Takeshi

{{Infobox given name | name = Takeshi | image =Takeshi_Kitano_2017.jpg | image_size = | caption =Takeshi Kitano, Japanese comedian, actor, and film director | pronunciation = {{IPA|ja|takeꜜɕi|lang}} | gender = Male | meaning = Different meanings depending on the kanji used | region = | language = | origin = Japanese | alternative spelling = | nickname = | variant forms = | related names = | name day = | derived = | popularity = | footnotes = }} '''Takeshi''' ({{Nihongo2|たけし}} in hiragana or {{Nihongo2|タケシ}} in katakana) is a masculine Japanese given name.

== Written forms == Forms in kanji can include: *武, "warrior" *毅, "strong" *猛, "fierce" *健, "healthy" *剛, "sturdy" *崇, "exalt" *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== *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Abo|阿保剛||born 1973}}, Japanese video game composer *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Aikoh|愛甲猛||born 1962}}, Japanese retired Nippon Professional Baseball player *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Akiba|秋葉武士||born 1944}}, Japanese ice hockey player *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Akiba|秋葉武士||born 1944}}, Japanese ice hockey player *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Amemiya|雨宮健||1935–2026}}, Japanese economist and academic *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Aoki|青木剛||born 1982}}, Japanese football player *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Aono (baseball)|青野毅||born 1983}}, Japanese former professional baseball infielder *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Aono|青野武||1936–2012}}, Japanese voice actor *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Aragaki|新垣武||1956–2022}}, Japanese professional Go player *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Araki|荒木武||1916–1994}}, Japanese mayor of Hiroshima from 1975 to 1991 *Takeshi Asai (born 1964), Japanese jazz pianist, composer, producer and educator *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Azuma|東毅||born 1953}}, Japanese ice hockey player *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Caesar|シーザー武志||born 1955}}, Japanese actor and retired kickboxer *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Ebisawa|海老沢武||born 1964}}, Japanese drug smuggler and arms dealer *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Fuji|藤猛||born 1940}}, Hawaiian-born Japanese former professional boxer *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Fujii|藤井猛||born 1970}}, Japanese shogi player *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Fujiwara|藤原崇||born 1983}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Fukuda|福田岳志}}, Japanese director of photography *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Fukunaga|福永壮志||born 1982}}, Japanese filmmaker and director *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Furukawa|古川毅}}, Japanese-American composer and conductor *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Furusawa|古澤健||born 1972}}, Japanese film director and screenwriter *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Hagiwara|萩原毅||born 1937}}, Japanese sailor *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Hamada|濱田武||born 1982}}, Japanese former football player *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Handa|半田武嗣||born 1985}}, Japanese former football player *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Hasegawa|長谷川武||born 1984}}, Japanese basketball player *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Hayama|葉山たけし||born 1958}}, Japanese musical arranger and guitarist *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Hayashida|林田彪||born 1944}}, Japanese former politician *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Hidaka|日高剛||born 1977}}, Japanese baseball player *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Hino|日野剛志||born 1990}}, Japanese international rugby union player *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Hirayama|平山雄||1923–1995}}, Japanese cancer epidemiologist and anti-tobacco activist *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Honda|本田武史||born 1981}}, Japanese figure skater *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Honda (animator)|本田雄||born 1968}}, Japanese animator *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Horikoshi|堀越武||born 1943}}, Japanese weightlifter *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Hosaka|保坂武||born 1945}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Hosoyamada|細山田武史||born 1986}}, Japanese baseball player *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Hotta|堀田剛司||born 1978}}, Japanese Head coach *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Imamura|今村武志||1880–1960}}, Japanese Director of the Karafuto Agency *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Inomata|猪俣猛||1936–2024}}, Japanese jazz drummer and bandleader *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Inoue (boxer)|井上岳志||born 1989}}, Japanese OPBF Super Welterweight Champio *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Inoue (footballer)|井上健||1928–1992}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Inoue (mixed martial artist)|井上武||born 1980}}, Japanese mixed martial artist *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Ito|伊東壮||1929–2000}}, Japanese economist and peace activist *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Ito|伊藤健史||born 1987}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Itoh|伊東毅||born 1954}}, Japanese jazz fusion saxophonist and flute player *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Iwamoto|岩本武志||born 1949}}, Japanese ice hockey player *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Iwaya|岩屋毅||born 1957}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Kaga|鹿賀丈史||born 1950}}, Japanese actor *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Kaikō|開高健||1930–1989}}, Japanese novelist, short-story writer, essayist, literary critic and television documentary writer *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Kajikawa|梶川武志||born 1971}}, Japanese golfer *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Kamo|加茂健||1915–2004}}, Japanese football player *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Kamura|嘉村健士||born 1990}}, Japanese badminton player *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Kanamori|金森健志||born 1994}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Kanazawa|金澤岳||born 1984}}, Japanese former professional baseball catcher *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Kaneko|金子丈||born 1993}}, Japanese professional baseball player *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Kaneshiro|金城武||born 1973}}, Taiwanese-Japanese actor and singer *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Katō (actor)|加藤武||1929–2015}}, Japanese stage and film actor *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Katō (gymnast)|加藤武司||1942–1982}}, Japanese gymnast and Olympic champion *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Kawaharazuka|河原塚毅||born 1975}}, Japanese former football player *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Kawakami|川上猛||born 1972}}, Japanese shogi player *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Kawamoto|川本武史||born 1995}}, Japanese swimmer *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Kawamura|川村毅||born 1959}}, Japanese playwright and director *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Kimura|木村武||1912–1988}}, Japanese screenwriter *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Kimura (racing driver)|木村武史||born 1970}}, Japanese racing driver *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Kitano|北野武||born 1947}}, known as Beat Takeshi, Japanese filmmaker and star of ''Takeshi's Castle'' *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Kizu|木津武士||born 1988}}, Japanese rugby union player *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Koba|古葉竹識||1936–2021}}, Japanese professional baseball player and manager *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Kobayashi|小林武史||born 1959}}, Japanese keyboardist, lyricist, composer, arranger and record producer *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Kobayashi (wrestler)|小林武||born 1948}}, Japanese sport wrestler *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Kodama|児玉剛始||born 1971}}, Japanese rower *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Koga|古賀武||born 1939}}, Japanese retired judoka *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Koike|小池健||born 1968}}, Japanese animator, illustrator and film director *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Konomi|許斐剛||born 1970}}, Japanese manga artist *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Koshida|越田剛史||born 1960}}, Japanese football manager and former footballer *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Koura|小浦猛志||born 1942}}, Japanese former professional tennis player *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Kozai|小齋武志||1974–2006}}, Japanese judoka *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Kusaka|日下武史||1931–2017}}, Japanese actor and voice actor *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Kusao|草尾毅||born 1965}}, Japanese actor, voice actor, and singer *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Kuwahara|桑原剛||born 1985}}, Japanese soccer coach and former player *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Maeda|前田武志||born 1937}}, Japanese retired politician *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Masada|正田壮史||born 2001}}, Japanese professional wrestler *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Masu|升毅||born 1955}}, Japanese actor *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Matsu|松武||born 1973}}, Japanese gay manga artist *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Matsuda|松田丈志||born 1984}}, retired Japanese Olympic, Asian and National Record holding swimmer *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Miki|三木健||born 1986}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Minamino|南野タケシ||born 1985}}, Japanese professional wrestler *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Mitarai|御手�� 毅||1901–1984}}, Japanese founder of Canon Inc *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Miura|三浦威||1938–2013}}, Japanese actor *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Miyaji|宮路武||1965–2011}}, Japanese video game developer *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Miyamoto|宮本岳志|}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Miyamoto (baseball)|宮本丈||born 1995}}, Japanese baseball player *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Miyanaga|宮永武司|}}, Japanese mixed martial artist *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Miyazawa|宮沢武史||born 1978}}, Canadian comic book artist *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Mizubayashi|水林彪||born 1947}}, Japanese professor *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Mizukoshi|水越武||born 1938}}, Japanese photographer *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Mizuuchi|水内猛||born 1972}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Mori (announcer)|森武史||born 1959}}, Japanese television announcer *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Mori (commander)|森赳||1894–1945}}, Japanese lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Mori (director)|もりたけし||born 1963}}, Japanese anime director, storyboard artist and scriptwriter *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Morishima|森嶋猛||born 1978}}, Japanese professional wrestler *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Morishita|森下健||born 1932}}, Japanese physician and scholar *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Moriuchi|森嶋猛||born 1975}}, Japanese conductor *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Motomiya|本宮健史||born 1959}}, Japanese artist *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Motoyoshi|本吉剛||born 1967}}, Japanese former football player *Takeshi Murata (born 1974), American contemporary artist *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Nagano|永野健||born 1985}}, Japanese volleyball player *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Nagao|長尾猛司||born 1943}}, Japanese sport wrestler *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Nagata|永田武||1913–1991}}, Japanese geophysicist *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Nakamura|中村武志||born 1967}}, Japanese former professional baseball catcher *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Nakano|中野剛志||born 1971}}, Japanese bureaucrat, conservative critic and scholar *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Natori|名取武||1913-1985}}, Japanese football player *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Niinami|新浪剛史||born 1959}}, Japanese business executive *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Noda|野田毅||born 1941}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Noma|野間健||born 1958}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Noma|野間赳||1934–2023}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Nomoto|野元勇志||born 1989}}, Japanese former professional basketball player *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Nomura|野村武史||1919–1985}}, Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Obata|小畑健||born 1969}}, Japanese manga artist *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Ōjitani|王子谷剛志||born 1992}}, Japanese judoka *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Oka|岡武史||born 1932}}, Japanese-American spectroscopist and astronomer *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Oki|大木武||born 1961}}, Japanese former football player and manager *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Okumura|奥村健||born 1952}}, Japanese pocket billiards player *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Okumura (horse racing)|奥村武||born 1976}}, Japanese racehorse trainer *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Onaga|翁長雄志||born 1950}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Ono|大野毅||born 1944}}, Japanese former football player *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Ono (footballer, born 1962)|小野剛||born 1962}}, Japanese former football player and manager *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Rikio|力皇猛||born 1972}}, Japanese professional wrestler *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Saito (footballer)|斉藤武志||born 1979}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Saito (ice hockey)|齊藤毅||born 1981}}, Japanese ice hockey player *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Saito (mathematician)|斎藤毅||born 1961}}, Japanese mathematician *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Saito (musician)|斎藤毅||born 1959}}, Japanese violinist *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Sakamoto|坂本武||1899–1974}}, Japanese actor *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Sakurada|桜田武||1891–1943}}, Japanese lieutenant general *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Sasaki|首藤剛志||born 1996}}, Japanese judoka *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Sasaki (political scientist)|佐々木毅||born 1942}}, Japanese political scientist *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Sato|佐藤タケシ||born 1981}}, Japanese professional wrestler *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Senoo|妹尾武||born 1969}}, Japanese composer *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Seyama|瀬山武司||born 1944}}, Japanese film editor *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Shimazaki|島崎毅||born 1967}}, Japanese retired professional pitcher *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Shina|階猛||born 1966}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Shirai|白井岳||1977–2024}}, Japanese equestrian *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Shudo|首藤剛志||1949–2010}}, Japanese scriptwriter *{{Nihongo|Takeshi So|宗猛||born 1953}}, Japanese long-distance runner *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Sugita|杉田武||born 1947}}, Japanese sport shooter *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Suzuki (academic)|鈴木斌||1932–2005}}, Japanese professor *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Suzuki (alpine skier)|鈴木猛史||born 1988}}, Japanese alpine skier and Paralympic athlete *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Takashina|高品彪||1891–1944}}, Japanese general *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Takeoka|たけおかたけし||born 1999}}, Japanese judoka *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Takeuchi|武内崇||born 1973}}, Japanese artist *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Taketsuru|竹鶴威||1924–2014}}, Japanese whisky distiller *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Terada|寺田武史||born 1980}}, Japanese former football player *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Terauchi|寺内タケシ||1939–2021}}, Japanese rock guitarist *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Teshima|手島猛||born 1941}}, Japanese fencer *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Tokuda|徳田毅||born 1971}}, Japanese former politician *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Tokutomi|徳富斌||born 1941}}, Japanese former volleyball player *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Tomizawa|富澤岳史||born 1974}}, Japanese comedian and actor *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Tsuchiya|土屋武士||born 1972}}, Japanese professional race car driver *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Tsujimura|辻村猛||born 1974}}, Japanese former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Tsuruno|つるの剛士||born 1975}}, Japanese actor *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Uchiyamada|内山田竹志||born 1946}}, Japanese businessman *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Ueda|上田剛士||born 1968}}, Japanese musician *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Umehara|梅原猛||1925–2019}}, Japanese philosopher and critic *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Urakami|浦上壮史||born 1969}}, Japanese former football player *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Urata|浦田武||1947–2012}}, Japanese astronomer *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Usami|宇佐美毅||1903–1991}}, Japanese bureaucrat *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Ushibana|牛鼻健||born 1977}}, Japanese former football player *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Watabe|渡部猛||1936–2010}}, Japanese actor and voice actor *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Watanabe (civil servant)|渡辺武||1906–2010}}, Japanese bureaucrat *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Watanabe (footballer)|渡辺毅||born 1972}}, Japanese former football player *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Yagi|八木毅||born 1967}}, Japanese TV director/producer *Takeshi Yamada (born 1960), Japanese-American artist *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Yamaguchi|山口武士||born 1979}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Yamakage|山影武士||born 1945}}, Japanese swimmer *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Yamanaka|山中武司||born 1971}}, Japanese ice hockey player *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Yamasaki|山﨑武司||born 1968}}, Japanese retired professional baseball player *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Yasuda|安田武||born 1943}}, Japanese potter *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Yasukawa|安川壮||1914–2000}}, Japanese diplomat *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Yasutoko|安床武士||born 1986}}, Japanese professional vert skater *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Yokoyama|横山武史||born 1998}}, Japanese jockey *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Yonezawa|米澤剛志||born 1969}}, Japanese former football player *Takeshi Yoshida, Japanese engineer *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Yoshioka|吉岡毅志||born 1979}}, Japanese actor *Hiroki Takeshi, better known as AK-69 (born 1978), Japanese rapper, singer-songwriter

==Fictional characters== *{{Nihongo|Takeshi|タケシ|}}, a character in the ''Pokémon'' media franchise, better known as Brock in English *Takeshi, a character in the television series ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Goda|剛田武|}}, a character in the manga series ''Doraemon'' *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Honda|本田武史|}}, a character in the anime series ''Yuri on Ice'', based on the actual Takeshi Honda *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Hongō|本郷猛|}}, a character in the tokusatsu franchise ''Kamen Rider'' *Takeshi Kovacs, a character in many books by Richard Morgan *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Kuroiwa|黒岩武司|}}, a character in the My Hero Academia spin-off ''My Hero Academia: Vigilantes'' mostly known as Knuckleduster *Takeshi Manganji, a character in the anime series ''Crush Gear Turbo'' *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Momoshiro|桃城武|}}, a character in the manga series ''Prince of Tennis'' *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Nishigōri|西郡豪|}}, a character in the anime series ''Yuri on Ice'' *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Saehara|冴原剛|}}, a character in the manga series ''D.N.Angel'' *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Sendo|千堂武士|}}, a character in the manga series ''Hajime no Ippo'' *Takeshi Shirokane, a character in the web comic ''Okashina Okashi – Strange Candy'' *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Sugimori|杉森威|}}, a character in the ''Inazuma Eleven'' media franchise *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Yamamoto|山本武|}}, a character in the manga series ''Reborn!''

==See also== *{{Nihongo|Takeshi (Kamen Rider)|猛士|}}, a fictional organization in ''Kamen Rider Hibiki'' *''Takeshis''', a 2005 film by, and starring, Takeshi Kitano *''Takeshi's Castle''

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