# Takeda

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This article is about people with the family name Takeda. For other uses, see [Takeda (disambiguation)](/source/Takeda_(disambiguation)).

**Takeda** (武田, *Takeda, "*warrior rice paddy*"*) or **Takeda** (竹田, *Takeda, "*bamboo rice paddy*"*) is a [Japanese](/source/Japanese_name) family name.[1] Throughout the course of the [Sengoku period](/source/Sengoku_period) (16th century) of Japan, the famed [Takeda clan](/source/Takeda_clan) of [Kai Province](/source/Kai_Province) had many descendant branch families.

- [Takeda clan (Aki)](/source/Takeda_clan_(Aki)) is a family in the [Aki Province](/source/Aki_Province)
- Takeda clan (Wakasa)
- Takeda clan (Kazusa)

## People

- [Daisaku Takeda](/source/Daisaku_Takeda) (武田 大作, born 1973), Japanese rower
- [Genyo Takeda](/source/Genyo_Takeda) (竹田 玄洋, born 1949), retired Japanese game designer and executive
- [Hisayoshi Takeda](/source/Hisayoshi_Takeda) (武田 久吉, 1883–1972), Japanese botanist
- [Kumiko Takeda](/source/Kumiko_Takeda) (武田 久美子, born 1968), Japanese actress
- [Larissa Tago Takeda](/source/Larissa_Tago_Takeda) (武田 羅梨沙 多胡), [Japanese voice actress](/source/Voice_acting_in_Japan)
- [Masashi Takeda (wrestler)](/source/Masashi_Takeda_(wrestler)) (竹田 誠志, born 1985), Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
- [Misae Takeda](/source/Misae_Takeda) (武田 美佐江, born 1943), Japanese speed skater
- [Nana Takeda](/source/Nana_Takeda) (武田 奈也, born 1988), Japanese figure skater
- [Sachihiko Takeda](/source/Sachihiko_Takeda) (武田 幸彦, born 1937), Japanese sport wrestler
- [Satoshi Takeda](/source/Satoshi_Takeda) (武田 聡, born 1968), Japanese swimmer
- [Shinzaburo Takeda](/source/Shinzaburo_Takeda), Mexican artist
- [Shogo Takeda](/source/Shogo_Takeda) (竹田 渉瑚, born 1995), Japanese swimmer
- [Takeda Sōkaku](/source/Takeda_S%C5%8Dkaku) (武田 惣角, 1859–1943), reviver of *Daitō-ryū aiki-jūjutsu*
- [Takeda-no-miya](/source/Takeda-no-miya), one of the former *ōke*, or cadet branches of the Japanese imperial house established during the Meiji period by a scion of the *Fushimi-no-miya*. Not related to the samurai family.
- [Takeda clan](/source/Takeda_clan), the family of Takeda Shingen, and a relatively important and powerful one therefore, in Japan's [Sengoku period](/source/Sengoku_period) - [Takeda Nobutora](/source/Takeda_Nobutora) – *[daimyō](/source/Daimy%C5%8D)*, Shingen's father - [Takeda Shingen](/source/Takeda_Shingen) – one of the most famous *daimyōs* in Japanese history - [Takeda Nobushige](/source/Takeda_Nobushige) – Shingen's younger brother, held their father's favour to be heir of the clan, continued to support his older brother throughout his life, he also wrote the *Kyūjūkyū Kakun*, a set of 99 short rules for Takeda house members - [Takeda Nobukado](/source/Takeda_Nobukado) – brother and adviser to Shingen - [Takeda Katsuyori](/source/Takeda_Katsuyori) – Shingen's son, Katsuyori commanded his father's armies after his death, and saw the fall of the Takeda family - [Takeda Yoshinobu](/source/Takeda_Yoshinobu) – son and initial heir, later executed and succeeded by Katsuyori
- [Toyoki Takeda](/source/Toyoki_Takeda) (武田 豊樹, born 1974), Japanese speed skater
- [Tsunekazu Takeda](/source/Tsunekazu_Takeda) (竹田 恆和, born 1947), Japanese retired equestrian, former member of the IOC
- [Yasuhiko Takeda](/source/Yasuhiko_Takeda) (武田 泰彦, born 1937), Japanese rower
- [Yūkichi Takeda](/source/Y%C5%ABkichi_Takeda) (武田 祐吉, 1886–1958) scholar of Japanese Literature

## Fictional characters

- [Masashi Takeda](/source/Masashi_Takeda), from *[My-Hime](/source/My-Hime)*
- [Takashi Takeda](/source/List_of_Yotsuba%2526!_characters#Takashi_.22Jumbo.22_Takeda), from *[Yotsuba&!](/source/Yotsuba%26!)*
- Gohee Takeda, from *[Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin](/source/Ginga:_Nagareboshi_Gin)*
- [Takeda Takahashi](/source/List_of_Mortal_Kombat_characters#Takeda_Takahashi), from *[Mortal Kombat](/source/Mortal_Kombat)*
- Ittesu Takeda, from *[Haikyū!!](/source/Haiky%C5%AB!!)*
- Hyouma Takeda, from *[Gantz](/source/Gantz)*
- Keiichiro "Take" Takeda, from *Gender-Swap at the Delinquent Academy*
- Aimi Takeda, also from *Gender-Swap at the Delinquent Academy*
- Ijuro Takeda, from *[The Hunted](/source/The_Hunted_(1995_film))*

## See also

- [Takeda (video game)](/source/Takeda_(video_game))
- [Takeda Pharmaceutical Company](/source/Takeda_Pharmaceutical_Company) (Takeda; 武田薬品)

## References

1. [1990 Census Name Files](https://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/names_files.html) [Archived](http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20101007112151/http%3A//www%2Ecensus%2Egov/genealogy/names/names_files%2Ehtml) 2010-10-07 at the Wayback Machine

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