Takeuchi

Takeuchi (Japanese: 竹内; "within bamboo" or Japanese: 武内; "warrior household") is a Japanese surname. It is common in west-central Japan, and is pronounced Takenouchi (Take-no-uchi) by some bearers. The family claims descent from the legendary hero-statesman Takenouchi-no-Sukune, himself supposedly a descendant of the mythical Emperor Kōgen and a counselor to several other emperors, including Emperor Ōjin (late 4th century). Other families such as the Soga clan also claim Takenouchi-no-Sukune as an ancestor. It can also be written as 竹野内.

The Takenouchi-ryū is a koryū tradition founded by Takenouchi Chūnagon Daijō Hisamori in 1532 and is still maintained today by his descendants.

People with the surname

• Aina Takeuchi (竹内 愛奈; born 1991), Japanese ice hockey player
• Akari Takeuchi (竹内 朱莉; born 1997), Japanese singer and member of girl group S/mileage
• Akira Takeuchi (disambiguation), multiple people
• Atsushi Takenouchi (竹之内 淳志, born 1960), Japanese Butoh dancer
• Aya Takeuchi (竹内 亜弥; born 1986), Japanese rugby sevens player
• Esther Sans Takeuchi, materials scientist
• Gaisi Takeuti (竹内 外史; 1926–2017), Japanese mathematician
• Hiromi Takeuchi (竹内 洋美; born 1966), Japanese speed skater
• Hironori Takeuchi (竹内 浩典; born 1964), Japanese racing driver
• Hirotaka Takeuchi (竹内 弘高; born 1946), Japanese professor and knowledge-management author
• Junko Takeuchi (竹内 順子; born 1972), Japanese voice actress
• Kazuya Takeuchi (竹内 和也; born 1941), Japanese water polo player
• Marika Takeuchi (竹内 まりか; born 1987), Japanese contemporary composer
• Mariya Takeuchi (竹内 まりや; born 1955), Japanese singer and songwriter
• Minoru Takeuchi (竹内 実; born 1971), Japanese volleyball player
• Mio Takeuchi (竹内 実生; born 1985), Japanese actress
• Miyu Takeuchi (竹内 美宥; born 1996), Japanese singer and K-pop idol
• Motoaki Takenouchi (武内 基朗; born 1967), Japanese video game composer
• Naoko Takeuchi (武内 直子; born 1967), Japanese manga artist
• Riki Takeuchi (竹内 力; born 1964), an actor in the Dead or Alive series of films
• Ryūshin Takeuchi (竹内 龍臣; born 2001), Japanese baseball player
• Takeuchi Rizō (竹内 理三; 1907–1997), Japanese historian
• Shigeyo Takeuchi (竹内 茂代; 1881–1975), Japanese physician
• Shion Takeuchi (born 1988), American television writer and creator of the Netflix series Inside Job
• Shunsuke Takeuchi (武内 駿輔; born 1997), Japanese voice actor
• Tokio Takeuchi (竹内 時男; 1894–1944), Japanese physicist
• Yugo Takeuchi (竹内 雄悟; born 1987), Japanese shogi player
• Yukio Takeuchi (竹内 行夫; born 1943), Japanese Supreme Court justice
• Yūko Takeuchi (竹内 結子; 1980–2020), Japanese television actress
• Yutaka Takenouchi (竹野内 豊; born 1971), Japanese television actor
• Takenouchi Tōjūrō Hisatake, 13th sōdenke of Takenouchi-ryū
• Takenouchi Chūnagon Daijō Hisamori, founder of Takenouchi-ryū

Fictional characters

• Sora Takenouchi, in the anime's Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02
• Sora Takeuchi, in the manga and anime Air Gear
• Momoko Takeuchi, in the manga Inubaka
• Rio Takeuchi, a character in the anime Spiral
• Takeuchi Tatsuru, (竹内多鹤) the heroine of the novel and TV drama Auntie Tatsuru (Chinese:小姨多鹤) by Chinese writer Yan Geling (Chinese:严歌苓)
• Itsuki Takeuchi, a character in the manga and anime Initial D

See also

• Crest of the Takeuchi family, a stylized ume blossom
• Takeuchi Manufacturing, a Japanese heavy equipment manufacturer
• Tak, mathematical recursive function named after Ikuo Takeuchi (竹内郁雄)
• The Takeuchi Documents, texts in the Mahikari religious movement