Takashi

{{Infobox given name | name = Takashi | image= Takashi_Murakami_at_Versailles_Sept._2010_(crop).jpg | imagesize= | caption= Takashi Murakami, a contemporary Japanese artist | pronunciation= Ta-ka-shi | gender = Male | meaning = It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used. | region = Japan | origin = Japanese | related names = Takeshi Takanobu Takaya Takako Takami Takana | footnotes = | wikt = }} {{Nihongo|'''Takashi'''|たかし, タカシ}} is a masculine Japanese given name.

== Written forms == The name Takashi can have multiple different meanings depending on which kanji is used to write it. Possible forms of the name include: *隆 - "prosperous noble" *喬士 - "high, boasting, samurai, gentleman" *崇史 - "adore, revere, chronicler, history" *孝 - "filial piety, serve parents" *貴志 *敬 Takashi can also be written in hiragana and/or katakana: *タカシ (katakana) *たかし (hiragana)

==People with the name== *{{Nihongo|Takashi Abe|阿部隆||born 1967}}, Japanese professional shogi player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Abe (footballer)|安部崇士||born 1997}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Takashi Agoh|吾郷孝視||born 1941}}, Japanese mathematician *{{Nihongo|Takashi Aiki|相木崇||born 1978}}, Japanese retired Nippon Professional Baseball player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Aizawa|相澤貴志||born 1982}}, Japanese former football player *Takashi Akasaka (1925-2010), Japanese engineering professor *{{Nihongo|Takashi Akatsuka|赤塚隆||born 1973}}, Japanese rugby union player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Akiyama|秋山貴嗣||born 1992}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Takashi Amano|天野尚||1954–2015}}, Japanese photographer, aquarist and designer *{{Nihongo|Takashi Amano (footballer)|天野貴史||born 1986}}, Japanese football player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Aonishi|青西高嗣||born 1968}}, Japanese music artist *{{Nihongo|Takashi Aoyagi|青柳隆志||born 1961}}, Japanese scholar *{{Nihongo|Takashi Arai|新井卓||born 1978}}, Japanese photographer/visual artist *{{Nihongo|Takashi Araya|荒谷卓||born 1959}}, Japanese martial artist and author *{{Nihongo|Takashi Asahina|朝比奈隆||1908–2001}}, Japanese conductor *{{Nihongo|Takashi Asano|浅野孝||born 1937}}, Japanese-born environmental engineer and a professor *{{Nihongo|Takashi Awamori|粟森喬||1939–2023}}, Japanese businessman and politician *{{Nihongo|Takashi Chinen|知念孝||born 1967}}, Japanese former artistic gymnast *{{Nihongo|Takashi Dekita|出耒田敬||born 1991}}, Japanese volleyball player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Eda|江田孝||1923–1978}}, Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher *{{Nihongo|Takashi Endo|遠藤敬||born 1968}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Takashi Esaki|江崎孝||born 1956}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Takashi Eto|衛藤昂||born 1991}}, Japanese track and field athlete *{{Nihongo|Takashi Fujii|藤井隆||born 1972}}, Japanese entertainment personality *{{Nihongo|Takashi Fujii (footballer)|藤井貴||born 1986}}, Japanese former football player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Fujinama|藤沼貴||1931—2012}}, Japanese translator *{{Nihongo|Takashi Fujisawa|藤沢隆||born 1943}}, Japanese retired ski jumper and Nordic combined skier *Takashi Fujitani, Japanese historian *{{Nihongo|Takashi Fujiwara|藤原崇||born 1983}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Takashi Fukaya|深谷隆司||born 1935}}, Japanese retired politician *{{Nihongo|Takashi Fukunishi|福西崇史||born 1976}}, Japanese former professional footballer *{{Nihongo|Takashi Fukutani|福谷たかし||1952–2000}}, Japanese manga artist *{{Nihongo|Takashi Furuya|古谷充||1936–2020}}, Japanese jazz saxophonist and vocalist *{{Nihongo|Takashi Gojobori|五條堀孝||born 1951}}, Japanese molecular biologist *{{Nihongo|Takashi Haase Shibayama|ハーゼ柴山崇||born 1980}}, Japanese equestrian *{{Nihongo|Takashi Hagino|萩野崇||born 1948}}, Japanese actor *{{Nihongo|Takashi Hanyūda|羽生田俊||born 1951}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Takashi Hara|原敬||1856–1921}}, Japanese politician and Prime Minister of Japan *{{Nihongo|Takashi Hara (artist)|ハラタカシ||born 1983}}, Japanese contemporary artist *Takashi Hasegawa, Japanese electrical engineer and programmer *{{Nihongo|Takashi Hashiguchi|橋口たかし||born 1967}}, Japanese manga artist *{{Nihongo|Takashi Hibiki|日引俊詞||born 1963}}, Japanese scientist *Takashi Hidai (born 1934), Japanese wheelchair curler *{{Nihongo|Takashi Hikino|曳野孝||born 1967}}, Japanese economist and educator *{{Nihongo|Takashi Hiraide|平出隆||born 1950}}, Japanese poet and critic *{{Nihongo|Takashi Hirajima|平島崇||born 1982}}, Japanese former football player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Hirano|平野孝||born 1974}}, Japanese former professional footballer *{{Nihongo|Takashi Hiraoka|平岡敬||born 1927}}, Japanese mayor of Hiroshima from 1991 to 1999 *{{Nihongo|Takashi Hirata|平田孝||born 1936}}, Japanese wrestler *{{Nihongo|Takashi Hirayasu|平安隆||born 1952}}, Okinawan musician *{{Nihongo|Takashi "Taka" Hirose|広瀬隆||born 1967}}, Japanese musician and chef *{{Nihongo|Takashi Hirose (swimmer)|廣瀬隆||1923–2002}}, American competitive swimmer *{{Nihongo|Takashi Hirose (writer)|広瀬隆||born 1943}}, Japanese writer *{{Nihongo|Takashi Hishikari|菱刈隆||1871–1952}}, Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army *{{Nihongo|Takashi Hosokawa|細川たかし||born 1950}}, Japanese enka singer *{{Nihongo|Takashi Ichiba|市場孝士||born 1960}}, Japanese weightlifter *{{Nihongo|Takashi Ichinojō|逸ノ城駿||born 1993}}, Mongolian sumo wrestler *{{Nihongo|Takashi Iizuka|飯塚高史||born 1966}}, Japanese retired professional wrestler *{{Nihongo|Takashi Iizuka (game designer)|飯塚隆||born 1970}}, Japanese video game director and designer *{{Nihongo|Takashi Ikegami|池上高志||born 1961}}, Japanese professor *{{Nihongo|Takashi Ikenaga|池永天志||born 1993}}, Japanese shogi player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Ikenoue|池ノ上孝司||born 1955}}, Japanese handball player *Takashi Imamura (born 1934), Japanese rower *{{Nihongo|Takashi Inagaki|稲垣隆史||1937–2025}}, Japanese actor and voice actor *{{Nihongo|Takashi Inoguchi|猪口孝||1944–2024}}, Japanese academic researcher *{{Nihongo|Takashi Inoue|井之上隆志||1960–2017}}, Japanese actor *{{Nihongo|Takashi Inoue (author)|井之上喬||born 1944}}, Japanese public relations practitioner, scholar and theorist *{{Nihongo|Takashi Inui|乾貴士||born 1988}}, Japanese professional footballer *{{Nihongo|Takashi Inukai|犬養孝||1907–1998}}, Japanese literature academic *{{Nihongo|Takashi Irie|入江隆||born 1958}}, Japanese retired light-flyweight freestyle wrestler *{{Nihongo|Takashi Ishiguro|石黒峻士||born 1997}}, Japanese freestyle wrestler *{{Nihongo|Takashi Ishii (baseball)|石井貴||born 1971}}, Japanese professional baseball pitcher and coach *{{Nihongo|Takashi Ishii (film director)|石井隆||1946–2022}}, Japanese film director, screenwriter and manga artist *{{Nihongo|Takashi Ishikawa|石川敬士||born 1953}}, Japanese former professional wrestler and sumo wrestler *{{Nihongo|Takashi Ishimoto|石本隆||1935–2009}}, Japanese butterfly swimmer *{{Nihongo|Takashi Ishizaki|石崎隆}}, Japanese mixed martial artist *{{Nihongo|Takashi Ishizeki|石関貴史||born 1972}}, Japanese former politician *{{Nihongo|Takashi Ito (basketball)|伊藤駿||born 1990}}, Japanese professional basketball player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Ito (director)|伊藤高志||born 1956}}, Japanese experimental filmmaker *{{Nihongo|Takashi Ito|伊藤隆||born 1970}}, Japanese kickboxer *{{Nihongo|Takashi Itoyama|糸山隆司||born 1936}}, Japanese basketball player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Iwashige|いわしげ孝||1954–2013}}, Japanese manga artist *{{Nihongo|Takashi Kakihara|垣原隆司||born 1937}}, Japanese ice hockey player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Kako|加古隆||born 1947}}, Japanese pianist and composer *Takashi Kamiyama (born 1973), Japanese professional golfer *{{Nihongo|Takashi Kamoshida|鴨志田誉||born 1985}}, Japanese football player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Kanai|金井貢史||born 1990}}, Japanese former professional football player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Kanemoto|兼本貴司||born 1970}}, Japanese professional golfer *{{Nihongo|Takashi Kanezawa|金沢孝史||born 1973}}, Japanese shogi player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Kano|加納孝||1920–2000}}, Japanese football player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Kasahara (footballer, born 1918)|笠原隆||born 1918}}, Japanese football player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Kasahara (footballer, born 1988)|笠原昂史||born 1988}}, Japanese professional footballer *{{Nihongo|Takashi Kashiwabara|柏原崇||born 1977}}, Japanese former actor *{{Nihongo|Takashi Kashiwada|柏田貴史||born 1971}}, Japanese retired professional baseball player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Kato|加藤嵩士||born 1989}}, Japanese handball player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Kawai|川井貴志||born 1976}}, Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher *{{Nihongo|Takashi Kawamura (businessman)|川村隆||born 1939}}, Japanese director and the chairman of TEPCO *{{Nihongo|Takashi Kawamura (politician)|河村たかし||born 1948}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Takashi Kawanishi|川西隆}}, Japanese football player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Kawano|河野貴志||born 1996}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Takashi Kii|城井崇||born 1973}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Takashi Kijima|杵島隆||1920–2011}}, Japanese photographer *{{Nihongo|Takashi Kikutani|菊谷崇||born 1980}}, Japanese rugby union player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Kimura (politician)|木村敬||born 1974}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Takashi Kimura (water polo)|木村隆||born 1950}}, Japanese former water polo player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Kitamura|北村隆||born 1977}}, Japanese skier *{{Nihongo|Takashi Kitano|北野貴之||born 1982}}, Japanese former football player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Kiyama|木山隆之||born 1972}}, Japanese professional football manager and former player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Kobayashi (racing driver)|小林崇志||born 1987}}, Japanese racing driver *{{Nihongo|Takashi Kobayashi (wrestler)|小林孝至||born 1963}}, Japanese wrestler *{{Nihongo|Takashi Kogure|小暮卓史||born 1980}}, Japanese racing driver *{{Nihongo|Takashi Koizumi|小泉堯史||born 1955}}, Japanese film director *{{Nihongo|Takashi Kojima|小島卓||born 1973}}, Japanese former football player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Komatsu|小松隆志||born 1967}}, Japanese male triple jumper *{{Nihongo|Takashi Kondo (footballer)|近藤貴司||born 1992}}, Japanese football player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Kondo (gymnast)|近藤天||1911–1994}}, Japanese gymnast *{{Nihongo|Takashi Kondō|近藤隆||born 1979}}, Japanese voice actor *{{Nihongo|Takashi Koshimoto|越本隆志||born 1971}}, Japanese boxer *{{Nihongo|Takashi Kosugi|小杉隆||born 1935}}, Japanese retired politician *{{Nihongo|Takashi Koyari|小鑓隆史||born 1966}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Takashi Kuramoto|倉本崇史||born 1984}}, Japanese former football player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Kurihara|栗原孝||born 1947}}, Japanese professional golfer *{{Nihongo|Takashi Kurosu|黒須隆||born 1968}}, Japanese baseball catcher *{{Nihongo|Takashi Kushida|串田誉司||1935–2012}}, Japanese aikido master and the chief instructor *{{Nihongo|Takashi Kuwahara|桑原隆||born 1948}}, Japanese former football player and manager *{{Nihongo|Takashi Manei|万永貴司||born 1972}}, Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball infielder *{{Nihongo|Takashi Maruyama|丸山孝||born 1953}}, Japanese volleyball player *{{Nihongo|Masuda Takashi|益田孝||1848–1938}}, Japanese industrialist, investor, and art collector *{{Nihongo|Takashi Masuda (basketball)|増田貴史||born 1940}}, Japanese basketball player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Masuda (computer scientist)|益田隆司||born 1939}}, Japanese computer scientist *{{Nihongo|Takashi Masuzaki|増崎孝司||born 1962}}, Japanese guitarist, composer and arranger *{{Nihongo|Takashi Matsuhashi|松橋高司||born 1932}}, Japanese cross-country skier *{{Nihongo|Takashi Matsui|松井孝||born 1940}}, Japanese ski jumper *{{Nihongo|Takashi Matsumoto (lyricist)|松本隆||born 1949}}, Japanese lyricist and former musician *{{Nihongo|Takashi Matsumoto (poet)|松本たかし||1906–1956}}, Japanese haiku poet *{{Nihongo|Takashi Matsunaga|松永貴志||born 1986}}, Japanese jazz pianist *{{Nihongo|Takashi Matsuo (actor, born 1960)|松尾貴史||born 1960}}, Japanese tarento, narrator, disc jockey, actor and columnist *{{Nihongo|Takashi Matsuo (actor, born 1996)|松尾太陽||born 1996}}, Japanese actor and vocalist *Takashi Matsuoka, Japanese-American writer *{{Nihongo|Takashi Matsuyama (actor)|松山鷹志||born 1960}}, Japanese actor and voice actor *{{Nihongo|Takashi Matsuyama|松山崇||1908-1977}}, Japanese production designer and art director *{{Nihongo|Takashi Midorikawa|緑川貴士||born 1985}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Takashi Miike|三池崇史||born 1960}}, Japanese filmmaker *{{Nihongo|Takashi Miki|三木隆司||born 1978}}, Japanese former football player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Miki (javelin thrower)|三木孝志||born 1939}}, Japanese former javelin thrower *{{Nihongo|Takashi Mitsubayashi|三ッ林隆志||1953–2010}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Takashi Mitsukuri|三栗崇||born 1939}}, Japanese gymnast and Olympic champion *{{Nihongo|Takashi Miura|三浦隆司||born 1984}}, Japanese former professional boxer *{{Nihongo|Takashi Miwa|三輪隆||born 1969}}, Japanese former professional baseball player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Miyahara|宮原巍||1934–2019}}, Japanese-born Nepalese tourism entrepreneur and politician *{{Nihongo|Takashi Miyake|三宅敬||born 1980}}, Japanese former international rugby union player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Miyazawa|宮澤崇史||born 1978}}, Japanese former professional racing cyclist *{{Nihongo|Takashi Mizuno|水野隆||born 1931}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Takashi Mizunuma|水沼貴史||born 1960}}, Japanese footballer and manager *{{Nihongo|Takashi Morita|森田高||born 1967}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Takashi Moriya|森屋隆||born 1967}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Takashi Mukaibo|向坊隆||1917–2002}}, Japanese chemist and nuclear engineer *{{Nihongo|Takashi Mura|無良隆志||born 1960}}, Japanese figure skating coach and former competitor *{{Nihongo|Takashi Murakami|村上隆||born 1962}}, Japanese contemporary artist *{{Nihongo|Takashi Murakami (golfer)|村上隆||born 1944}}, Japanese professional golfer *{{Nihongo|Takashi Murayama|村山隆志||born 1951}}, Japanese rower *{{Nihongo|Takashi Nagai|永井隆||1908–1951}}, Japanese physician and survivor of the Nagasaki bombing *{{Nihongo|Takashi Nagai (wrestler)|永井隆||born 1936}}, Japanese former wrestler *{{Nihongo|Takashi Nagao|長尾隆史||born 1957}}, Japanese former track and field athlete *{{Nihongo|Takashi Nagasaki|長崎尚志||born 1954}}, Japanese author, manga writer and former editor of manga *{{Nihongo|Takashi Nagasako|長嶝高士||born 1964}}, Japanese voice actor *{{Nihongo|Takashi Nagase|永瀬隆||1918–2011}}, Japanese military interpreter *{{Nihongo|Takashi Nagata|永田崇||born 1972}}, Japanese former football player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Nagatsuka|長塚節||1879–1915}}, Japanese novelist and poet *{{Nihongo|Takashi Nagayama|永山たかし||born 1978}}, Japanese actor *{{Nihongo|Takashi Nagayasu|長安豊||born 1968}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Takashi Nakakura|中蔵隆志||born 1977}}, Japanese mixed martial artist *{{Nihongo|Takashi Nakamura|中村たかし||born 1995}}, Japanese animator, and anime director *{{Nihongo|Takashi Nakano|中野高||born 1984}}, Japanese former swimmer *{{Nihongo|Takashi Narita|成田貴志||born 1969}}, Japanese former volleyball player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Negishi|根岸隆||born 1933}}, Japanese neo-Walrasian economist *{{Nihongo|Takashi Nemoto|根本敬||born 1958}}, Japanese comics artist and illustrator *{{Nihongo|Takashi Niigaki|新垣隆||born 1970}}, Japanese music teacher *{{Nihongo|Takashi Nikaido|二階堂高嗣||born 1990}}, Japanese actor and singer *{{Nihongo|Takashi Nishida|西田崇||born 1976}}, Japanese snowboarder *{{Nihongo|Takashi Nishimoto|西本聖||born 1956}}, Japanese baseball coach and retired pitcher *{{Nihongo|Takashi Nishiyama|西山隆志}}, Japanese video game designer, director and producer *{{Nihongo|Takashi Nishizawa|西沢隆}}, Japanese mixed martial artist *{{Nihongo|Takashi Nomura|野村孝||1927–2015}}, Japanese film director *{{Nihongo|Takashi Nonomura|野々村孝||born 1969}}, Japanese wrestler *{{Nihongo|Takashi Odawara|小田原貴||born 1992}}, Japanese professional footballer *{{Nihongo|Takashi Ogasawara|小笠原孝||born 1976}}, Japanese professional baseball pitcher *{{Nihongo|Takashi Ogino|荻野貴司||born 1985}}, Japanese professional baseball outfielder and shortstop *{{Nihongo|Takashi Ōhara|大原崇||born 1978}}, Japanese voice actor *Takashi Ohno, American politician *{{Nihongo|Takashi Ohori|大堀孝||born 1969}}, Japanese bobsledder *{{Nihongo|Takashi Ohyama|大山喬史}}, Japanese President of Tokyo Medical and Dental University *{{Nihongo|Takashi Okamura (comedian)|岡村隆史||born 1970}}, Japanese comedian *{{Nihongo|Takashi Okamura (photographer)|岡村崔||1927–2014}}, Japanese photographer *{{Nihongo|Takashi Okazaki|岡崎能士||born 1974}}, Japanese manga artist, visual designer and graphic designer *{{Nihongo|Takashi Okuhara|奥原崇||born 1972}}, Japanese former football player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Onishi|大西貴||born 1971}}, Japanese former football player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Ono (gymnast)|小野喬||born 1931}}, Japanese gymnast *{{Nihongo|Takashi Ono (judoka)|小野卓志||born 1980}}, Japanese judoka *{{Nihongo|Takashi Ono (mathematician)|小野孝||1928–2026}}, Japanese-born American mathematician *{{Nihongo|Takashi Onozuka|小野塚貴志||born 1974}}, Japanese voice actor *{{Nihongo|Takashi Ōtsuka|大塚高司||born 1964}}, Japanese former politician *{{Nihongo|Takashi Ozaki|尾崎隆||1952–2011}}, Japanese mountaineer *{{Nihongo|Takashi Rakuyama|楽山孝志||born 1980}}, Japanese former football player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Saito|斎藤隆||born 1970}}, Japanese baseball player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Saito (footballer)|齋藤恭志||born 1993}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Takashi Saito (sumo wrestler)|斉藤俊||1990-2007}}, Japanese sumo wrestler *{{Nihongo|Takashi Saito (weightlifter)|斎藤隆||born 1953}}, Japanese weightlifter *{{Nihongo|Takashi Sakai|酒井隆||1887–1946}}, Japanese general *{{Nihongo|Takashi Sanada|眞田卓||born 1985}}, Japanese Paralympic tennis player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Sasagawa|笹川堯||born 1935}}, Japanese former politician *{{Nihongo|Takashi Sasagawa (baseball)|笹川隆||born 1979}}, Japanese former professional baseball infielder *{{Nihongo|Takashi Sasaki|佐々木貴||born 1975}}, Japanese professional wrestler *{{Nihongo|Takashi Sasano|笹野高史||born 1948}}, Japanese actor *{{Nihongo|Takashi Sato|佐藤天||born 1990}}, Japanese mixed martial artist *{{Nihongo|Takashi Sawada|澤田崇||born 1991}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Takashi Sekizuka|関塚隆||born 1960}}, Japanese former football player and manager *Takashi Shibata (born 1951), Japanese biathlete *{{Nihongo|Takashi Shiina|椎名高志||born 1965}}, Japanese manga artist *{{Nihongo|Takashi Shimizu|清水崇||born 1972}}, Japanese filmmaker *{{Nihongo|Takashi Shimizu (baseball)|清水誉||born 1984}}, Japanese professional baseball catcher *{{Nihongo|Takashi Shimoda|下田崇||born 1975}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Takashi Shimokawara|下川原孝||1906–2011}}, Japanese centenarian *{{Nihongo|Takashi Shimura|志村喬||1905–1982}}, Japanese actor *{{Nihongo|Takashi Shinohara|篠原孝||born 1948}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Takashi Shirozu|白水隆||1917–2004}}, Japanese entomologist *{{Nihongo|Takashi Shoji|庄司孝||born 1971}}, Japanese football player and manager *{{Nihongo|Takashi Soeda|添田隆司||born 1993}}, Japanese football player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Sorimachi|反町隆史||born 1973}}, Japanese singer and actor *{{Nihongo|Takashi Sugimura|杉村隆||1926–2020}}, Japanese biochemist *{{Nihongo|Takashi Sugiura|杉浦貴||born 1970}}, Japanese professional wrestler *{{Nihongo|Takashi Suzuki (government official)|鈴木隆史||born 1949}}, Japanese public official *{{Nihongo|Takashi Suzuki (politician)|鈴木隆||1882–1978}}, Japanese speculator-turned politician *{{Nihongo|Takashi Tachibana|立花孝志||born 1967}}, Japanese social activist, journalist, accountant and politician *{{Nihongo|Takashi Tachibana (journalist)|立花隆||1940–2021}}, Japanese journalist *{{Nihongo|Takashi Tachikawa|立川隆史||born 1975}}, Japanese former baseball outfielder *{{Nihongo|Takashi Taguchi (actor)|田口昂||1942–2016}}, Japanese voice actor *{{Nihongo|Takashi Taguchi (handballer)|田口隆||born 1961}}, Japanese former handball player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Takabayashi|高林隆||1931–2009}}, Japanese football player *Takashi Takagi (born 1962), Japanese luger *{{Nihongo|Takashi Takai|高井崇志||born 1969}}, Japanese politician and former bureaucrat *{{Nihongo|Takashi Takeda|武田孝||born 1940}}, Japanese alpine skier *{{Nihongo|Takashi Takeuchi|武内崇||born 1973}}, Japanese artist *{{Nihongo|Takashi Tamura|田村孝||born 1961}}, Japanese sailor *{{Nihongo|Takashi Taniguchi|谷口節||1947–2012}}, Japanese voice actor *{{Nihongo|Takashi Taniguchi (scientist)|谷口尚||born 1959}}, Japanese material scientist *{{Nihongo|Takashi Tanihata|谷畑孝||born 1947}}, Japanese former politician *{{Nihongo|Takashi Tanoue|田上高||1947–2009}}, Japanese wrestler *{{Nihongo|Takashi Teraoka|寺岡孝||1942–2011}}, Japanese baseball player and coach *{{Nihongo|Takashi Teshirogi|てしろぎたかし||born 1963}}, Japanese manga artist *{{Nihongo|Takashi Tezuka|手塚卓志||born 1960}}, Japanese video game designer *Takashi Tojo, Japanese mixed martial artist *{{Nihongo|Takashi Tokita|時田貴司||born 1965}}, Japanese video game developer *Takashi Tomura (born 1958), Japanese former athlete *{{Nihongo|Takashi Toritani|鳥谷敬||born 1981}}, Japanese former professional baseball shortstop, commentator, critic and coach *{{Nihongo|Takashi Tsuburai|粒来敬詞||born 1951}}, Japanese ice hockey player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Tsuji|辻高志||born 1977}}, Japanese former rugby union player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Tsukamoto|塚本高史||born 1982}}, Japanese actor, singer, and model *{{Nihongo|Takashi Uchino (footballer, born 1988)|内野貴志||born 1990}}, Japanese football player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Uchino (footballer, born 2001)|内野貴史||born 2001}}, Japanese professional footballer *{{Nihongo|Takashi Uchiyama|内山高志||born 1979}}, Japanese former professional boxer *{{Nihongo|Takashi Uchiyama (gymnast)|内山隆||born 1974}}, Japanese gymnast *{{Nihongo|Takashi Uemoto|上本崇司||born 1990}}, Japanese baseball player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Uemura (academic)|植村隆||born 1958}}, Japanese academic and former journalist *{{Nihongo|Takashi Uemura (footballer)|上村崇士||born 1973}}, Japanese former football player and manager *{{Nihongo|Takashi Uesugi|上杉隆||born 1968}}, Japanese freelance journalist and former research assistant for the New York Times *{{Nihongo|Takashi Ukaji|宇梶剛士||born 1962}}, Japanese actor *{{Nihongo|Takashi Umeda|梅田高志||born 1976}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Takashi Umezawa|梅澤貴史||born 1972}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Takashi Umino|海野隆司||born 1997}}, Japanese professional baseball catcher *{{Nihongo|Takashi Usami|宇佐美貴史||born 1992}}, Japanese professional footballer *{{Nihongo|Takashi Usui|臼井孝||born 1968}}, Japanese music marketer and Music Writer *{{Nihongo|Takashi Uto|宇都隆史||born 1974}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Takashi Uwano|宇和野貴史||born 1976}}, Japanese retired professional wrestler *{{Nihongo|Takashi Wakasugi|若杉昂志||born 1988 or 1989}}, Japanese comedian *{{Nihongo|Takashi Watanabe|渡部高志||born 1957}}, Japanese anime director *{{Nihongo|Takashi Watari|亘崇詞||born 1957}}, Japanese former footballer *{{Nihongo|Takashi Yabe|矢部孝||born 1950}}, Japanese professor *Takashi Yagihashi (born 1958), Japanese chef *{{Nihongo|Takashi Yamada|山田貴司||born 1938}}, Japanese sailor *{{Nihongo|Takashi Yamaguchi (actor, born 1936)|山口崇||1936–2025}}, Japanese actor *{{Nihongo|Takashi Yamaguchi (actor, born 1974)|山口貴史||born 1974}}, Japanese actor *{{Nihongo|Takashi Yamaguchi (architect)|山口隆||born 1953}}, Japanese architect *{{Nihongo|Takashi Yamahashi|山橋貴史||born 1972}}, Japanese former football player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Yamamoto (pianist)|山本貴志||born 1983}}, Japanese pianist *{{Nihongo|Takashi Yamamoto (politician)|山本孝史||1949–2007}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Takashi Yamamoto (swimmer)|山本貴司||born 1978}}, Japanese Olympic medal-winning swimmer *{{Nihongo|Takashi Yamamura (sailor)|山村尚史||born 1940}}, Japanese sailor *{{Nihongo|Takashi Yamanouchi|山内孝||born 1945}}, Japanese businessman *{{Nihongo|Takashi Yamashita|山下貴司||born 1965}}, Japanese prosecutor and politician *{{Nihongo|Takashi Yamazaki|山崎貴||born 1964}}, Japanese filmmaker and visual effects supervisor *{{Nihongo|Takashi Yanase|やなせたかし||1919–2013}}, Japanese manga artist and writer, poet, illustrator and lyricist *{{Nihongo|Takashi Yano|矢野隆司||born 1960}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Takashi Yokoyama (swimmer)|横山隆志||1913–1945}}, Japanese swimmer *{{Nihongo|Takashi Yokoyama (water polo)|横山隆||born 1940}}, Japanese water polo player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Yorino|従野孝司||born 1950}}, Japanese former racing driver *{{Nihongo|Takashi Yoshida|吉田隆司||born 1982}}, better known as Cyber Kong, Japanese professional wrestler *{{Nihongo|Takashi Yoshida (comedian)|吉田敬||born 1973}}, Japanese comedian *{{Nihongo|Takashi Yoshikawa|𠮷川貴史||born 1994}}, Japanese field hockey player *{{Nihongo|Takashi Yoshimatsu|吉松隆||born 1953}}, Japanese composer *{{Nihongo|Takashi Yuasa|湯浅卓||born 1955}}, Japanese lawyer

==Fictional characters== *{{Nihongo|Takashi Ayanokoji|綾小路天|}} a character from ''Pita Ten'' *Takashi Hayase, a character from ''The Super Dimension Fortress Macross'' *{{Nihongo|Takashi Kawamura (The Prince of Tennis)|河村隆|}}, a character from The Prince of Tennis *{{Nihongo|Takashi Komuro|小室孝|}}, a character from ''Highschool of the Dead'' *Takashi Kurosawa, a character from ''The Hitman's Bodyguard'' *{{Nihongo|Takashi Morinozuka|銛之塚崇|}} (Mori), a character from ''Ouran High School Host Club'' *{{Nihongo|Takashi Natsume|夏目貴志|}}, the title character from ''Natsume's Book of Friends'' *{{Nihongo|Takashi Ryugasaki|竜ヶ崎鷹士|}}, a character from ''Cyber Team in Akihabara'' *Takashi 'Shiro' Shirogane, a character from ''Voltron: Legendary Defender'' *Takashi Sone, a character from ''Haru yo, Koi'' *{{Nihongo|Takashi Takeda, nicknamed "Jumbo"|竹田隆}}, a character from ''Yotsuba&!'' *{{Nihongo|Takashi Yamazaki|山崎貴史|}}, a character from ''Cardcaptor Sakura'' *Takashi Kovacs, a character from ''Altered Carbon'' *Takashi Mitsuhashi, a character from ''Kyō Kara Ore Wa!!'' *Takashi Mitsuya, a character from ''Tokyo Revengers'' *Takashi Todoroki, a character from ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal'' *Takashi, a supporting character who goes by the mutant name Tiger Claw in ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles''

==References== {{Reflist}}

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