Takashi

Takashi (たかし, タカシ) is a masculine Japanese given name.

Takashi

Takashi Murakami, a contemporary Japanese artist
Pronunciation	Ta-ka-shi
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Region of origin	Japan
Other names
Related names	Takeshi Takanobu Takaya Takako Takami Takana

Written forms

The name Takashi can have multiple different meanings depending on which kanji is used to write it. Possible forms of the name include:

• 隆 - "prosperous noble"
• 喬士 - "high, boasting, samurai, gentleman"
• 崇史 - "adore, revere, chronicler, history"
• 孝 - "filial piety, serve parents"
• 貴志
• 敬

Takashi can also be written in hiragana and/or katakana:

• タカシ (katakana)
• たかし (hiragana)

People with the name

• Takashi Abe (阿部 隆, born 1967), Japanese shogi player
• Takashi Akatsuka (赤塚 隆; born 1973), Japanese rugby union player
• Takashi Amano (天野 尚, 1954–2015), Japanese photographer, aquarist and designer
• Takashi Aonishi (青西 高嗣), Japanese music artist
• Takashi Asahina (朝比奈 隆, 1908–2001), Japanese conductor
• Takashi Dekita (出耒田 敬; born 1991), Japanese volleyball player
• Takashi Fujii (藤井 隆, born 1972), Japanese singer and comedian
• Takashi Hagino (萩野 崇, born 1973), Japanese actor
• Takashi Hara (原 敬, 1856–1921), Japanese politician and Prime Minister of Japan
• Takashi Hara (artist) (ハラタカシ, born 1983), Japanese contemporary artist
• Takashi Hasegawa, Japanese electrical engineer and programmer
• Takashi Hashiguchi (橋口 たかし, born 1967), Japanese manga artist
• Takashi Hikino (曳野 孝), Japanese economist and educator
• Takashi Hiraide (平出 隆; born 1950), Japanese poet and critic
• Takashi "Halo" Hirose (died 2002), American swimmer
• Takashi "Taka" Hirose (born 1967), Japanese musician and chef
• Takashi Iizuka (game designer) (飯塚 隆, born 1970), Japanese video game director and designer
• Takashi Ikenaga (池永 天志; born 1993), Japanese shogi player
• Takashi Ikenoue (池ノ上 孝司; born 1955), Japanese handball player
• Takashi Inoue (井之上 隆志; 1960–2017), Japanese actor
• Takashi Inoue (author) (井之上 喬; born 1944), Japanese public relations practitioner, scholar and theorist
• Takashi Inukai (犬養 孝; 1907–1998), Japanese literature academic
• Takashi Ishii (film director) (石井 隆, born 1946), Japanese film director, screenwriter and manga artist
• Takashi Ishii (baseball) (石井 貴, born 1971), Japanese baseball pitcher and coach
• Takashi Ishimoto (石本 隆, 1935–2009), a Japanese swimmer
• Takashi Ito (伊藤 隆; born 1970), Japanese kickboxer
• Takashi Itoyama (糸山 隆司; born 1936), Japanese basketball player
• Takashi Kakihara (垣原 隆司; born 1937), Japanese ice hockey player
• Takashi Kanezawa (金沢 孝史; born 1973), Japanese shogi player
• Takashi Kato (加藤 嵩士; born 1989), Japanese handball player
• Takashi Kashiwabara (柏原 崇; born 1977), Japanese former actor
• Takashi Kawamura (politician) (河村 たかし, born 1948), Japanese politician
• Takashi Kawano (河野 貴志; born 1996), Japanese footballer
• Takashi Kimura (disambiguation), multiple people
• Takashi Koizumi (小泉 堯史, born 1955), Japanese film director
• Takashi Koshimoto (越本 隆志; born 1971), Japanese boxer
• Takashi Maruyama (丸山 孝; born 1953), Japanese volleyball player
• Masuda Takashi (益田 孝; 1848–1938), Japanese industrialist, investor, and art collector
• Takashi Masuda (computer scientist) (益田 隆司; born 1939), Japanese computer scientist
• Takashi Masuda (basketball) (増田 貴史; born 1940), Japanese basketball player
• Takashi Matsuhashi (松橋 高司; born 1932), Japanese cross-country skier
• Takashi Matsumoto (disambiguation), multiple people
• Takashi Matsunaga (松永 貴志, born 1986), Japanese jazz pianist
• Takashi Matsuoka, Japanese-American writer
• Takashi Miike (三池 崇史, born 1960), Japanese filmmaker
• Takashi Mizuno (水野 隆; born 1931), Japanese footballer
• Takashi Mizunuma (水沼 貴史; born 1960), Japanese footballer and manager
• Takashi Murakami (村上 隆, born 1962), Japanese contemporary artist
• Takashi Murayama (村山 隆志; born 1951), Japanese rower
• Takashi Nagai (永井 隆, 1908–1951), Japanese physician and survivor of the Nagasaki bombing
• Takashi Nagasaki (長崎 尚志, born 1954), Japanese author, manga writer and former editor of manga
• Takashi Nagasako (長嶝 高士, born 1964), Japanese voice actor
• Takashi Nagatsuka (長塚 節, 1879–1915), Japanese novelist and poet
• Takashi Nagayasu (長安 豊; born 1968), Japanese politician
• Takashi Nakakura (中蔵 隆志; born 1977), Japanese mixed martial artist
• Takashi Nakamura (中村 たかし, born 1995), Japanese animator, and anime director
• Takashi Narita (成田 貴志, born 1969), Japanese former volleyball player
• Takashi Niigaki (新垣 隆, born 1970), Japanese music teacher
• Takashi Okamura (disambiguation), multiple people
• Takashi Ono (小野 喬, born 1931), Japanese gymnast
• Takashi Onozuka (小野塚 貴志; born 1974), Japanese voice actor
• Takashi Ozaki (尾崎 隆, 1952–2011), Japanese mountaineer
• Takashi Saito (斎藤 隆, born 1970), Japanese baseball player
• Takashi Saito (footballer) (齋藤 恭志; born 1993), Japanese footballer
• Takashi Saito (c. 1990 - 2007), sumo wrestler who died due to injuries sustained in the Tokitsukaze stable hazing scandal
• Takashi Sakai (酒井 隆, 1887–1946), Japanese general
• Takashi Shimizu (清水 崇, born 1972), Japanese filmmaker
• Takashi Shimoda (下田 崇; born 1975), Japanese footballer
• Takashi Shimura (志村 喬, 1905–1982), Japanese actor
• Takashi Sorimachi (反町 隆史, born 1973), Japanese singer and actor
• Takashi Tamura (田村 孝; born 1961), Japanese sailor
• Takashi Tsuburai (粒来 敬詞; born 1951), Japanese ice hockey player
• Takashi Uemoto (上本 崇司; born 1990), Japanese baseball player
• Takashi Umeda (梅田 高志, born 1976), Japanese footballer
• Takashi Umezawa (梅澤 貴史; born 1972), Japanese footballer
• Takashi Watanabe (渡部 高志; born 1957), Japanese anime director
• Takashi Yamaguchi (architect) (山口 隆; born 1953), Japanese architect
• Takashi Yamaguchi (actor, born 1936) (山口 崇), Japanese actor
• Takashi Yanase, author of the picture book series Anpanman
• Takashi Yokoyama (swimmer) (横山 隆志; 1913–1945), Japanese swimmer
• Takashi Yokoyama (water polo) (横山 隆; born 1940), Japanese water polo player
• Takashi Yoshida (吉田 隆司; born 1982), better known as Cyber Kong, Japanese professional wrestler
• Takashi Yoshida (comedian) (吉田 敬; born 1973), Japanese comedian
• Takashi Yoshimatsu (吉松 隆, born 1953), Japanese composer
• Takashi Yuasa (湯浅 卓, born 1955), Japanese lawyer
• Ichinojō Takashi (逸ノ城 駿; born 1993), Mongolian sumo wrestler

Fictional characters

• Takashi Ayanokoji (綾小路 天) a character from Pita Ten
• Takashi Hayase, a character from The Super Dimension Fortress Macross
• Takashi Kawamura (The Prince of Tennis) (河村 隆), a character from The Prince of Tennis
• Takashi Komuro (小室 孝), a character from Highschool of the Dead
• Takashi Kurosawa, a character from The Hitman's Bodyguard
• Takashi Morinozuka (銛之塚 崇) (Mori), a character from Ouran High School Host Club
• Takashi Natsume (夏目 貴志), the title character from Natsume's Book of Friends
• Takashi Ryugasaki (竜ヶ崎 鷹士), a character from Cyber Team in Akihabara
• Takashi 'Shiro' Shirogane, a character from Voltron: Legendary Defender
• Takashi Sone, a character from Haru yo, Koi
• Takashi Takeda, nicknamed "Jumbo" (竹田 隆), a character from Yotsuba&!
• Takashi Yamazaki (山崎 貴史), a character from Cardcaptor Sakura
• Takashi Kovacs, a character from Altered Carbon
• Takashi Mitsuhashi, a character from Kyō Kara Ore Wa!!
• Takashi Mitsuya, a character from Tokyo Revengers
• Takashi Todoroki, a character from Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal
• Takashi, a supporting character who goes by the mutant name Tiger Claw^{[broken anchor]} in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles