Takano is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Ai Takano, Japanese singer * Aya Takano, Japanese artist and writer * Aya Takano (swimmer), Japanese athlete * Takano Chōei, scholar of the late Edo period * Takano Fusataro, Japanese labor activist * Genshin Takano (governor of Hiroshima) * George Takano, professional wrestler * Hajime Takano, Japanese journalist * Hassei Takano, Japanese actor *, Japanese shogi player *

Hiroshi Takano (born December 14, 1964) is a Japanese singer, composer, lyricist, music arranger, guitarist and producer. In the end of 1980s and early 1990s, he recorded some successful records which were produced by Todd Rundgren. He has contributed to the w ...

, Japanese musician *Isoroku Takano, birth name of Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese naval officer * Takano Iwasaburo, Japanese social statistician *

Kazuaki Takano is a Japanese writer of crime fiction and thrillers. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan. He worked for a time under the Japanese film director Kihachi Okamoto in his youth. After that he studied film at Los Angeles City College from ...

, Japanese writer of crime fiction * Kikuo Takano, Japanese poet and mathematician * Koji Takano, Japanese football player * Mari Takano, Japanese musician * Mark Takano, U.S. politician * Takano no Niigasa, 8th-century concubine *, Japanese shogi player * Shiho Takano, Japanese actress *

Shunji Takano Shunji Takano (高野俊二 ''Takano Shunji'') (born February 16, 1964) is a Japanese retired professional wrestler. Early life Takano was born on February 16, 1964. His father was a black American Marine who belonged to the Iwakuni base, and ha ...

, Japanese wrestler * Susumu Takano, Japanese track athlete *

Teppei Takano Teppei Takano (born 25 November 1983) is a Japanese ski jumper. In the World Cup he finished once among the top 10, recording a ninth place from February 2003 in Willingen. At the 2003 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World S ...

, Japanese ski jumper *

Tetsu Takano is a Japanese rock musician and singer-songwriter. He first became known as vocalist of the visual kei rock band Malice Mizer from 1992 to 1994. After leaving them, Tetsu formed and performed with Mega8Ball from 1995 to 1997. From 1999 to 200 ...

, Japanese rock musician *, Japanese model and boxer *

Toshiyuki Takano is a Japanese Ambassador An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of ...

, Japanese diplomat * Tsugi Takano, Japanese novelist * Urara Takano, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese speed skater *, Japanese speed skater

Fictional characters

* Bungo Takano, a character in ''Shadow Star'' *

Kyohei Takano This is a list of fictional characters, main characters as well as some supporting characters from '' The Wallflower'', a Japanese manga that was also adapted into an anime series and a live-action drama. The manga's plot focuses on Sunako Naka ...

, a character in ''The Wallflower'' *Miyo Takano, a character in '' Higurashi no Naku Koro ni''

Fictional characters

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