Taku may refer to:

Places

North America

* the Taku River, in Alaska and British Columbia ** Fort Taku, also known as

Fort Durham Fort Durham, also known as Fort Taku, Taku, Taco, and Tacouw, is an archaeological site near Taku Harbor, Alaska, within the limits of Juneau City and Borough and Tongass National Forest. It was one of three Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) posts s ...

and as Taku, a former fort of the Hudson's Bay Company near the mouth of the Taku River ** the Taku Glacier, in Alaska near Juneau ** Taku Towers, in Alaska, near Juneau **

Taku Harbor Taku Harbor (Lingít: ''S'iknáx̱ Saankʼi'') (also spelled Taco, Tacou, or Takou) is a small, remote bay located on the eastern shore of Stephens Passage about southeast of central Juneau, Alaska, United States. Taku Harbor is named after the ...

, in Alaska, near Juneau **

Taku Inlet Taku Inlet is an inlet located in the U.S. state of Alaska. It extends in a northeast direction from Stephens Passage in the Alexander Archipelago, about southeast of Juneau, widening to a basin where discharge from the Taku River and Taku Glacie ...

, in Alaska ** the Taku Plateau, in British Columbia *

Taku Arm Tagish Lake is a lake in Yukon and northern British Columbia, Canada. The lake is more than long and about wide. It has two arms, the Taku Arm in the east which is very long and mostly in British Columbia and Windy Arm in the west, mostly in ...

of Tagish Lake in British Columbia **

Taku, British Columbia Taku, also known as Taku Landing, is a locality on Graham Inlet of the Taku Arm of Tagish Lake in the Atlin District of far northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It was the transshipment point for passengers and freight from Carcross, Yukon bou ...

, a locality on Tagish Lake

Asia

* Taku Forts, forts on the south bank of the Hai He, in Tanggu District, Tianjin municipality, in northeastern China * Taku, Saga, a city in Saga prefecture on the island of Kyūshū, Japan * Taku, India, a town in India

Oceania

Taku, Kiribati Taku is a village on Tabiteuea, atoll in Kiribati.Taku Village
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Taku people, an Alaska Native group, who are a ''kwaan'' or tribe of the Tlingit *

Taku River Tlingit First Nation The Taku River Tlingit First Nation are the band government of the Inland Tlingit in far northern British Columbia, Canada and also in Yukon. They comprise two ''ḵwaan'' (tribes) of the Tlingit people, who are otherwise coastal, the ''Áa Tlei ...

, government in British Columbia

People

Surname

Moses Taku Moshe ben Chasdai Taku (Hebrew: ר' משה בן חסדאי תאקו) ( fl. 1250–1290 CE) was a 13th-century Tosafist from Tachov, Bohemia. Despite his own seemingly mystical orientation, Rabbi Taku is controversially known to have been an opponent ...

, a rabbi, 13th-century Tosafist from Bohemia *

Afrim Taku Afrim Taku (born 4 August 1989) is an Albanian professional footballer. Club career Early career Taku began his football career as a 13-year-old when he joined the KF Tirana academy, where he progressed through the ranks before eventually bein ...

(born 1989), an Albanian soccer player *

Akwo Tarh Ayuk Taku Akwo Tarh Ayuk Taku (born 7 December 1992) is a Cameroonian Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder. Career Taku first arrived in Europe from Cameroon as a 14-year-old, joining an academy in Germany. He then returned to Camer ...

(born 1992), Cameroonian soccer player

Nickname

* Ta-ku, an Australian musician *Taku, a nickname for

Takuma Sato , nicknamed "Taku", is a Japanese professional racing driver. Sato is a two time winner of the Indianapolis 500, having won the event in 2017 and 2020. He was the first Asian driver to win the Indianapolis 500, and the twentieth driver to win th ...

* Taku, a nickname for people named Takudzwa, Takura or Takunda in the

Shona language Shona (; sn, chiShona) is a Bantu language of the Shona people of Zimbabwe. It was codified by the colonial government in the 1950s. According to ''Ethnologue'', Shona, comprising the Zezuru, Korekore and Karanga dialects, is spoken by about 7 ...

Given name

"Taku" is a Japanese male given name. *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese snowboarder *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese recording artist and percussionist for

Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac are a British-American rock band, formed in London in 1967. Fleetwood Mac were founded by guitarist Peter Green, drummer Mick Fleetwood and guitarist Jeremy Spencer, before bassist John McVie joined the line-up for their epony ...

*, Japanese screenwriter * Taku Morishita, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese freestyle skier *, Japanese basketball coach * Taku Sugimoto, Japanese guitarist * Taku Takahashi (born 1974), one half of the hip-hop duo M-Flo *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese politician

Transportation

* HMS ''Taku'' (1900), the former German-built (at Schichau-Werke in 1898) Chinese destroyer ''Hai Lung'' captured by the British Navy at the Battle of Taku Forts on 17 June 1900 and added to the British Navy; she was sold in October 1916 to be scrapped * HMS ''Taku'' (N38), a 1939 British T class submarine * MV ''Taku'', a 1963 vessel for the Alaska Marine Highway System * USC&GS ''Taku'', an 1898 United States Coast Guard and Geodetic Survey ship * Taku Station, a railway station in Taku, Saga, Japan

Animals

Taku (whale) Orcas, or killer whales, are large predatory cetaceans that were first captured live and displayed in exhibitions in the 1960s. They soon became popular attractions at public aquariums and aquatic theme parks due to their intelligence, traina ...

, an Orca (killer whale) that once lived at SeaWorld * The Fijian name for the Hawksbill turtle

Other uses

* Battle of Taku Forts (disambiguation), several battles in China * Takuu language or "Taku", a Polynesian language (ISO 639-3:nho) * 9574 Taku, an asteroid