Takei (written: ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Emi Takei is a Japanese actress and model. Biography Takei was born in Nagoya. Aspiring to become a model, she declared to her parents on her entry to junior high school that she would become a model within three years. In 2006, she entered the 11th Japa ...

(born 1993), Japanese actress, fashion model, and singer * Esther Takei Nishio (1925–2019), selected as a "test case" as the first World War II internee of Japanese descent to return from camp and enroll in a California university *

George Takei George Takei ( ; born April20, 1937), born , is an American actor, author and activist known for his role as Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the USS ''Enterprise'' in the ''Star Trek'' franchise. Takei was born to Japanese-American parents, with w ...

(born 1937), American actor *, Japanese pole vaulter *

Hiroyuki Takei is a Japanese manga artist, best known as the creator of the popular ''Shaman King''. Career Hiroyuki Takei started drawing manga with writer EXIAD on SD Département Store Series which they created for a fanzine. Early in his career, he becam ...

(born 1972), Japanese manga writer *, Japanese dancer * Keiji Takei (born 1980), Japanese former rugby player *

Koji Takei is a water polo player from Japan. He was part of the Japanese team at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-spor ...

(born 1990), Japanese water polo player *, Japanese classical mandolinist *, Japanese sculptor *

Sō Takei is a Japanese ''tarento'' and former track and field athlete. He was an established athlete with multiple championships for athletics and decathlon. Takei is currently active as a ''tarento'', frequently appearing on television. He calls himself ...

(born 1973), Japanese ''

tarento Television personalities in Japan, known as in Japanese, are celebrities who regularly appear in mass media in Japan, especially as panelists on variety shows. During the Golden Age of Hollywood, bankable stars in the United States were descri ...

'' and former track and field athlete * Takuya Takei (born 1986), Japanese football player * Tokiji Takei (1903–1991), Japanese poet *

Yasuo Takei Yasuo Takei (武井保雄, ''Takei Yasuo'') (January 4, 1930 – August 10, 2006) was the founder and former chairman of Takefuji (武富士), Japan's number one consumer finance group. On 17 November 2004 he was given a three-year suspended sent ...

(1930–2006), the founder and former chairman of Takefuji *

Yuta Takei is a Japanese badminton player from Tokyo. He graduated from the Meiji University, and joined NTT East badminton team on 1 April 2023. Achievements BWF World Tour (1 title) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implem ...

(born 2000), Japanese badminton player

Fictional characters

*Junko Takei, a character in the media franchise ''

Strike Witches is a Japanese media mix franchise originally created by Fumikane Shimada via a series of magazine illustration columns. The illustrations have since inspired several official light novel, manga, and anime series and v ...

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