is a masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

The name Takashi can have multiple different meanings depending on which kanji is used to write it. Some possible writings of the name include: *江詩 - "estuary , inlet, poem" *隆 - "prosperous noble" *喬士 - "high, boasting, samurai, gentleman" *峻 - "high, steep" *崇史 - "adore, revere, chronicler, history" *孝 - "filial piety, serve parents" *節 - "moral courage, integrity" *傑 - "hero, outstanding" Takashi can also be written in hiragana and/or katakana: *タカシ (katakana) *たかし (hiragana)

People with the name

Takashi Abe is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 9-dan. Early life Takashi Abe was born in Osaka Prefecture on August 25, 1967. Although it was said that Abe was more passionate about " yakyū" than shogi as a young boy, he entered the Japan Sho ...

(阿部隆, born 1967), Japanese shogi player *, Japanese rugby union player *

Takashi Amano was a professional track cyclist, photographer, designer, and aquarist. His interest in aquaria led him to create the Japanese company Aqua Design Amano. Amano was the author of ''Nature Aquarium World'' (TFH Publications, 1994), a three-boo ...

(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 *, Japanese volleyball player *

Takashi Fujii , born March 10, 1972 in Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese comedian and singer who belongs to the Japanese entertainment conglomerate Yoshimoto Kogyo and is the popular host of '' Matthew's Best Hit TV'' (as the character , and various ot ...

(藤井隆, born 1972), Japanese singer and comedian *

Takashi Hagino is a Japanese actor. He is noted for his roles in ''tokusatsu'' dramas, such as the lead role in and his supporting role in as the psychopath Takeshi Asakura, known as Kamen Rider Ouja. Television roles Tokusatsu *''Choukou Senshi Changérí ...

(萩野崇, born 1973), Japanese actor * Takashi Hara (原敬, 1856–1921), Japanese politician and Prime Minister of Japan *

Takashi Hara (artist) was a Japanese politician who served as the Prime Minister of Japan from 1918 to 1921. Hara held several minor ambassadorial roles before rising through the ranks of the Rikken Seiyūkai and being elected to the House of Representatives. Har ...

(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 *, Japanese poet and critic * Takashi Hirose (広瀬隆, born 1943), Japanese writer * 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 *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese handball player *, Japanese actor *, Japanese public relations practitioner, scholar and theorist *, Japanese literature academic *

Takashi Ishii (film director) was a Japanese film director, screenwriter and manga artist. He directed several ''pinku eiga'' erotic films, but his most notable feature was the 1995 crime thriller ''Gonin'' starring Takeshi Kitano. Filmography Director :1988 '' Angel Gut ...

(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 was a butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, flutterin ...

(石本隆, 1935–2009), a Japanese swimmer *, Japanese kickboxer *, Japanese basketball player *, Japanese ice hockey player *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese handball player * Takashi Kawamura (politician) (河村たかし, born 1948), Japanese politician *, Japanese footballer *

Takashi Kimura (disambiguation) Takashi Kimura may refer to: * Kengo Kimura is a Japanese retired professional wrestler, best known under the ring name and for his many years working for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) in Japan. Professional wrestling career Japan Wrestling ...

, multiple people * Takashi Koizumi (小泉堯史, born 1955), Japanese film director *, Japanese boxer *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese industrialist, investor, and art collector *, Japanese computer scientist *, Japanese basketball player *, Japanese cross-country skier * Takashi Matsumoto (disambiguation), multiple people *

Takashi Matsunaga , sometimes known professionally as Takashi, is a Japanese jazz pianist and composer. Life and career Matsunaga was born and raised in Kobe. At the age of five he first played a piano and Hammond organ that his father had. His father also took h ...

(松永貴志, born 1986), Japanese jazz pianist *

Takashi Matsuoka Takashi Matsuoka (born January 10, 1947) is a first-generation Japanese American writer. He lives in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, and worked at a Zen Buddhist temple before becoming a full-time writer. His books about American missionaries' v ...

, Japanese-American writer * Takashi Miike (三池崇史, born 1960), Japanese filmmaker *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer and manager * Takashi Murakami (村上隆, born 1962), Japanese contemporary artist *, Japanese rower *

Takashi Nagai was a Japanese Catholic physician specializing in radiology, an author, and a survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. His subsequent life of prayer and service earned him the affectionate title " saint of Urakami". Early years Takashi (m ...

(永井隆, 1908–1951), Japanese physician and survivor of the Nagasaki bombing *

Takashi Nagasaki is a Japanese author, manga writer and former editor of manga. He started his professional career at Shogakukan in 1980 and worked as an editor on the publisher's various manga magazines, including as editor-in-chief of ''Big Comic Spirits'' ...

(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 *, Japanese politician *, Japanese mixed martial artist *

Takashi Nakamura is an accomplished Japanese animator and anime director. He is also a founding member of the Japan Animation Creators Association (JAniCA) labor group. Nakamura's 2001 film ''A Tree of Palme'' was an official selection of the Berlin Film Festi ...

(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 *, Japanese voice actor * Takashi Ozaki (尾崎隆, 1952–2011), Japanese mountaineer *

Takashi Saito is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher who is currently the chief pitching coach for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). Saito's professional career spanned 23 years. He spent his first 13 seasons pit ...

(斎藤隆, born 1970), Japanese baseball player *, 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 *, Japanese footballer * Takashi Shimura (志村喬, 1905–1982), Japanese actor * Takashi Sorimachi (反町隆史, born 1973), Japanese singer and actor *, Japanese sailor *, Japanese ice hockey player *, Japanese baseball player * Takashi Umeda (梅田高志, born 1976), Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese anime director *, Japanese architect *, Japanese actor * Takashi Yanase, author of the picture book series Anpanman *, Japanese racing driver *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese water polo player *, better known as Cyber Kong, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese comedian *

Takashi Yoshimatsu is a Japanese classical music composer. He is well known for composing the 2003 remake of ''Astro Boy''. Biography Yoshimatsu was born and raised in Yoyogi, Tokyo. He did not receive formal musical training while growing up. Yoshimatsu was a fa ...

(吉松隆, born 1953), Japanese composer * Takashi Yuasa (湯浅卓, born 1955), Japanese lawyer *, Mongolian sumo wrestler

Fictional characters

* a character from '' Pita Ten'' *Takashi Hayase, a character from '' The Super Dimension Fortress Macross'' *, a character from The Prince of Tennis *, a character from '' Highschool of the Dead'' *Takashi Kurosawa, a character from '' The Hitman's Bodyguard'' * (Mori), a character from '' Ouran High School Host Club'' *, a character from '' Natsume's Book of Friends'' *, a character from '' Cyber Team in Akihabara'' *

Takashi 'Shiro' Shirogane Sven Holgersson, known as in the original Japanese language ''Beast King GoLion'' and in '' Voltron: Legendary Defender'', is a fictional character in the media franchise ''Voltron'', and a member of the Voltron Force. The character's first appe ...

, a character from '' Voltron: Legendary Defender'' *Takashi Sone, a character from ''Haru yo, Koi'' *, a character from '' Yotsuba&!'' *, a character from '' Cardcaptor Sakura'' *Takashi Kovacs, a character from ''Altered Carbon'' *Takashi Mitsuya, a character from ''Tokyo Revengers'' *Takashi Todoroki, a character from '' Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal''

References

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