Takeo (given name)
Takeo is a common masculine Japanese given name.
Takeo is also a spoken word in the language of the mid to late dynasty of Inca with the meaning: not yours. It was observed in a border dispute. The spoken word was incorporated in the lexicon with the written example so far not recorded.
Kanji
Takeo can be written using different kanji and can mean:- 武夫, "military husband"
- 武雄, "military masculinity"
- 猛雄, "fierce masculinity"
- 健男, "healthy man"
- 健雄, "healthy masculinity"
People with the given name Takeo
- Takeo Ando, professional Go player
- Takeo Arishima, Japanese novelist
- Takeo Daigo, Japanese baseball player
- Takeo Doi, Japanese psychoanalyst
- Takeo Fukuda, 67th Prime Minister of Japan
- Takeo Fukui, president and CEO of Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Takeo Hatanaka, Japanese astronomer
- Takeo Hirose, officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy
- Takeo Itō, general in the Imperial Japanese Army
- Takeo Kajiwara, Japanese professional Go player
- Takeo Kanade, Japanese researcher in Computer Vision
- Takeo Kawamura, Japanese professional baseball player
- Takeo Kawamura, Japanese politician
- Takeo Kikuchi, Japanese industrial and fashion designer
- Takeo Kimura, Japanese filmmaker
- Takeo Kurita, vice-admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy
- Takeo Miki, 66th Prime Minister of Japan
- Takeo Miratsu, Japanese video game and Anime composer
- Takeo Nishioka, Japanese politician
- Takeo Otsuka, Japanese professional wrestler
- Takeo Shimotori, Japanese sport wrestler
- Takeo Shiota, Japanese-American landscape architect
- Takeo Spikes, American football linebacker
- Takeo Sugawara, Japanese hammer thrower
- Takeo Sugiyama, Japanese basketball player
- Takeo Takagi, admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy
- Takeo Takahashi, Japanese animation director
- Takeo Uesugi, Japanese-American landscape architect
- Takeo Yamaguchi, Japanese painter
- Takeo Yano, Japanese judoka
- Takeo Yasuda, general in the Imperial Japanese Army
- Takeo Yoshikawa, Japanese spy
Fictional characters with the given name Takeo
- Takeo Saeki, software developer
- Takeo Masaki, character in Call of Duty zombies series
- Otori Takeo, main character in the Tales of the Otori series by Lian Hearn
- Takeo Gōda, main character from the manga series, My Love Story!! by Kazune Kawahara.
- Takeo, mascot for the Nekocon anime convention
- Takeo Ishiyama, supporting character of Code Lyoko in which he is father of dutiful Lyoko warrior Yumi Ishiyama
- Takeo Sasaki, in the Marvel anime miniseries of X-Men the only child of Dr. Yui Sasaki and the immensely powerful telepath Charles Xavier
- Takeo Kumagami, character in Patlabor. A member of Section 2, Division 2, Team 2. Voiced by: Keiko Yokozawa