Takeshi


Takeshi is a masculine Japanese given name.

Written forms

Forms in kanji can include:
  • 武, "warrior"
  • 毅, "strong"
  • 猛, "fierce"
  • 健, "healthy"
  • 剛, "sturdy"
  • 彪, "spotted"
  • 威, "intimidate"
  • 壮, "robust"
  • 丈, "length"
  • 雄, "masculine"
  • 豪, "overpowering"
  • 武史, "warrior, history"
  • 武士, "warrior, gentleman"
  • 健史, "healthy, history"
  • 猛司, "fierce, director"
  • 剛士, "sturdy, gentleman"
  • 健士, "healthy, gentleman"
  • 武志, "warrior, "intention"
  • 丈史, "length, history"
  • 剛始, "sturdy, commence"
  • 猛司, "fierce, director"
  • 勇志, "courage, intention"
  • 雄志, "masculine, intention"
  • 猛士, "fierce, gentleman"
  • 岳志, "peak, intention"
  • 剛志, "sturdy, intention"
  • 岳史, "peak, history"

    People with the name

  • Takeshi Akiba, Japanese ice hockey player
  • Takeshi Aono, Japanese voice actor
  • Takeshi Azuma, Japanese ice hockey player
  • Takeshi Fujii, Japanese shogi player
  • Takeshi Hasegawa, Japanese basketball player
  • Takeshi Hidaka, Japanese baseball player
  • Takeshi Honda, Japanese figure skater
  • Takeshi Honda, Japanese animator
  • Takeshi Hosoyamada, Japanese baseball player
  • Takeshi Inoue, Japanese footballer
  • Takeshi Inoue, Japanese mixed martial artist
  • Takeshi Inoue, better known as Takeshi Rikio, Japanese professional wrestler
  • Takeshi Ito, Japanese footballer
  • Takeshi Iwamoto, Japanese ice hockey player
  • Takeshi Kaga, Japanese actor
  • Takeshi Kajikawa, Japanese golfer
  • Takeshi Kamura, Japanese badminton player
  • Takeshi Kaneshiro, Taiwanese-Japanese actor and singer
  • Takeshi Kawakami, Japanese shogi player
  • Takeshi Kimura, Japanese screenwriter
  • Takeshi Kitano, known as Beat Takeshi, Japanese filmmaker and star of Takeshi's Castle
  • Takeshi Kizu, Japanese rugby union player
  • Takeshi Kobayashi, Japanese keyboardist, lyricist, composer, arranger and record producer
  • Takeshi Kobayashi, Japanese sport wrestler
  • Takeshi Kodama, Japanese rower
  • Takeshi Konomi, Japanese manga artist
  • Takeshi Kusao, Japanese voice actor
  • Takeshi Miyamoto, Japanese politician
  • Takeshi Miyamoto, Japanese baseball player
  • Takeshi Mizukoshi, Japanese photographer
  • Takeshi Mizuuchi, Japanese footballer
  • Takeshi Mori, multiple people
  • Takeshi Morishima, Japanese professional wrestler
  • Takeshi Nagao, Japanese sport wrestler
  • Takeshi Nagano, Japanese volleyball player
  • Takeshi Noda, Japanese politician
  • Takeshi Nomoto, Japanese basketball player
  • Takeshi Obata, Japanese manga artist
  • Takeshi Okumura, Japanese pocket billiards player
  • Takeshi Onaga, Japanese politician
  • Takeshi Rikio, Japanese professional wrestler
  • Takeshi Saito, Japanese footballer
  • Takeshi Saito, Japanese ice hockey player
  • Takeshi Saito, Japanese mathematician
  • Neko Saito, Japanese violinist
  • Takeshi Shudo, Japanese scriptwriter
  • Takeshi So, Japanese long-distance runner
  • Takeshi Sugita, Japanese sport shooter
  • Takeshi Takashina, Japanese general
  • Hiroki Takeshi, better known as AK-69, Japanese rapper, singer-songwriter
  • Takeshi Terauchi, Japanese rock guitarist
  • Takeshi Tomizawa, Japanese comedian and actor
  • Takeshi Tsuruno, Japanese actor
  • Takeshi Ueda, Japanese musician
  • Takeshi Urata, Japanese astronomer
  • Takeshi Yamada, Japanese-American artist
  • Takeshi Yamaguchi, Japanese footballer
  • Takeshi Yamakage, Japanese swimmer
  • Takeshi Yamanaka, Japanese ice hockey player
  • Takeshi Yasukawa, Japanese diplomat
  • Takeshi Yokoyama, Japanese jockey
  • Takeshi Yoshida, Japanese engineer

    Fictional characters

  • Brock, a character in the Pokémon media franchise, better known as Brock in English
  • Takeshi, a character in the television series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  • Takeshi Goda, a character in the manga series Doraemon
  • Takeshi Honda, a character in the anime series Yuri on Ice, based on the actual Takeshi Honda
  • Kamen Rider, a character in the tokusatsu franchise Kamen Rider
  • Takeshi Kovacs, a character in many books by Richard Morgan
  • List of My Hero Academia characters#Vigilantes spin-off, a character in the My Hero Academia spin-off My Hero Academia: Vigilantes mostly known as Knuckleduster
  • Takeshi Momoshiro, a character in the manga series Prince of Tennis
  • List of Yuri on Ice characters#Nishigōri family, a character in the anime series Yuri on Ice
  • Takeshi Saehara, a character in the manga series D.N.Angel
  • Takeshi Sendo, a character in the manga series Hajime no Ippo
  • Takeshi Shirokane, a character in the web comic Okashina Okashi – Strange Candy
  • List of Inazuma Eleven characters#Takeshi Sugimori, a character in the Inazuma Eleven media franchise
  • Takeshi Yamamoto, a character in the manga series ''Reborn!''