is a Japanese family name.1990 Census Name Files
Throughout the course of the

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 of Kai Province had many descendant branch families. * Takeda clan (Aki) 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 ...

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 ...

Takeda clan (Kazusa) 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 ...

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*, Japanese rower * Kumiko Takeda *

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 ...

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 ...

* Masashi Takeda (wrestler), Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist *, Japanese speed skater *

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. ...

, figure skater *, Japanese sport wrestler *, Japanese swimmer *

Shinzaburo Takeda Shinzaburo Takeda is a Japanese-Mexican painter and printmaker. He is considered one of Oaxaca's most important artists. Takeda has lived in Mexico for over fifty years and trained several generations of Mexican artists, many of them indigenous ...

, Mexican artist *, Japanese swimmer *

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 Take ...

, reviver of ''Daitō-ryū aiki-jūjutsu'' * Takeda-no-miya, 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. * Takeda clan, the family of Takeda Shingen, and a relatively important and powerful one therefore, in Japan's

** Takeda Nobutora – ''

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 **

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 ** Takeda Nobushige – 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 ** Takeda Nobukado – brother and adviser to Shingen ** Takeda Katsuyori – Shingen's son, Katsuyori commanded his father's armies after his death, and saw the fall of the Takeda family ** Takeda Yoshinobu – son and initial heir, later executed and succeeded by Katsuyori *, Japanese speed skater * Tsunekazu Takeda, Japanese retired equestrian, former member of the IOC *, Japanese rower *

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

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 ...

'' * Takashi Takeda, from '' Yotsuba&!'' *Gohee Takeda, from '' Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin'' * Takahashi Takeda, 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 ...

'' *Ittesu Takeda, from '' Haikyū!!'' *Hyouma Takeda, from '' Gantz'' *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''

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