# Takeshi

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{{Infobox given name
| name          = Takeshi
| image         =Takeshi_Kitano_2017.jpg 
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| caption       =Takeshi Kitano, Japanese comedian, actor, and film director 
| pronunciation = {{IPA|ja|takeꜜɕi|lang}}
| gender        = Male
| meaning       = Different meanings depending on the [kanji](/source/kanji) used
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| origin        = Japanese
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'''Takeshi''' ({{Nihongo2|たけし}} in [hiragana](/source/hiragana) or {{Nihongo2|タケシ}} in [katakana](/source/katakana)) is a masculine Japanese given name.

== Written forms ==
Forms in [kanji](/source/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](/source/Takeshi_Abo)|阿保 剛||born 1973}}, Japanese video game composer
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Aikoh](/source/Takeshi_Aikoh)|愛甲 猛||born 1962}}, Japanese retired Nippon Professional Baseball player
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Akiba](/source/Takeshi_Akiba)|秋葉 武士||born 1944}}, Japanese ice hockey player
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Akiba](/source/Takeshi_Akiba)|秋葉 武士||born 1944}}, Japanese ice hockey player
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Amemiya](/source/Takeshi_Amemiya)|雨宮 健||1935–2026}}, Japanese economist and academic
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Aoki](/source/Takeshi_Aoki)|青木 剛||born 1982}}, Japanese football player
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Aono (baseball)](/source/Takeshi_Aono_(baseball))|青野 毅||born 1983}}, Japanese former professional baseball infielder 
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Aono](/source/Takeshi_Aono)|青野 武||1936–2012}}, Japanese voice actor
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Aragaki](/source/Takeshi_Aragaki)|新垣 武||1956–2022}}, Japanese professional Go player
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Araki](/source/Takeshi_Araki)|荒木 武||1916–1994}}, Japanese mayor of Hiroshima from 1975 to 1991
*[Takeshi Asai](/source/Takeshi_Asai) (born 1964), Japanese jazz pianist, composer, producer and educator
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Azuma](/source/Takeshi_Azuma)|東 毅||born 1953}}, Japanese ice hockey player
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Caesar](/source/Takeshi_Caesar)|シーザー 武志||born 1955}}, Japanese actor and retired kickboxer
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Ebisawa](/source/Takeshi_Ebisawa)|海老沢 武||born 1964}}, Japanese drug smuggler and arms dealer
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Fuji](/source/Takeshi_Fuji)|藤 猛||born 1940}}, Hawaiian-born Japanese former professional boxer
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Fujii](/source/Takeshi_Fujii)|藤井 猛||born 1970}}, Japanese shogi player
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Fujiwara](/source/Takeshi_Fujiwara)|藤原 崇||born 1983}}, Japanese politician
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Fukuda](/source/Takeshi_Fukuda)|福田 岳志}}, Japanese director of photography
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Fukunaga](/source/Takeshi_Fukunaga)|福永 壮志||born 1982}}, Japanese filmmaker and director
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Furukawa](/source/Takeshi_Furukawa)|古川 毅}}, Japanese-American composer and conductor
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Furusawa](/source/Takeshi_Furusawa)|古澤 健||born 1972}}, Japanese film director and screenwriter
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Hagiwara](/source/Takeshi_Hagiwara)|萩原 毅||born 1937}}, Japanese sailor
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Hamada](/source/Takeshi_Hamada)|濱田 武||born 1982}}, Japanese former football player
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Handa](/source/Takeshi_Handa)|半田 武嗣||born 1985}}, Japanese former football player
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Hasegawa](/source/Takeshi_Hasegawa)|長谷川 武||born 1984}}, Japanese basketball player
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Hayama](/source/Takeshi_Hayama)|葉山 たけし||born 1958}}, Japanese musical arranger and guitarist 
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Hayashida](/source/Takeshi_Hayashida)|林田 彪||born 1944}}, Japanese former politician
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Hidaka](/source/Takeshi_Hidaka)|日高 剛||born 1977}}, Japanese baseball player
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Hino](/source/Takeshi_Hino)|日野 剛志||born 1990}}, Japanese international rugby union player
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Hirayama](/source/Takeshi_Hirayama)|平山 雄||1923–1995}}, Japanese cancer epidemiologist and anti-tobacco activist
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Honda](/source/Takeshi_Honda)|本田 武史||born 1981}}, Japanese figure skater
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Honda (animator)](/source/Takeshi_Honda_(animator))|本田 雄||born 1968}}, Japanese animator
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Horikoshi](/source/Takeshi_Horikoshi)|堀越 武||born 1943}}, Japanese weightlifter
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Hosaka](/source/Takeshi_Hosaka)|保坂 武||born 1945}}, Japanese politician
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Hosoyamada](/source/Takeshi_Hosoyamada)|細山田 武史||born 1986}}, Japanese baseball player
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Hotta](/source/Takeshi_Hotta)|堀田 剛司||born 1978}}, Japanese Head coach
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Imamura](/source/Takeshi_Imamura)|今村 武志||1880–1960}}, Japanese Director of the Karafuto Agency
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Inomata](/source/Takeshi_Inomata)|猪俣 猛||1936–2024}}, Japanese jazz drummer and bandleader
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Inoue (boxer)](/source/Takeshi_Inoue_(boxer))|井上 岳志||born 1989}}, Japanese OPBF Super Welterweight Champio
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Inoue (footballer)](/source/Takeshi_Inoue_(footballer))|井上 健||1928–1992}}, Japanese footballer
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Inoue (mixed martial artist)](/source/Takeshi_Inoue_(mixed_martial_artist))|井上 武||born 1980}}, Japanese mixed martial artist
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Ito](/source/Takeshi_Ito_(activist))|伊東 壮||1929–2000}}, Japanese economist and peace activist
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Ito](/source/Takeshi_Ito_(footballer))|伊藤 健史||born 1987}}, Japanese footballer
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Itoh](/source/Takeshi_Itoh)|伊東 毅||born 1954}}, Japanese jazz fusion saxophonist and flute player
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Iwamoto](/source/Takeshi_Iwamoto)|岩本 武志||born 1949}}, Japanese ice hockey player
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Iwaya](/source/Takeshi_Iwaya)|岩屋 毅||born 1957}}, Japanese politician
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Kaga](/source/Takeshi_Kaga)|鹿賀 丈史||born 1950}}, Japanese actor
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Kaikō](/source/Takeshi_Kaik%C5%8D)|開高 健||1930–1989}}, Japanese novelist, short-story writer, essayist, literary critic and television documentary writer
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Kajikawa](/source/Takeshi_Kajikawa)|梶川 武志||born 1971}}, Japanese golfer
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Kamo](/source/Takeshi_Kamo)|加茂 健||1915–2004}}, Japanese football player
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Kamura](/source/Takeshi_Kamura)|嘉村 健士||born 1990}}, Japanese badminton player
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Kanamori](/source/Takeshi_Kanamori)|金森 健志||born 1994}}, Japanese footballer
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Kanazawa](/source/Takeshi_Kanazawa)|金澤 岳||born 1984}}, Japanese former professional baseball catcher 
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Kaneko](/source/Takeshi_Kaneko)|金子 丈||born 1993}}, Japanese professional baseball player
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Kaneshiro](/source/Takeshi_Kaneshiro)|金城 武||born 1973}}, Taiwanese-Japanese actor and singer
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Katō (actor)](/source/Takeshi_Kat%C5%8D_(actor))|加藤 武||1929–2015}}, Japanese stage and film actor
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Katō (gymnast)](/source/Takeshi_Kat%C5%8D_(gymnast))|加藤 武司||1942–1982}}, Japanese gymnast and Olympic champion
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Kawaharazuka](/source/Takeshi_Kawaharazuka)|河原塚 毅||born 1975}}, Japanese former football player
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Kawakami](/source/Takeshi_Kawakami)|川上 猛||born 1972}}, Japanese shogi player
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Kawamoto](/source/Takeshi_Kawamoto)|川本 武史||born 1995}}, Japanese swimmer
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Kawamura](/source/Takeshi_Kawamura)|川村 毅||born 1959}}, Japanese playwright and director
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Kimura](/source/Takeshi_Kimura)|木村 武||1912–1988}}, Japanese screenwriter
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Kimura (racing driver)](/source/Takeshi_Kimura_(racing_driver))|木村 武史||born 1970}}, Japanese racing driver
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Kitano](/source/Takeshi_Kitano)|北野 武||born 1947}}, known as Beat Takeshi, Japanese filmmaker and star of ''Takeshi's Castle''
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Kizu](/source/Takeshi_Kizu)|木津 武士||born 1988}}, Japanese rugby union player
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Koba](/source/Takeshi_Koba)|古葉 竹識||1936–2021}}, Japanese professional baseball player and manager
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Kobayashi](/source/Takeshi_Kobayashi)|小林 武史||born 1959}}, Japanese keyboardist, lyricist, composer, arranger and record producer
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Kobayashi (wrestler)](/source/Takeshi_Kobayashi_(wrestler))|小林 武||born 1948}}, Japanese sport wrestler
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Kodama](/source/Takeshi_Kodama)|児玉 剛始||born 1971}}, Japanese rower
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Koga](/source/Takeshi_Koga)|古賀 武||born 1939}}, Japanese retired judoka
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Koike](/source/Takeshi_Koike)|小池 健||born 1968}}, Japanese animator, illustrator and film director
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Konomi](/source/Takeshi_Konomi)|許斐 剛||born 1970}}, Japanese manga artist
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Koshida](/source/Takeshi_Koshida)|越田 剛史||born 1960}}, Japanese football manager and former footballer
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Koura](/source/Takeshi_Koura)|小浦 猛志||born 1942}}, Japanese former professional tennis player
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Kozai](/source/Takeshi_Kozai)|小齋 武志||1974–2006}}, Japanese judoka
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Kusaka](/source/Takeshi_Kusaka)|日下 武史||1931–2017}}, Japanese actor and voice actor
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Kusao](/source/Takeshi_Kusao)|草尾 毅||born 1965}}, Japanese actor, voice actor, and singer
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Kuwahara](/source/Takeshi_Kuwahara)|桑原 剛||born 1985}}, Japanese soccer coach and former player
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Maeda](/source/Takeshi_Maeda)|前田 武志||born 1937}}, Japanese retired politician
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Masada](/source/Takeshi_Masada)|正田 壮史||born 2001}}, Japanese professional wrestler
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Masu](/source/Takeshi_Masu)|升 毅||born 1955}}, Japanese actor
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Matsu](/source/Takeshi_Matsu)|松 武||born 1973}}, Japanese gay manga artist
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Matsuda](/source/Takeshi_Matsuda)|松田 丈志||born 1984}}, retired Japanese Olympic, Asian and National Record holding swimmer
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Miki](/source/Takeshi_Miki)|三木 健||born 1986}}, Japanese footballer
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Minamino](/source/Takeshi_Minamino)|南野 タケシ||born 1985}}, Japanese professional wrestler
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Mitarai](/source/Takeshi_Mitarai)|御手�� 毅||1901–1984}}, Japanese founder of Canon Inc
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Miura](/source/Takeshi_Miura)|三浦 威||1938–2013}}, Japanese actor
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Miyaji](/source/Takeshi_Miyaji)|宮路 武||1965–2011}}, Japanese video game developer
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Miyamoto](/source/Takeshi_Miyamoto)|宮本 岳志|}}, Japanese politician
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Miyamoto (baseball)](/source/Takeshi_Miyamoto_(baseball))|宮本 丈||born 1995}}, Japanese baseball player
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Miyanaga](/source/Takeshi_Miyanaga)|宮永 武司|}}, Japanese mixed martial artist
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Miyazawa](/source/Takeshi_Miyazawa)|宮沢 武史||born 1978}}, Canadian comic book artist
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Mizubayashi](/source/Takeshi_Mizubayashi)|水林 彪||born 1947}}, Japanese professor
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Mizukoshi](/source/Takeshi_Mizukoshi)|水越 武||born 1938}}, Japanese photographer
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Mizuuchi](/source/Takeshi_Mizuuchi)|水内 猛||born 1972}}, Japanese footballer
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Mori (announcer)](/source/Takeshi_Mori_(announcer))|森 武史||born 1959}}, Japanese television announcer
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Mori (commander)](/source/Takeshi_Mori_(commander))|森 赳||1894–1945}}, Japanese lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Mori (director)](/source/Takeshi_Mori_(director))|もり たけし||born 1963}}, Japanese anime director, storyboard artist and scriptwriter
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Morishima](/source/Takeshi_Morishima)|森嶋 猛||born 1978}}, Japanese professional wrestler
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Morishita](/source/Takeshi_Morishita)|森下 健||born 1932}}, Japanese physician and scholar
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Moriuchi](/source/Takeshi_Moriuchi)|森嶋 猛||born 1975}}, Japanese conductor
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Motomiya](/source/Takeshi_Motomiya)|本宮 健史||born 1959}}, Japanese artist
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Motoyoshi](/source/Takeshi_Motoyoshi)|本吉 剛||born 1967}}, Japanese former football player
*[Takeshi Murata](/source/Takeshi_Murata) (born 1974), American contemporary artist
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Nagano](/source/Takeshi_Nagano)|永野 健||born 1985}}, Japanese volleyball player
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Nagao](/source/Takeshi_Nagao)|長尾 猛司||born 1943}}, Japanese sport wrestler
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Nagata](/source/Takeshi_Nagata)|永田 武||1913–1991}}, Japanese geophysicist
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Nakamura](/source/Takeshi_Nakamura)|中村 武志||born 1967}}, Japanese former professional baseball catcher
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Nakano](/source/Takeshi_Nakano)|中野 剛志||born 1971}}, Japanese bureaucrat, conservative critic and scholar
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Natori](/source/Takeshi_Natori)|名取 武||1913-1985}}, Japanese football player
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Niinami](/source/Takeshi_Niinami)|新浪 剛史||born 1959}}, Japanese business executive
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Noda](/source/Takeshi_Noda)|野田 毅||born 1941}}, Japanese politician
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Noma](/source/Takeshi_Noma)|野間 健||born 1958}}, Japanese politician
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Noma](/source/Takeshi_Noma_(politician%2C_1934%E2%80%932023))|野間 赳||1934–2023}}, Japanese politician
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Nomoto](/source/Takeshi_Nomoto)|野元 勇志||born 1989}}, Japanese former professional basketball player
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Nomura](/source/Takeshi_Nomura)|野村 武史||1919–1985}}, Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Obata](/source/Takeshi_Obata)|小畑 健||born 1969}}, Japanese manga artist
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Ōjitani](/source/Takeshi_%C5%8Cjitani)|王子谷 剛志||born 1992}}, Japanese judoka
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Oka](/source/Takeshi_Oka)|岡 武史||born 1932}}, Japanese-American spectroscopist and astronomer
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Oki](/source/Takeshi_Oki)|大木 武||born 1961}}, Japanese former football player and manager
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Okumura](/source/Takeshi_Okumura)|奥村 健||born 1952}}, Japanese pocket billiards player
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Okumura (horse racing)](/source/Takeshi_Okumura_(horse_racing))|奥村 武||born 1976}}, Japanese racehorse trainer
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Onaga](/source/Takeshi_Onaga)|翁長 雄志||born 1950}}, Japanese politician
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Ono](/source/Takeshi_Ono)|大野 毅||born 1944}}, Japanese former football player
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Ono (footballer, born 1962)](/source/Takeshi_Ono_(footballer%2C_born_1962))|小野 剛||born 1962}}, Japanese former football player and manager
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Rikio](/source/Takeshi_Rikio)|力皇 猛||born 1972}}, Japanese professional wrestler
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Saito (footballer)](/source/%3Aja%3A%E6%96%89%E8%97%A4%E6%AD%A6%E5%BF%97)|斉藤 武志||born 1979}}, Japanese footballer
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Saito (ice hockey)](/source/Takeshi_Saito_(ice_hockey))|齊藤 毅||born 1981}}, Japanese ice hockey player
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Saito (mathematician)](/source/Takeshi_Saito_(mathematician))|斎藤 毅||born 1961}}, Japanese mathematician
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Saito (musician)](/source/Neko_Saito)|斎藤 毅||born 1959}}, Japanese violinist
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Sakamoto](/source/Takeshi_Sakamoto)|坂本 武||1899–1974}}, Japanese actor
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Sakurada](/source/Takeshi_Sakurada)|桜田 武||1891–1943}}, Japanese lieutenant general
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Sasaki](/source/Takeshi_Sasaki)|首藤 剛志||born 1996}}, Japanese judoka
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Sasaki (political scientist)](/source/Takeshi_Sasaki_(political_scientist))|佐々木 毅||born 1942}}, Japanese political scientist
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Sato](/source/Takeshi_Sato)|佐藤 タケシ||born 1981}}, Japanese professional wrestler
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Senoo](/source/Takeshi_Senoo)|妹尾 武||born 1969}}, Japanese composer
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Seyama](/source/Takeshi_Seyama)|瀬山 武司||born 1944}}, Japanese film editor 
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Shimazaki](/source/Takeshi_Shimazaki)|島崎 毅||born 1967}}, Japanese retired professional pitcher
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Shina](/source/Takeshi_Shina)|階 猛||born 1966}}, Japanese politician
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Shirai](/source/Takeshi_Shirai)|白井 岳||1977–2024}}, Japanese equestrian
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Shudo](/source/Takeshi_Shudo)|首藤 剛志||1949–2010}}, Japanese scriptwriter
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi So](/source/Takeshi_So)|宗 猛||born 1953}}, Japanese long-distance runner
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Sugita](/source/Takeshi_Sugita)|杉田 武||born 1947}}, Japanese sport shooter
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Suzuki (academic)](/source/Takeshi_Suzuki_(academic))|鈴木 斌||1932–2005}}, Japanese professor
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Suzuki (alpine skier)](/source/Takeshi_Suzuki_(alpine_skier))|鈴木 猛史||born 1988}}, Japanese alpine skier and Paralympic athlete
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Takashina](/source/Takeshi_Takashina)|高品 彪||1891–1944}}, Japanese general
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Takeoka](/source/Takeshi_Takeoka)|たけおか たけし||born 1999}}, Japanese judoka
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Takeuchi](/source/Takeshi_Takeuchi)|武内 崇||born 1973}}, Japanese artist
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Taketsuru](/source/Takeshi_Taketsuru)|竹鶴 威||1924–2014}}, Japanese whisky distiller
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Terada](/source/Takeshi_Terada)|寺田 武史||born 1980}}, Japanese former football player
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Terauchi](/source/Takeshi_Terauchi)|寺内 タケシ||1939–2021}}, Japanese rock guitarist
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Teshima](/source/Takeshi_Teshima)|手島 猛||born 1941}}, Japanese fencer
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Tokuda](/source/Takeshi_Tokuda)|徳田 毅||born 1971}}, Japanese former politician
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Tokutomi](/source/Takeshi_Tokutomi)|徳富 斌||born 1941}}, Japanese former volleyball player
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Tomizawa](/source/Takeshi_Tomizawa)|富澤 岳史||born 1974}}, Japanese comedian and actor
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Tsuchiya](/source/Takeshi_Tsuchiya)|土屋 武士||born 1972}}, Japanese professional race car driver
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Tsujimura](/source/Takeshi_Tsujimura)|辻村 猛||born 1974}}, Japanese former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Tsuruno](/source/Takeshi_Tsuruno)|つるの 剛士||born 1975}}, Japanese actor
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Uchiyamada](/source/Takeshi_Uchiyamada)|内山田 竹志||born 1946}}, Japanese businessman
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Ueda](/source/Takeshi_Ueda)|上田 剛士||born 1968}}, Japanese musician
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Umehara](/source/Takeshi_Umehara)|梅原 猛||1925–2019}}, Japanese philosopher and critic
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Urakami](/source/Takeshi_Urakami)|浦上 壮史||born 1969}}, Japanese former football player
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Urata](/source/Takeshi_Urata)|浦田 武||1947–2012}}, Japanese astronomer
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Usami](/source/Takeshi_Usami)|宇佐美 毅||1903–1991}}, Japanese bureaucrat
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Ushibana](/source/Takeshi_Ushibana)|牛鼻 健||born 1977}}, Japanese former football player
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Watabe](/source/Takeshi_Watabe)|渡部 猛||1936–2010}}, Japanese actor and voice actor
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Watanabe (civil servant)](/source/Takeshi_Watanabe_(civil_servant))|渡辺 武||1906–2010}}, Japanese bureaucrat
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Watanabe (footballer)](/source/Takeshi_Watanabe_(footballer))|渡辺 毅||born 1972}}, Japanese former football player
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Yagi](/source/Takeshi_Yagi)|八木 毅||born 1967}}, Japanese TV director/producer
*[Takeshi Yamada](/source/Takeshi_Yamada) (born 1960), Japanese-American artist
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Yamaguchi](/source/Takeshi_Yamaguchi)|山口 武士||born 1979}}, Japanese footballer
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Yamakage](/source/Takeshi_Yamakage)|山影 武士||born 1945}}, Japanese swimmer
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Yamanaka](/source/Takeshi_Yamanaka)|山中 武司||born 1971}}, Japanese ice hockey player
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Yamasaki](/source/Takeshi_Yamasaki)|山﨑 武司||born 1968}}, Japanese retired professional baseball player
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Yasuda](/source/Takeshi_Yasuda)|安田 武||born 1943}}, Japanese potter 
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Yasukawa](/source/Takeshi_Yasukawa)|安川 壮||1914–2000}}, Japanese diplomat
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Yasutoko](/source/Takeshi_Yasutoko)|安床 武士||born 1986}}, Japanese professional vert skater 
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Yokoyama](/source/Takeshi_Yokoyama)|横山 武史||born 1998}}, Japanese jockey
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Yonezawa](/source/Takeshi_Yonezawa)|米澤 剛志||born 1969}}, Japanese former football player
*[Takeshi Yoshida](/source/Takeshi_Yoshida), Japanese engineer
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Yoshioka](/source/Takeshi_Yoshioka)|吉岡 毅志||born 1979}}, Japanese actor
*Hiroki Takeshi, better known as [AK-69](/source/AK-69) (born 1978), Japanese rapper, singer-songwriter

==Fictional characters==
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi](/source/Brock_(Pok%C3%A9mon))|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](/source/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles_(2012_TV_series))''
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Goda](/source/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](/source/Yuri_on_Ice)'', based on the actual Takeshi Honda
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Hongō](/source/Kamen_Rider)|本郷 猛|}}, a character in the tokusatsu franchise ''Kamen Rider''
*[Takeshi Kovacs](/source/Takeshi_Kovacs), a character in many books by Richard Morgan
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Kuroiwa](/source/List_of_My_Hero_Academia_characters)|黒岩 武司|}}, a character in the My Hero Academia spin-off ''My Hero Academia: Vigilantes'' mostly known as Knuckleduster
*[Takeshi Manganji](/source/Crush_Gear_Turbo), a character in the anime series ''[Crush Gear Turbo](/source/Crush_Gear_Turbo)''
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Momoshiro](/source/Takeshi_Momoshiro)|桃城 武|}}, a character in the manga series ''Prince of Tennis''
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Nishigōri](/source/List_of_Yuri_on_Ice_characters)|西郡 豪|}}, a character in the anime series ''Yuri on Ice''
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Saehara](/source/Takeshi_Saehara)|冴原 剛|}}, a character in the manga series ''D.N.Angel''
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Sendo](/source/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](/source/Okashina_Okashi_%E2%80%93_Strange_Candy)''
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Sugimori](/source/List_of_Inazuma_Eleven_characters)|杉森 威|}}, a character in the ''Inazuma Eleven'' media franchise
*{{Nihongo|[Takeshi Yamamoto](/source/Takeshi_Yamamoto)|山本 武|}}, a character in the manga series ''Reborn!''

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

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