{{Infobox Given Name Revised | name = Takeru | image= YamatoTakeru.jpg | imagesize= | caption= Yamato Takeru, the legendary prince of the imperial dynasty | pronunciation= {{IPA|ja|ta.ke.ɾɯ|}} | gender = Male | meaning = It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used. | region = Japanese | origin = Japanese | related names = Takeo | footnotes = }}
{{nihongo|'''Takeru'''|たける, タケル}} is a masculine Japanese given name.
==Orthography== Takeru can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: * 武, "warrior" * 猛, "fierce" * 健, "health" * 尊, "noble" * 岳, "mountain" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
Kanji combinations of the name are:{{div col|colwidth=20em}} * 武尊 * 武瑠 * 武流 * 武琉 * 武留 * 丈瑠 * 丈流 * 丈琉 * 丈留 * 尊瑠 * 尊流 * 尊琉 * 尊留{{div col end}}
== People == * {{Nihongo|Takeru|武瑠||born 1987}}, Japanese singer from the rock band [[Sug] *{{Nihongo|Takeru Amine Kataise|片伊勢武アミン||born 2004}}, Japanese figure skater *{{Nihongo|Takeru Furumoto|古本 武尊||born 1990}}, Japanese retired baseball player *Takeru Higuchi (1918–1987), American chemist *{{Nihongo|Takeru Hokazono|外薗 健||born 2000}}, Japanese manga artist *{{Nihongo|Takeru Imamura|今村 猛||born 1991}}, Japanese professional baseball player *{{Nihongo|Takeru Inukai|犬養 健||1896–1960}}, Japanese politician and novelist *{{Nihongo|Takeru Itakura|板倉 洸||born 1998}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Takeru Kishimoto|岸本 武流||born 1997}}, Japanese professional footballer *{{Nihongo|Takeru Kitazono|北園 丈琉||born 2002}}, Japanese male artistic gymnast *{{Nihongo|Takeru Kiyonaga|清永 丈瑠||born 1994}}, Japanese football player *{{Nihongo|Takeru Kobayashi|小林 尊||born 1978}}, Japanese former competitive eater *{{Nihongo|Takeru Nagayoshi|永吉 たける||born 1978}}, Japanese manga artist *{{Nihongo|Takeru Okada|岡田 武瑠||born 1994}}, Japanese football player *{{Nihongo|Takeru Otsuka|大塚 健||born 2001}}, Japanese snowboarder *{{Nihongo|Takeru Sasaki|佐々木 健||born 1996}}, Japanese professional baseball pitcher *{{Nihongo|Takeru Satoh|佐藤 健||born 1989}}, Japanese actor *{{Nihongo|Takeru Segawa|世川 武尊||born 1991}}, Japanese kickboxer *{{Nihongo|Takeru Shibaki|柴木 丈瑠||born 1982}}, Japanese actor and voice actor *{{Nihongo|Takeru Yamamoto|山本 遵||born 2006}}, Japanese curler *{{Nihongo|Takeru Yamasaki|佐々木 健||born 1993}}, Japanese former professional Canadian football placekicker *{{Nihongo|Takeru Yuzuki|柚木 武||born 1998}}, Japanese tennis player *Yamato Takeru (タケル), legendary Japanese prince
==Fictional characters== *Takeru (aka RedMask), a character in ''Hikari Sentai Maskman'' *Takeru (タケル), the main character in the ''Freedom Project'' by Nissin Cup Noodles *Takeru (猛), secondary character from the visual novel, anime and manga ''Togainu no Chi'' *Takeru Danma, a character known as "The Hatter" in ''Alice in Borderland'', played by Nobuaki Kaneko *Takeru Edogawa, a character in the manga series ''The Devil Does Exist'' *Takeru Fujiwara, a character from Prince of Stride *Takeru Homura, a main character in ''Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS'' *Takeru Ibaraki, a character in the American-Japanese manga ''Witchblade Takeru'' *Takeru Jakuzure, a character from ''Garo'' *Takeru Kojo (古城 タケル), a supporting character in Little Battlers Experience WARS *Takeru Mizushima (タケル), a character in the Japanese TV drama ''Last Friends'' *Takeru Ohyama, the main character in the anime and manga series ''Maken-ki!'' *Takeru Shiba, a character in ''Samurai Sentai Shinkenger'' *Takeru Shirogane (白銀 武), the main character in the visual novel series ''Muv-Luv'' *Takeru "T.K." Takaishi (タケル), a character in the anime and manga ''Digimon'' *Takeru Takemoto (タケル), a character in the anime ''This Ugly Yet Beautiful World'' *Takeru Teshimine (猛), a character in the anime and manga series ''GetBackers'' *Takeru Yamato, the main character in the ''Dragon Knight'' series of Anime/H-games *Takeru Tenkūji, the main character in ''Kamen Rider Ghost'' *Takeru Tsukumo, a main character in the manga ''Exoskull Zero'' *Takeru Totsuka, a main character in ''Kamigami no Asobi''
==Other uses== *''Takeru: Letter of the Law'', an interactive manga *Takeru, video game developer and publisher *''ja:Takeru'', software distribution mechanism (sort of 'Copy-on-Demand') by Brother Industries in Japan
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