owarai), Tunnels and Yaen with his partner Noritake Kinashi.
Early life
Born in Katsushika, Tokyo, Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan. When he was in the first grade o ...
(, born 1961) Japanese comedy artist, singer and actor
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Takaaki Kajita
is a Japanese physicist, known for neutrino experiments at the Kamioka Observatory – Kamiokande and its successor, Super-Kamiokande. In 2015, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Canadian physicist Arthur B. McDonald. On 1 O ...
(, born 1959) Japanese physicist, Nobel laureate
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Katō Takaaki
Count was a Japanese politician, diplomat, and Prime Minister of Japan from 1924 until his death on 28 January 1926, during the period which historians have called " Taishō Democracy". He was also known as Katō Kōmei.
Early life
Katō was b ...
(, 1860–1926) politician, 24th Prime Minister of Japan
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Takaaki Nakagami
is a Japanese former Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle racer, who competed for LCR Team, Idemitsu Honda LCR in the MotoGP class until retiring from competition after the 2024 season. Nakagami currently acts as a test rider for ...
(, born 1992) Japanese motorcycle racer
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Takaaki Suzuki
is a former Japanese football
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(, born 1981) Japanese football player
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Takaaki Tamura
is a member of the Japanese Communist Party serving in the House of Representatives
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(), Japanese politician
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Takaaki Tokushige
is a former Japanese football player.
Playing career
Tokushige was born in Satsumasendai on February 18, 1975. After graduating from high school, he joined Regional Leagues club Nippon Denso (later ''Denso'') in 1993. The club was promoted ...
(, born 1975) Japanese football player
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Takaaki Watanabe
is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) under the ring name Evil (stylized in all caps as EVIL), where he is the leader of House of Torture and a former member of Bullet Club.
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, () pro wrestler, member of New Japan Pro Wrestling
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Takaaki Yoshimoto
, also known as ''Ryūmei Yoshimoto'', was a Japanese poet, philosopher, and literary critic. As a philosopher, he is remembered as a founding figure in the emergence of the New Left in Japan, and as a critic, he was at the forefront of a movem ...
(, 1924–2012) also known as Ryūmei Yoshimoto, Japanese poet, literary critic, and philosopher
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