Takagi

This article is about the Japanese surname. For the village in Nagano Prefecture, Japan, see Takagi, Nagano. For the Italian DJ, see Takagi (DJ).

Takagi (高木) is a Japanese surname meaning "tall tree".^[1] Notable people with the surname include:

• Akimitsu Takagi (1920–1995), Japanese crime fiction writer
• Jon Mamoru Takagi (1942–1984), American martial arts instructor
• Hikari Takagi (高木 ひかり; born 1993), Japanese footballer
• Hinako Takagi (born 1989), Japanese composer and pianist
• Hitoshi Takagi (1925–2004), Japanese voice actor
• Isao Takagi (高木 功; born 1961), Japanese professional wrestler
• Kaietsu Takagi (1883–1957), Japanese photographer
• Kazumichi Takagi (born 1980), Japanese football player
• Keizō Takagi (born 1941), Japanese writer, journalist and educator
• Kunito Takagi (高木 邦人; born 1934), Japanese ice hockey player
• Maria Takagi (born 1978), Japanese former AV star and TV actress
• Takagi Masao (高木 正雄), the Japanese name of South Korean president Park Chung-hee (1917–1979)
• Miho Takagi (born 1994), Japanese speed skater
• Mototeru Takagi (1941–2002), Japanese free jazz musician
• Nana Takagi (born 1992), Japanese speed skater
• Paul Takagi (1923–2015), American sociologist
• Sadao Takagi (born 1932), Japanese entomologist
• Saya Takagi (born 1963), Japanese actress
• Shingo Takagi (鷹木 信悟; born 1982), Japanese professional wrestler
• Tadashi Takagi (高木 規; born 1970), Japanese professional wrestler and promoter known as Sanshiro Takagi
• Takeo Takagi (1882–1944), Japanese vice admiral in World War II
• Takuya Takagi, Japanese football player and football manager
• Teiji Takagi (1875–1960), Japanese mathematician
• Toranosuke Takagi (born 1974), Japanese race car driver
• Wataru Takagi (born 1966), Japanese voice actor

Fictional characters

• Takagi (高木), titular character of the manga series Teasing Master Takagi-san
• Satoru Takagi (高木 悟), a character in the manga series Tomie
• Akito Takagi (高木 秋人), a character in the manga series Bakuman
• Saya Takagi (高城 沙耶), a character in the manga series Highschool of the Dead