is a common 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 ...

. Takeo is also a spoken word in the language of the mid to late dynasty of Inca with the meaning: not yours. It was observed in a border dispute. The spoken word was incorporated in the lexicon with the written example so far not recorded.

Kanji

Takeo 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 ...

and can mean: *武夫, "military husband" *武雄, "military masculinity" *猛雄, "fierce masculinity" *健男, "healthy man" *健雄, "healthy masculinity" 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 fr ...

, especially by young boys who haven't learned kanji yet.

People with the given name Takeo

* Takeo Ando (武夫, born 1938), professional Go player *

Takeo Arishima was a Japanese novelist, short-story writer and essayist during the late Meiji and Taishō periods. His two younger brothers, and , were also authors. His son was the internationally known film and stage actor, Masayuki Mori. Early life Ar ...

(武郎, 1878–1923), Japanese novelist *, Japanese baseball player *

Takeo Doi was a Japanese academic, psychoanalyst and author. Early life Doi was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1920. He was a graduate of the University of Tokyo. Career Doi was Professor Emeritus in the Department of Neuropsychiatry at the University of Toky ...

(健郎, 1920–2009), Japanese psychoanalyst *

Takeo Fukuda was a Japanese politician who was Prime Minister of Japan from 1976 to 1978. Early life and education Fukuda was born in Gunma, capital of the Gunma Prefecture on 14 January 1905. He hailed from a former samurai family and his father was mayor ...

(赳夫, 1905–1995), 67th Prime Minister of Japan * Takeo Fukui (威夫, born 1944), president and CEO of Honda Motor Co., Ltd. *

Takeo Hatanaka was a Japanese radio astronomer. He founded the Nobeyama Radio Observatory. The crater Hatanaka on the Moon The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System and the largest and most ...

(武夫, 1914–1963), Japanese astronomer *

Takeo Hirose , (May 27, 1868 – March 27, 1904) was a career officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy. He commanded the cargo vessel ''Fukui Maru'' during the Battle of Port Arthur in the Russo-Japanese War. The ship was hit by coastal artillery, and despite ...

(武夫, 1868–1904), officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy * Takeo Itō (武夫, 1889–1965), general in the Imperial Japanese Army * Takeo Kajiwara (武雄, 1923–2009), Japanese professional Go player *

Takeo Kanade is a Japanese computer scientist and one of the world's foremost researchers in computer vision. He is U.A. and Helen Whitaker Professor at Carnegie Mellon University. He has approximately 300 peer-reviewed academic publications and holds aroun ...

(武雄, born 1945), Japanese researcher in Computer Vision *

Takeo Kawamura Takeo Kawamura may refer to: * Takeo Kawamura (politician) * Takeo Kawamura (baseball) {{hndis, Kawamura, Takeo