Takaya (name)
Takaya is both a Japanese surname and a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
As surname
- Hiroyuki Takaya, a Japanese mixed martial artist
- Natsuki Takaya, the pen name of a Japanese manga artist best known for creating the series Fruits Basket
- Yoshiki Takaya, a Japanese manga artist best known for creating the series ''Guyver''
As given name
- Takaya Imamura, co-director of the Nintendo 3DS game Tank Troopers
- Takaya Ishikawa, Japanese baseball player
- Takaya Kamikawa, a Japanese actor
- Kotofuji Takaya, a former Japanese sumo wrestler
- Takaya Kuroda, a Japanese actor and voice actor
- Takaya Kurokawa, a retired Japanese football player who last played for Albirex Niigata and who was part of the Japanese 2004 Olympic football team
- Takaya Osanai, Japanese footballer
- Takaya Tsubobayashi, a Japanese race car driver
Fictional characters
- Takaya Aiba, the main character of the anime series Tekkaman Blade
- Takaya Mizushima, a character in the manga and anime series Shadow Star
- Takaya Sakaki, an antagonist in Persona 3
- Noriko Takaya, one of the main female character of Gainax series ''Gunbuster''