Japanese
Japanese may refer to:
* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
Sengoku period
The was a period in History of Japan, Japanese history of near-constant civil war and social upheaval from 1467 to 1615.
The Sengoku period was initiated by the Ōnin War in 1467 which collapsed the Feudalism, feudal system of Japan under the ...
(16th century) of Japan, the famed
Takeda clan
The was a Japanese samurai clan active from the late Heian period until the late 16th century. The clan was historically based in Kai Province in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture. The clan reached its greatest influence under the rule of Taked ...
of Kai Province had many descendant branch families.
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Takeda clan (Aki)
The Takeda clan of Aki Province was a cadet branch of the famed Takeda clan of the Kai Province of Imperial Japan, descended from Emperor Seiwa (850-880) and the Minamoto clan (Seiwa Genji). The Takeda of Wakasa were a branch of the Takeda of ...
is a family in the
Aki Province
or Geishū () was a province in the Chūgoku Region of western Honshū, comprising the western part of what is today Hiroshima Prefecture.
History
When Emperor Shōmu ordered two official temples for each province (one for male Buddhist prie ...
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Takeda clan (Wakasa)
The was a Japanese samurai clan active from the late Heian period until the late 16th century. The clan was historically based in Kai Province in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture. The clan reached its greatest influence under the rule of Taked ...
Kumiko Takeda
is a Japanese actress.
Personal life
Takeda was married to an American from 2000 until divorcing in 2016. She currently lives with her daughter in San Diego.
Filmography
* ''Shuffle (film), Shuffle'' (1981) - Girl in playground
* ''High Teen ...
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Larissa Tago Takeda
is a Japanese voice actress from Aichi Prefecture, Japan. She is affiliated with I'm Enterprise.
Early life
Takeda's father is third-generation Japanese-Brazilian. Her maternal surname is Takeda, her paternal surname is Tago, her personal name ...
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Japanese voice actress
Voice acting in Japan is an industry where actors provide voice-overs as characters or narrators in media including anime, video games, audio dramas, commercials, and dubbing for non-Japanese films and television programs.
In Japan, and a ...
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Masashi Takeda (wrestler)
is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist, primarily working for Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) in the Deathmatch division. Takeda also competes as a freelancer for Freedoms and occasionally, All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW).
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, Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
*, Japanese speed skater
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Nana Takeda
is a Japanese former figure skater. She is the 2007 NHK Trophy bronze medalist and 2009 Winter Universiade silver medalist. She won five medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and placed as high as fourth at the World Junior Championships.
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, figure skater
*, Japanese sport wrestler
*, Japanese swimmer
* Shinzaburo Takeda, Mexican artist
*, Japanese swimmer
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Takeda Sōkaku
was known as the founder of a school of jujutsu known as Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu.
Life
Born in the Aizu domain ( Fukushima Prefecture), Sōkaku grew up in the time of the Boshin War. The second son of Takeda Sōkichi, a samurai of the Ta ...
, reviver of ''Daitō-ryū aiki-jūjutsu''
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Takeda-no-miya
The Takeda (竹田) ''ōke'' (princely house) was the tenth and youngest branch of the Japanese Imperial Family created from branches of the Fushimi-no-miya house.
The Takeda-no-miya house was formed by Prince Tsunehisa, eldest son of Prince Ki ...
, one of the former ''ōke'', or cadet branches of the Japanese imperial house established during the Meiji period by a scion of the ''Fushimi-no-miya''. Not related to the samurai family.
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Takeda clan
The was a Japanese samurai clan active from the late Heian period until the late 16th century. The clan was historically based in Kai Province in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture. The clan reached its greatest influence under the rule of Taked ...
, the family of Takeda Shingen, and a relatively important and powerful one therefore, in Japan's
Sengoku period
The was a period in History of Japan, Japanese history of near-constant civil war and social upheaval from 1467 to 1615.
The Sengoku period was initiated by the Ōnin War in 1467 which collapsed the Feudalism, feudal system of Japan under the ...
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Takeda Nobutora
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) who controlled the Province of Kai, and fought in a number of battles of the Sengoku period.
He was the father of the famous Takeda Shingen.
Biography
Nobutora’s son was Harunobu, later known as Take ...
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daimyō
were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji era, Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and n ...
'', Shingen's father
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Takeda Shingen
, of Kai Province, was a pre-eminent ''daimyō'' in feudal Japan. Known as the "Tiger of Kai", he was one of the most powerful daimyō with exceptional military prestige in the late stage of the Sengoku period.
Shingen was a warlord of great ...
– one of the most famous ''daimyōs'' in Japanese history
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Takeda Nobushige
was a samurai of Japan's Sengoku period, and younger brother of Takeda Shingen.
He was known as one of the "Twenty-Four Generals of Takeda Shingen".
Takeda Nobushige held the favor of their father, and was meant to inherit the Takeda lands, we ...
– Shingen's younger brother, held their father's favour to be heir of the clan, continued to support his older brother throughout his life, he also wrote the '' Kyūjūkyū Kakun'', a set of 99 short rules for Takeda house members
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Takeda Nobukado
was a Japanese samurai warrior of the Sengoku period. He was known as one of the "Twenty-Four Generals of Takeda Shingen". He is also well known as a painter.
It has been said that Nobukado and Shingen were as like as two peas therefore he serv ...
– brother and adviser to Shingen
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Takeda Katsuyori
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Sengoku period, who was famed as the head of the Takeda clan and the successor to the legendary warlord Takeda Shingen. He was son in law of Hojo Ujiyasu.
Early life
He was the son of Shingen by the daughter ...
– Shingen's son, Katsuyori commanded his father's armies after his death, and saw the fall of the Takeda family
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Takeda Yoshinobu
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Sengoku period. Born Takeda Tarō (武田 太郎), he was the son of Takeda Shingen, by Shingen's wife,
. He came of age in 1550, and took the formal name of Yoshinobu, receiving the "yoshi" from the 13th Ashikag ...
– son and initial heir, later executed and succeeded by Katsuyori
*, Japanese speed skater
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Tsunekazu Takeda
is a Japanese businessman, retired Olympic equestrian and the former President of the Japanese Olympic Committee, stepping down on 21 March 2019 amidst a corruption investigation. He also resigned as a member of the International Olympic Committe ...
, Japanese retired equestrian, former member of the IOC
*, Japanese rower
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Yūkichi Takeda
was a scholar of Japanese literature.
Biography
He was born in the Nihonbashi Ward of Tokyo City (modern-day Chūō Ward, Tokyo).
He became a lecturer as Kokugakuin University
Kokugakuin University (國學院大學; ''Kokugakuin Daigaku'' ...
– scholar of Japanese Literature
Fictional characters
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Masashi Takeda
is a Japanese people, Japanese Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and Mixed Martial Arts, mixed martial artist, primarily working for Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) in the Deathmatch division. Takeda also competes as a freelancer for ...
, from ''
My-Hime
is a Japanese anime series, created by Sunrise. Directed by Masakazu Obara and written by Hiroyuki Yoshino, it premiered in Japan on TV Tokyo from September 2004 to March 2005. The series focuses on the lives of HiMEs—girls with the capa ...
Yotsuba&!
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kiyohiko Azuma, the creator of ''Azumanga Daioh''. It has been serialized since March 2003 in the monthly magazine '' Dengeki Daioh'' by ASCII Media Works, formerly MediaWorks, and has ...
Takahashi Takeda
This is a list of Player character, playable and boss (video games), boss characters from the ''Mortal Kombat'' fighting game franchise and the games in which they appear. Created by Ed Boon and John Tobias, the series depicts conflicts between ...
, from ''
Mortal Kombat
''Mortal Kombat'' is an American media franchise centered on a series of video games originally developed by Midway Games in 1992. The development of the first game was originally based on an idea that Ed Boon and John Tobias had of making a v ...
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*Ittesu Takeda, from ''
Haikyū!!
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Haruichi Furudate. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from February 2012 to July 2020, with its chapters collected in 45 ''tankōbon ...
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*Hyouma Takeda, from ''
Gantz
''Gantz'' (stylized as ''GANTZ'') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroya Oku. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Jump'' from June 2000 to June 2013, with its chapters collected i ...
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*Keiichiro "Take" Takeda, from '' Gender-Swap at the Delinquent Academy''
*Aimi Takeda, from ''Gender-Swap at the Delinquent Academy''
*Ijuro Takeda, a modern Samurai descendant in the movie ''The Hunted''
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company
The is a Japanese multinational pharmaceutical company, with partial American and British roots. It is the largest pharmaceutical company in Asia and one of the top 20 largest pharmaceutical companies in the world by revenue (top 10 followin ...