Takuya is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *

Takuya Asanuma , better known mononymously as Takuya (stylized in all caps as TAKUYA), is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He was formerly the second guitarist of the Judy and Mary. He currently works as a solo artist under the name Ta ...

(born 1971), Japanese guitarist and former member of Judy and Mary who performs as "TAKUYA" *

Takuya Eguchi is a Japanese voice actor and singer. He is affiliated with 81 Produce. He has voiced in a number of lead roles in anime shows, including Kazuya Kujo in ''Gosick'', Yoshiharu Sagara in ''The Ambition of Oda Nobuna'', Kon Hokaze in ''Ixion Sag ...

, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese long-distance runner *, Japanese slalom canoeist *, Japanese footballer *

Takuya Hirai Takuya Hirai is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the House of Representatives of Japan, House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan, Diet (national legislature). A native ...

(born 1958), Japanese politician, member of the Japanese House of Representatives *

Takuya Igarashi is a Japanese freelance storyboard artist and director who has worked for Toei Animation and currently Bones. He has also sometimes used the alias . Anime involved in Director ''TV Series'' ''Films'' Other *''Alien Nine'': Episode Direct ...

, Japanese anime director *, Japanese alpine skier *, Japanese footballer *

Takuya Jinno is a Japanese former association football player and manager. Club career Jinno was born in Soka on June 1, 1970. He was educated at and played for Shutoku High School. After graduating in 1989, he joined Japan Soccer League side Nissan Motors. ...

(born 1970), Japanese footballer *, Japanese professional baseball player *, Japanese footballe * Takuya Kimura (born 1972), member of the Japanese pop vocal group, SMAP * Takuya Kimura (baseball) (1972–2010), baseball player * Takuya Kirimoto, Japanese voice actor * Takuya Kondo (born 1991), Japanese figure skater * Takuya Kurosawa (born 1962), Japanese race car driver *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer * Takuya Nagase, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer * Takuya Onishi (born 1975), Japanese astronaut candidate from JAXA *, Japanese sport wrestler *, Japanese anime screenwriter and director *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *

Takuya Sugi is a Japanese professional wrestler from Shizuoka. He currently works in Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1) as Sugi (stylized in all capital letters), but he has used many aliases, most commonly Yoshitsune and Sugi, through his career in many Japanese ...

(born 1983), Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese footballer *

Takuya Takagi is a Japanese football manager and former player. He played for Japan national team. He was a physical forward and the Japanese media and fans dubbed him as the ''Cannon of Asia''. Club career Takagi was educated at and played for Kunimi High ...

(born 1967), Japanese professional footballer and coach * Takuya Tasso (born 1964), Japanese politician, governor of Iwate Prefecture *

Takuya Terada is a Japanese actor, singer and model. He was a member of the Korean boy group Cross Gene. Takuya is also well known as the former Japanese Representative on Korean variety television Show, JTBC's Non-Summit. Biography Early life In 2008, Takuya ...

(born 1992), Japanese singer, actor and model, currently active in Korean band Cross Gene *

Takuya Tsukahara is a Japanese photographer A photographer (the Greek language, Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who makes photographs. ...

(born 1937), Japanese photographer *, Japanese footballer * Takuya Yamada (born 1974), Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *Takuya∞, the vocalist for the Japanese band Uverworld *, Japanese sumo wrestler *, Japanese sumo wrestler

Fictional characters

*Takuya Enoki, the main character in the manga series ''

Aka-chan to Boku is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Marimo Ragawa. It was published in Hakusensha's magazine '' Hana to Yume'' from 1991 to 1997. In North America, it was published by Viz Media. The series was adapted into an anime telev ...

'' *Takuya Morooka, a character in the visual novel ''

Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai! , often abbreviated , is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by and released for the PC on August 28, 2009 (first press version) as a DVD and on October 30, 2009 (regular version) as two DVDs. An English translation of the PC version wa ...

'' *Takuya Kanbara, a character in the anime series ''

Digimon Frontier , is the fourth anime television series in the ''Digimon'' franchise, produced by Toei Animation. Unlike the previous series, the main characters can merge with ancient spirits known as "Legendary Warriors" to become Digimon themselves. The ...

'' * Takuya Yamashiro, protagonist of the tokusatsu television series ''

Spider-Man Spider-Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, he first appeared in the anthology comic book '' Amazing Fantasy'' #15 (August 1962) in the ...

'' *, a character from the ''

Assassination Classroom manga Assassination is the murder of a prominent or VIP, important person, such as a head of state, head of government, politician, world leader, member of a royal family or CEO. The murder of a celebrity, activist, or artist, though they may not hav ...

'' and anime series *Takuya Kai, the Main character in the metal heroes series '' Juukou B-Fighter''

Fictional characters

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