is a masculine

Japanese given name in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name. Japanese names are usually written in kanji, where the pronunciation follows a special set of rules. Because parents when naming children, and foreigners when adoptin ...

Written forms

The name Takashi can have multiple different meanings depending on which

kanji are logographic Chinese characters, adapted from Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script, used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are ...

is used to write it. Possible forms of the name include: *隆 - "prosperous noble" *喬士 - "high, boasting, samurai, gentleman" *崇史 - "adore, revere, chronicler, history" *孝 - "filial piety, serve parents" *貴志 *敬 Takashi can also be written in

hiragana is a Japanese language, Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''. It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' means "common" or "plain" kana (originally also "easy", ...

and/or

katakana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived fr ...

: *タカシ (katakana) *たかし (hiragana)

People with the name

Takashi Abe is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 9- dan. Early life and apprenticeship Takashi Abe was born in Osaka Prefecture on August 25, 1967. Although it was said that Abe was more passionate about " yakyū" than shogi as a young boy, he e ...

(阿部隆, born 1967), Japanese shogi player *, Japanese rugby union player *

Takashi Amano was a professional Japanese track cyclist, photographer, designer, and aquarist. He founded Aqua Design Amano (ADA), a Japanese company that specializes in the design of aquariums and their production. Amano was the author of ''Nature Aquari ...

(天野尚, 1954–2015), Japanese photographer, aquarist and designer *

Takashi Aonishi Aonishi Takashi (青西高嗣) is a male Japanese popular music artist. In 1995 his single "Nevertheless, alive" was used as the theme song for the NTV drama ' and reached number one on the Oricon singles chart. Discography Singles * Chiis ...

(青西高嗣), Japanese music artist * Takashi Asahina (朝比奈隆, 1908–2001), Japanese conductor *, Japanese volleyball player * Takashi Fujii (藤井隆, born 1972), Japanese singer and comedian *

Takashi Hagino is a Japanese actor. He is noted for his roles in ''tokusatsu'' dramas, such as the lead role in and his supporting role in as the psychopath Takeshi Asakura, known as Kamen Rider Ouja. Television roles Tokusatsu *'' Choukou Senshi Changé ...

(萩野崇, born 1973), Japanese actor *

Takashi Hara was a Japanese politician who served as the Prime Minister of Japan from 1918 until his assassination. Hara held several minor ambassadorial roles before rising through the ranks of the Rikken Seiyūkai and being elected to the House of Repr ...

(原敬, 1856–1921), Japanese politician and Prime Minister of Japan * Takashi Hara (artist) (ハラタカシ, born 1983), Japanese contemporary artist * Takashi Hasegawa, Japanese electrical engineer and programmer * Takashi Hashiguchi (橋口たかし, born 1967), Japanese manga artist *

Takashi Hikino is specially appointed professor at the Graduate School of Management at Kyoto University after serving as associate professor of industrial and business organization at the Graduate School of Management at Kyoto University where he taught industr ...

(曳野孝), Japanese economist and educator *, Japanese poet and critic * Takashi "Halo" Hirose (died 2002), American swimmer * Takashi "Taka" Hirose (born 1967), Japanese musician and chef *

Takashi Iizuka (game designer) (born March 16, 1970) is a Japanese video game director, producer, designer and screenwriter. Since 2008, Iizuka has been the vice president of product development for the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series at Sega, as well as the head of Sonic Team, ...

(飯塚隆, born 1970), Japanese video game director and designer *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese handball player *, Japanese actor *, Japanese public relations practitioner, scholar and theorist *, Japanese literature academic *

Takashi Ishii (film director)
was a Japanese

(石井隆, born 1946), Japanese film director, screenwriter and manga artist *

Takashi Ishii (baseball) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher and coach. He pitched for 14 seasons for the Seibu Lions and made three All-Star teams. His brother Akio Ishii was drafted in 1986 but never made it into Nippon Pro Baseball. Career Takashi Ishii play ...

(石井貴, born 1971), Japanese baseball pitcher and coach *

Takashi Ishimoto was a butterfly swimmer from Japan. He won the silver medal in the men's 200 m butterfly at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung/ or ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australi ...

(石本隆, 1935–2009), a Japanese swimmer *, Japanese kickboxer *, Japanese basketball player *, Japanese ice hockey player *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese handball player *, Japanese former actor *

Takashi Kawamura (politician) is a Japanese politician who has served as a member of the House of Representatives (Japan), House of Representatives representing Aichi 1st district, Aichi 1st since October 2024, a position he had previously held from 1993 to 2009. Prior to t ...

(河村たかし, born 1948), Japanese politician *, Japanese footballer *

Takashi Kimura (disambiguation) Takashi Kimura may refer to: * Kengo Kimura (born 1953), retired Japanese professional wrestler, ring name Takashi Kimura * Takashi Kimura (politician) (born 1974), Japanese politician, Governor of Kumamoto Prefecture * Takashi Kimura (water polo) ...

, multiple people *

Takashi Koizumi Takashi Koizumi (小泉堯史 ''Koizumi Takashi'') (born November 6, 1944, in Mito) is a Japanese film director. After graduating from Waseda University, he served as an assistant director for Akira Kurosawa for many years. Filmography Award ...

(小泉堯史, born 1955), Japanese film director *, Japanese boxer *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese industrialist, investor, and art collector *, Japanese computer scientist *, Japanese basketball player *, Japanese cross-country skier * Takashi Matsumoto (disambiguation), multiple people * Takashi Matsunaga (松永貴志, born 1986), Japanese jazz pianist * Takashi Matsuoka, Japanese-American writer *

Takashi Miike is a Japanese film director, film producer and screenwriter. He has directed over 100 feature film, video, and television productions since his debut in 1991. His films span a variety of different genres, ranging from violent and surrealism, b ...

(三池崇史, born 1960), Japanese filmmaker *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer and manager *

Takashi Murakami is a Japanese contemporary artist. He works in fine arts (such as painting and sculpture) as well as commercial media (such as fashion, merchandise, and animation) and is known for blurring the line between High art, high and low arts. His wo ...

(村上隆, born 1962), Japanese contemporary artist *, Japanese rower *

Takashi Nagai was a Japanese Catholic physician, author, and survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. His subsequent life of prayer and service earned him the affectionate title "saint of Urakami". His cause for canonization was opened after his death a ...

(永井隆, 1908–1951), Japanese physician and survivor of the Nagasaki bombing *

Takashi Nagasaki is a Japanese author, manga writer and former editor of manga. He started his professional career at Shogakukan in 1980 and worked as an editor on the publisher's various manga magazines, including as editor-in-chief of ''Big Comic Spirits'' f ...

(長崎尚志, born 1954), Japanese author, manga writer and former editor of manga *

Takashi Nagasako is a Japanese voice actor who is currently affiliated with Arts Vision. He has voiced in a number of video games with roles such as Ganondorf in ''The Legend of Zelda'', Big the Cat in the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series, Cervantes de Leon and ...

(長嶝高士, born 1964), Japanese voice actor *

Takashi Nagatsuka was a Japanese poet and novelist. According to prominent historian Ann Waswo, Nagatsuka Takashi was born into a landowning family. Nagatsuka was born in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan in Kosshō Village (国生村), itself in Ishige, Ibaraki, Ishige ...

(長塚節, 1879–1915), Japanese novelist and poet *, Japanese politician *, Japanese mixed martial artist *

Takashi Nakamura is a Japanese animator and anime director. He is also a founding member of the Japan Animation Creators Association (JAniCA) Trade union, labor group. Nakamura's 2002 film ''A Tree of Palme'' was an official selection of the Berlin Film Festiva ...

(中村たかし, born 1995), Japanese animator, and anime director * Takashi Narita (成田貴志, born 1969), Japanese former volleyball player * Takashi Niigaki (新垣隆, born 1970), Japanese music teacher * Takashi Okamura (disambiguation), multiple people * Takashi Ono (小野喬, born 1931), Japanese gymnast *, Japanese voice actor *

Takashi Ozaki was a Japanese mountaineer. He is known for having made the first ascent of Mount Everest's north face and the first ascent of Myanmar's Hkakabo Razi. Biography Ozaki was born in Kameyama in Japan's Mie Prefecture. On May 10, 1980, Ozaki, with ...

(尾崎隆, 1952–2011), Japanese mountaineer *

Takashi Saito is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher who is currently the chief pitching coach for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). Saito's professional career spanned 23 years. He spent his first 13 seasons pit ...

(斎藤隆, born 1970), Japanese baseball player *, Japanese footballer *Takashi Saito (c. 1990 - 2007), sumo wrestler who died due to injuries sustained in the

Tokitsukaze stable hazing scandal The Tokitsukaze stable hazing scandal occurred in Japan on June 26, 2007, when , a seventeen-year-old junior sumo wrestler who fought under the ''shikona'' of Tokitaizan Takashi, collapsed and died after a training session at Tokitsukaze stable's ...

Takashi Sakai was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, known for his role as Governor of Hong Kong under Japanese occupation. Biography Sakai was born in Kamo District, Hiroshima, now part of Hiroshima city. He was ed ...

(酒井隆, 1887–1946), Japanese general *

Takashi Shimizu Takashi Shimizu (清水崇 ''Shimizu Takashi'', born 27 July 1972) is a Japanese people, Japanese filmmaker. He is best known for being the creator of the Ju-On, ''Ju-On'' franchise, and directing four of its films, internationally, in both Jap ...

(清水崇, born 1972), Japanese filmmaker *, Japanese footballer *

Takashi Shimura was a Japanese actor who appeared in over 200 films between 1934 and 1981. He appeared in 21 of Akira Kurosawa's 30 films (more than any other actor), including as a lead actor in '' Drunken Angel'' (1948), '' Rashomon'' (1950), '' Ikiru'' (1952) ...

(志村喬, 1905–1982), Japanese actor *

Takashi Sorimachi is a Japanese actor and singer. He is mostly famous for having portrayed Eikichi Onizuka in the 1998 live-action drama adaptation of the popular manga series ''Great Teacher Onizuka'', and the assassin O in Hong Kong action thriller film '' Ful ...

(反町隆史, born 1973), Japanese singer and actor *, Japanese sailor *, Japanese ice hockey player *, Japanese baseball player * Takashi Umeda (梅田高志, born 1976), Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese anime director *, Japanese architect *, Japanese actor *

Takashi Yanase Takashi Yanase (やなせたかし,Yanase Takashi,February 6, 1919 – October 13, 2013) was a Japanese writer, poet, illustrator and lyricist. He was best known as the creator of the picture book and animated series '' Anpanman''. Yanase was ch ...

, author of the picture book series

Anpanman is a Japanese children's superhero picture book series written by Takashi Yanase, running from 1973 until the author's death in 2013. The series has been adapted into an anime entitled , which is one of the most popular anime series among ...

*, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese water polo player *, better known as Cyber Kong, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese comedian *

Takashi Yoshimatsu is a Japanese classical music composer. He is well known for composing the score for the 2003 remake of ''Astro Boy''. Biography Yoshimatsu was born and raised in Yoyogi, Tokyo. He did not receive formal musical training while growing up. Yoshi ...

(吉松隆, born 1953), Japanese composer * Takashi Yuasa (湯浅卓, born 1955), Japanese lawyer *, Mongolian sumo wrestler

Fictional characters

* a character from '' Pita Ten'' *Takashi Hayase, a character from ''

The Super Dimension Fortress Macross is a Japanese science fiction anime television series. It is the first part of the ''Super Dimension'' trilogy and the ''Macross'' franchise. The series aired in Japan from October 1982 to June 1983. According to story creator Shoji Kawam ...

'' *, a character from

The Prince of Tennis is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takeshi Konomi. The manga was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from July 1999 to March 2008, with its chapters collected in 42 volumes. Viz Media licensed t ...

*, a character from ''

Highschool of the Dead ''Highschool of the Dead'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written by Daisuke Satō and illustrated by Shōji Satō. It was serialized in Fujimi Shobo's '' Monthly Dragon Age'' between the September 2006 and May 2013 issues, ...

'' *Takashi Kurosawa, a character from ''

The Hitman's Bodyguard ''The Hitman's Bodyguard'' is a 2017 action comedy film directed by Patrick Hughes and written by Tom O'Connor. It stars Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson with Gary Oldman and Salma Hayek. In the film, Michael Bryce (Reynolds) must protect ...

'' * (Mori), a character from ''

Ouran High School Host Club is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Bisco Hatori. It was serialized in Hakusensha's '' LaLa'' magazine between the September 2002 and November 2010 issues. The series follows Haruhi Fujioka, a scholarship student at Ou ...

'' *, the title character from ''

Natsume's Book of Friends is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuki Midorikawa. It started in Hakusensha's Shōjo manga, manga magazine ''LaLa DX'' in June 2003, where it ran until April 2008; it has been serialized in ''LaLa'' since July 2007. ...

'' *, a character from ''

Cyber Team in Akihabara is a 1998 Japanese anime television series created by Tsukasa Kotobuki and Satoru Akahori. It aired from April 4, 1998, to September 26, 1998, on TBS and ran for 26 episodes. It was released in the United States by ADV Films and was also b ...

'' *

Takashi 'Shiro' Shirogane This is a list of characters from '' Voltron''. ''Voltron: Defender of the Universe'' Lion Force Voltron (''Golion Team'') *Keith Kogane (''Akira Kogane'' 黄金旭) (voiced by Neil Ross in the '80s and '90s series and Giles Panton in the 2 ...

, a character from '' Voltron: Legendary Defender'' *Takashi Sone, a character from ''Haru yo, Koi'' *, a character from ''

Yotsuba&! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kiyohiko Azuma, the creator of ''Azumanga Daioh''. It has been serialized since January 2003 in the monthly magazine ''Dengeki Daioh'' by ASCII Media Works, formerly MediaWorks (publisher ...

'' *, a character from ''

Cardcaptor Sakura , abbreviated as ''CCS'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by the manga group Clamp. Serialized monthly in the ''shōjo'' manga magazine '' Nakayoshi'' from the June 1996 to August 2000 issues, it was also published in ...

'' *Takashi Kovacs, a character from ''

Altered Carbon ''Altered Carbon'' is a 2002 British cyberpunk novel by the English writer Richard K. Morgan. Set in a future in which interstellar travel and relative immortality is facilitated by transferring consciousnesses between bodies ("sleeves"), it ...

'' *Takashi Mitsuhashi, a character from ''

Kyō Kara Ore Wa!! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Nishimori. The manga was initially published in Shogakukan's manga magazine '' Shōnen Sunday Zōkan'', running monthly from September 1988 to August 1990. The series was ...

'' *Takashi Mitsuya, a character from ''

Tokyo Revengers is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ken Wakui. It was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from March 2017 to November 2022, with its chapters collected in 31 volumes. The story ...

'' *Takashi Todoroki, a character from ''

Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal , stylized as Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL, is a Japanese manga and anime series and the third spin-off of the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise, after the preceding ''Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's''. The manga began serialization in Shueisha's ''V Jump'' magazine from Decem ...

'' *Takashi, a supporting character who goes by the mutant name Tiger Claw in ''

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' (''TMNT'') is an American media franchise created by comic book artists Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. It follows Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Leonardo, Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), D ...

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