is a 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 ...

Orthography

Takeru 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 ...

characters and can mean: * 武, "warrior" * 猛, "fierce" * 健, "health" * 尊, "noble" * 岳, "mountain" 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 ...

. Kanji combinations of the name are: * 武尊 * 武瑠 * 武流 * 武琉 * 武留 * 丈瑠 * 丈流 * 丈琉 * 丈留 * 尊瑠 * 尊流 * 尊琉 * 尊留

People

Takeru Imamura Takeru Imamura (今村猛, born April 17, 1991) is a Japanese professional baseball player. A pitcher, he plays for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of the Central League in Nippon Professional Baseball. Imamura played for the Japan national baseball te ...

(猛), a Japanese baseball player *

Takeru Inukai was a Japanese politician and novelist active in Shōwa period Japan. Also known as "Inukai Ken", he was the third son of Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi. Biography Inukai was born in the Ushigome district of Tokyo. Although accepted ...

(健), a Japanese politician * Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi (尊), a Japanese competitive eater * Takeru (Sug) (武瑠), a Japanese singer from the rock band Sug *

Takeru Nagayoshi is a Japanese mangaka, manga artist. He is notable as the author of the ''Sumire 16 sai!!'' series. He debuted on ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' in 2006 with the manga series ''Sumire 17 sai!!'', then later moved to ''Magazine Special'' continuing t ...

(たける), a Japanese manga artist *

Takeru Satoh is a Japanese actor. He is best known for his leading role as Ryotaro Nogami in the ''Kamen Rider Den-O'' franchise, and as Himura Kenshin in the live-action ''Rurouni Kenshin'' film and its sequels. Satoh was born on 21 March 1989 in Iwatsuki ...

(健), a Japanese actor, portrays Ryotaro Nogami in tokusatsu series

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*, Japanese kickboxer *

Yamato Takeru , originally , was a Japanese semi-legendary prince of the Yamato dynasty, son of Emperor Keikō, who is traditionally counted as the 12th Emperor of Japan. His name written in kanji can vary, in the '' Nihon Shoki'' it is spelled 日本武尊 a ...

(タケル), legendary Japanese prince

Fictional characters

*Takeru (aka RedMask), a character in ''

Hikari Sentai Maskman is Toei Company, Toei's eleventh entry of the Super Sentai metaseries. It aired on TV Asahi from February 28, 1987 to February 20, 1988, replacing ''Choushinsei Flashman'' and was replaced by ''Choujyu Sentai Liveman'' with a total of 51 episode ...

'' *Takeru (タケル), the main character in the '' Freedom Project'' by

Nissin Cup Noodles Cup noodle is a registered trademark of Nissin Foods and is known as precooked instant noodle with flavoring powder and/or seasoning sauce sold in a polystyrene, polyethylene, or paper cup. The flavoring can be in a separate packet or loose in t ...

*Takeru (猛), secondary character from the visual novel, anime and manga ''

Togainu no Chi is a Japanese BL visual novel created by Nitro+CHiRAL. The plot centers on Akira, a young man who is made to participate in a deadly game called "Igura" (from "игра"/ "igra", Russian for "game") in post-apocalyptic Japan in exchange ...

'' *Takeru Edogawa, a character in the manga series ''

The Devil Does Exist is a '' shōjo'' romance manga based on school life. Written by Mitsuba Takanashi, it consists of 11 volumes. Plot summary High school is difficult for most kids. But for Kayano, a shy girl whose single mother seems to work all the time, ...

'' * Takeru Fujiwara, a character from

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*Takeru Ibaraki, a character in the American comic book series ''

Witchblade ''Witchblade'' is a comic book series published by Top Cow Productions, an imprint of Image Comics, which ran from November 1995 to October 2015. The series was created by Top Cow founder and owner Marc Silvestri, editor David Wohl, writers B ...

'' *Takeru Mizushima (タケル), a character in the Japanese TV drama ''

Last Friends is a Japanese television drama which aired on Fuji TV at 10:00 pm every Thursday from April 10, 2008, until June 17, 2008. It stars Masami Nagasawa, Juri Ueno, Eita, Asami Mizukawa and Ryo Nishikido of japanese idol group Kanjani Eight. The spec ...

'' *Takeru Ohyama, the main character in the anime and manga series ''

Maken-ki! is a Japanese manga series by Hiromitsu Takeda. It was published by Fujimi Shobo's magazine ''Dragon Age Pure'', and later ''Monthly Dragon Age'', after the former magazine ceased publishing. It has been adapted into an anime series by Anim ...

'' *Takeru Shiba, a character in ''

Samurai Sentai Shinkenger is the title of Toei Company's thirty-third entry in its long-running Super Sentai metaseries of Japanese tokusatsu television series. It premiered on February 15, 2009, the week following the finale of ''Engine Sentai Go-onger'', and ended on F ...

'' *Takeru Shirogane, the main character in the visual novel series ''

Muv-Luv is a Japanese visual novel developed by âge and originally released as an adult game for Windows on February 28, 2003. Consisting of two parts, and the gameplay in ''Muv-Luv'' follows a linear plot line, which offers pre-determined ...

'' * Takeru "T.K." Takaishi (タケル), a character in the anime and manga ''Digimon'' *Takeru Takemoto (タケル), a character in the anime ''

This Ugly Yet Beautiful World is a Japanese anime television series created by Shouji Saeki and Hiroyuki Yamaga. It was animated by Gainax and Shaft. The series aired on the Tokyo Broadcasting System from April 2, 2004 to June 18, 2004, totaling 12 episodes. A manga ada ...

'' * Takeru Teshimine (猛), a character in the anime and manga series ''GetBackers'' *Takeru Yamato, the main character in the '' Dragon Knight'' series of Anime/H-games *Takeru Tenkuji, the main character in ''

Kamen Rider Ghost is a Japanese tokusatsu drama serving as the 17th Heisei Kamen Rider Series, and 26th series overall. Takuro Fukuda serves as ''Ghost''s lead screenwriter, with Satoshi Morota as director. It premiered on TV Asahi and affiliate stations throughou ...

'' *Takeru Tsukumo, a main character in the manga ''Exoskull Zero'' * Takeru Jakuzure, a character from

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*Takeru Homura, a main character in

Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS is a Japanese anime series animated by Gallop. It is the sixth main anime series in the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise. The series aired in Japan on TV Tokyo from May 10, 2017 to September 25, 2019. It was simulcast outside of Asia by Crunchyroll c ...

Other uses

*'' Takeru: Letter of the Law'', an interactive manga *

Takeru is a masculine Japanese given name. Orthography Takeru can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: * 武, "warrior" * 猛, "fierce" * 健, "health" * 尊, "noble" * 岳, "mountain" The name can also be written in hiragana or ka ...

, video game developer and publisher *

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