is a masculine

Japanese given name in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name, in that order. Nevertheless, when a Japanese name is written in the Roman alphabet, ever since the Meiji era, the official policy has been to cater to Western expecta ...

Possible writings

Takahiro can be written using different

kanji are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese ...

characters and can mean: *高広, "high, broad" *隆弘, "noble, vast" *隆宏, "noble, wide" *隆博, "noble, gain" *孝広, "filial piety, broad" *貴大, "precious, big" *貴弘, "precious, vast" *貴裕, "precious, abundant" *貴洋, "precious, ocean" *尭弘, "high, vast" The name can also be written in

hiragana is a Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''. It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' literally means "flowing" or "simple" kana ("simple" originally as contrast ...

katakana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived f ...

People with the name

* Takahiro (敬浩), a vocalist of the Japanese pop music band '' EXILE'' * Takahiro Aoh (隆寛), a Japanese professional boxer *

Takahiro Arai Takahiro Arai (Japanese: 新井貴浩, born January 30, 1977 in Naka-ku, Hiroshima) is a Japanese professional baseball player for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. His younger brother Ryota is also a professional ...

(貴浩), a Japanese professional baseball player *, Japanese footballer *

Takahiro Fujimoto is an actor and a retired male medley swimmer from Japan, who represented his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. His best Olympic result was the 8th place (4:23.86) in the Men's 400m Individual Medley event ...

(隆宏), a Japanese medley swimmer *, Japanese baseball player *

Takahiro Hōjō is a Japanese restaurant staff and retired actor. He is known for portraying Mutsuki Kamijo / Kamen Rider Leangle in ''Kamen Rider Blade''. According to his ''Blade'' co-star Ryoji Morimoto, Takahiro has retired from his acting career and curren ...

(隆博), a Japanese actor and musician *, Japanese actor and voice actor *

Takahiro Izutani is a video game music composer and guitarist. He is notable for his work in the ''Metal Gear Solid'' series. Profile In 1997, his avant-garde rock band "Happy Family" released an album, "Toscco" on Cuneiform Records in the U.S. (http://cune ...

(タカヒロ), a Japanese composer of video game music and guitarist * Takahiro Kasuganishiki (孝嘉), a Japanese sumo wrestler *

Takahiro Kimura is a Japanese animator, illustrator and character designer. Works *'' City Hunter 3'' ( Key animation) *'' Idol Tenshi Yokoso Yōko'' (Key animation) *'' Dirty Pair Flash'' (Character design, animation director) *''Mobile Fighter G Gundam'' ...

(貴宏), a Japanese animator, illustrator, and character designer *

Takahiro Ko is a Japanese professional footballer of Chinese descent. He plays as a central midfielder for club Albirex Niigata. He is the son of former Chinese international Gao Sheng. Career After graduating from Funabashi High School in Chiba, Ko si ...

(宇洋, born 1998), Japanese footballer *

Takahiro Konagawa is a Japanese guitarist, singer, and musical composer from Kashiwa, Chiba. He came out as a guitarist of Charcoal Filter in November 1999. He has also performed as a solo artist since December 2003. His first solo album ''The first tears'' was r ...

(高弘), a Japanese guitarist, singer, and musical composer * Takahiro Mahara (孝浩), a Japanese pitcher * Takahiro Matsumae (崇広), a Japanese ''

daimyō were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and nominal ...

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Edo period The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characte ...

* Takahiro "Tak" Matsumoto (孝弘) a guitarist of the Japanese rock band ''B'z'' *, Japanese sprinter *

Takahiro Mizushima is a Japanese voice actor and singer. He is currently affiliated with Axlone. When voicing adult games, he is known as . Biography Mizushima is a former Japan Ground Self-Defense Force official. He entered the JGSDF Youth Technical School, a b ...

(大宙), a Japanese voice actor *Takahiro Miyashita (隆宏), a former member of the Japanese rock band ''

Anzen Chitai is a Japanese rock band, formed in 1973 by five musicians in Asahikawa, Hokkaidō, Japan. It debuted in 1982 in Tokyo, Japan. They became one of Japan's most successful rock bands in the 1980s. Members * - Vocals, Guitars & Percussion (1973� ...

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Takahiro Mori is a retired male medley swimmer from Japan. He represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He is best known for winning three gold medals at the Summer Universiade The Universiade is an international ...

(隆弘), a Japanese medley swimmer *

Takahiro Moriuchi , known professionally as Taka, is a Japanese singer and musician who is the lead vocalist of the Japanese rock band One Ok Rock. Moriuchi is the band's main lyricist and composer. In 2017, ''Kerrang!'' magazine placed him at number 27 on their l ...

(貴寛), a vocalist of the Japanese rock band ''

One Ok Rock (stylized in all caps as ONE OK ROCK) is a Japanese rock band, formed in Tokyo, Japan, in 2005. Originally five members, the band currently consists of vocalist Takahiro Moriuchi, guitarist and bandleader Toru Yamashita, bassist Ryota Kohama, a ...

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Takahiro Nishijima is a Japanese singer and actor who is the main vocalist of the group AAA AAA, Triple A, or Triple-A is a three-letter initialism or abbreviation which may refer to: Airports * Anaa Airport in French Polynesia (IATA airport code AAA) * Logan ...

(隆弘）, a member of the J-pop group ''AAA'' *

Takahiro Nishikawa is a Japanese pop band formed in 1988, comprising Miwa Yoshida (lead vocals) and Masato Nakamura (bass). Founding member Takahiro Nishikawa (keyboards) left in 2003 to pursue a solo career. Dreams Come True has sold more than 50 million recor ...

(隆宏), a former member of the J-pop band ''Dreams Come True'' *

Takahiro Ōhashi is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan. Early life and apprenticeship Ōhashi was born in Shingū, Wakayama on September 22, 1992. He learned how to play shogi as fourth-grade elementary school student, and entered the Japan Sho ...

, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese handball player *

Takahiro Sakurai is a Japanese voice actor, narrator, and radio personality from Aichi Prefecture, Japan. His well-known roles include heroes such as Cloud Strife in ''Compilation of Final Fantasy VII'', Suzaku Kururugi in '' Code Geass'' and X in '' Mega Man X ...

(孝宏, born 1974), a Japanese voice actor *

Takahiro Sasaki (disambiguation) Takahiro Sasaki may refer to: * Takahiro Sasaki (footballer), Japanese footballer *Takahiro Sasaki (politician) is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (n ...

, multiple people *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese fencer *, Japanese convicted serial killer. He was dubbed the "

Twitter killer is a Japanese serial killer and rapist. He is also known as the "Twitter Killer", which he was labeled as in most media reports at the time of his sentencing. In Zama, Japan, between August and October 2017, he murdered nine people, mostly you ...

" in media *, Japanese basketball player * Takahiro Shoda, (隆弘), a Japanese baseball player *

Takahiro Sunada is a Japanese ultramarathon and marathon runner born in Osaka. He was the World Athletics male world record A world record is usually the best global and most important performance that is ever recorded and officially verified in a specific ...

(貴裕), a Japanese marathon runner * Takahiro Suwa (高広), a Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese footballer *

Takahiro Tanaka (disambiguation) Takahiro Tanaka may refer to: *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese Nordic combined skier {{hndis, Tanaka, Takahiro ...

, multiple people * Takahiro Toyokawa, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese writer * Takahiro Ueno (高広), a Japanese professional drifting driver *, Japanese sprinter *

Takahiro Yamada (disambiguation) Takahiro Yamada may refer to: * Takahiro Yamada (footballer), Japanese footballer * Takahiro Yamada (musician) is the bass player and backing vocalist of the Japanese rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation. Yamada met fellow band members Masafumi ...

, multiple people *, Japanese footballer * Takahiro Yamamoto (隆弘), a Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese politician *, Japanese classical pianist

Fictional characters

* Takahiro Hanamaki (花巻貴大), a character from ''

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