Takuya is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *

Takuya Asanuma , better known mononymously as Takuya (stylized in all caps as TAKUYA), is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He was formerly the second guitarist of the Judy and Mary. He currently works as a solo artist under the name T ...

(born 1971), Japanese guitarist and former member of Judy and Mary who performs as "TAKUYA" *

Takuya Eguchi is a Japanese voice actor and singer. He is affiliated with 81 Produce. He has voiced in a number of lead roles in anime shows, including Kazuya Kujo in ''Gosick'', Yoshiharu Sagara in ''The Ambition of Oda Nobuna'', Kon Hokaze in ''Ixion Saga ...

, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese long-distance runner *, Japanese slalom canoeist *, Japanese footballer *

Takuya Hirai Takuya Hirai is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Takamatsu, Kagawa and graduate of Sophia University he was elected to the House ...

(born 1958), Japanese politician, member of the Japanese House of Representatives *

Takuya Igarashi is a Japanese freelance storyboard artist and director who has worked for Toei Animation and currently Bones. He has also sometimes used the alias . Anime involved in Director ''TV Series'' ''Films'' Other *'' Alien Nine'': Episode Dire ...

, Japanese anime director *, Japanese alpine skier *, Japanese footballer *

Takuya Jinno is a Japanese former association football player and manager. Club career Jinno was born in Soka on June 1, 1970. He was educated at and played for Shutoku High School. After graduating in 1989, he joined Japan Soccer League side Nissan Motors. ...

(born 1970), Japanese footballer *, Japanese professional baseball player *, Japanese footballe * Takuya Kimura (born 1972), member of the Japanese pop vocal group, SMAP * Takuya Kimura (baseball) (1972–2010), baseball player * Takuya Kirimoto, Japanese voice actor * Takuya Kondo (born 1991), Japanese figure skater *

Takuya Kurosawa is a Japanese race car driver. Kurosawa raced in All-Japan Formula Three from 1988 to 1989, Japanese Formula 3000 from 1990 to 1995 and the JGTC series from 1994 to 1999, also driving in the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans, finishing 10th. Kurosawa t ...

(born 1962), Japanese race car driver *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *

Takuya Nagase is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 9- dan. He is the current holder of the Ōza title and a former holder of the Eiō title. Early life Nagase was born in Yokohama on September 5, 1992. He learned how to play shogi at age six from ...

, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *

Takuya Onishi is a Japanese astronaut selected for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) in 2009. He spent four months on board the International Space Station in 2016. Early life Onishi was born in Nerima, Tokyo, Japan on 22 December 1975. He gradua ...

(born 1975), Japanese astronaut candidate from JAXA *, Japanese sport wrestler *, Japanese anime screenwriter and director *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer * Takuya Sugi (born 1983), Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese footballer * Takuya Takagi (born 1967), Japanese professional footballer and coach * Takuya Tasso (born 1964), Japanese politician, governor of Iwate Prefecture * Takuya Terada (born 1992), Japanese singer, actor and model, currently active in Korean band Cross Gene *

Takuya Tsukahara is a Japanese photographer A photographer (the Greek language, Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who makes photographs. ...

(born 1937), Japanese photographer *, Japanese footballer * Takuya Yamada (born 1974), Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *Takuya∞, the vocalist for the Japanese band Uverworld *, Japanese sumo wrestler *, Japanese sumo wrestler

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*Takuya Enoki, the main character in the manga series ''

Aka-chan to Boku is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Marimo Ragawa. It was published in Hakusensha's magazine '' Hana to Yume'' from 1991 to 1997. In North America, it was published by Viz Media. The series was adapted into an anime telev ...

'' *Takuya Morooka, a character in the visual novel ''

Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai! , often abbreviated , is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by and released for the PC on August 28, 2009 (first press version) as a DVD and on October 30, 2009 (regular version) as two DVDs. An English translation of the PC version was ...

'' *Takuya Kanbara, a character in the anime series ''

Digimon Frontier , is the fourth anime television series in the '' Digimon'' franchise, produced by Toei Animation. Unlike the previous series, the main characters can merge with ancient spirits known as "Legendary Warriors" to become Digimon themselves. The ...

'' * Takuya Yamashiro, protagonist of the tokusatsu television series '' Spider-Man'' *, a character from the ''

Assassination Classroom manga Assassination is the murder of a prominent or VIP, important person, such as a head of state, head of government, politician, world leader, member of a royal family or CEO. The murder of a celebrity, activist, or artist, though they may not hav ...

'' and anime series *Takuya Kai, the Main character in the metal heroes series ''

Juukou B-Fighter , is a 1995 Japanese tokusatsu television series. B-Fighter is short for "Beetle Fighter". It was part of Toei's Metal Hero Series franchise. It dealt with three members of the prestigious fighting against the evil forces of the otherworldly ...

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