is a masculine
Japanese given name
in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name. Japanese names are usually written in kanji, where the pronunciation follows a special set of rules. Because parents when naming children, and foreigners when adoptin ...
.
Written forms
Takahiro can be written using different
kanji
are logographic Chinese characters, adapted from Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script, 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 are ...
characters and can mean:
*高広, "high, broad"
*隆弘, "noble, vast"
*隆宏, "noble, wide"
*隆博, "noble, gain"
*孝広, "filial piety, broad"
*貴大, "precious, big"
*貴弘, "precious, vast"
*貴裕, "precious, abundant"
*貴洋, "precious, ocean"
*尭弘, "high, vast"
The name can also be written in
hiragana
is a Japanese language, Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''.
It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' means "common" or "plain" kana (originally also "easy", ...
or
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 ...
.
People with the name
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Takahiro (敬浩), a vocalist of the Japanese pop music band ''
EXILE
Exile or banishment is primarily penal expulsion from one's native country, and secondarily expatriation or prolonged absence from one's homeland under either the compulsion of circumstance or the rigors of some high purpose. Usually persons ...
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Takahiro Aoh
is a Japanese former professional boxer who competed from 2003 to 2018. He is a weight class (boxing), world champion in two weight classes, having held the World Boxing Council, WBC featherweight title in 2009 and the WBC super-featherweight t ...
(隆寛), a Japanese professional boxer
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Takahiro Arai
Takahiro Arai (Japanese: 新井 貴浩, born January 30, 1977, in Naka-ku, Hiroshima) is a Japanese-Korean former professional baseball player. He is the manager of Hiroshima Toyo Carp in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball from the 2023 season.
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(貴浩), a Japanese professional baseball player
*, Japanese footballer
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Takahiro Fujimoto
is an actor and a retired male medley swimmer from Japan, who represented his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. His best Olympic result was the 8th place (4:23.86) in the Men's 400m Individual Medley event at t ...
(隆宏), a Japanese medley swimmer
*, Japanese baseball player
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Takahiro Hōjō
is a Japanese restaurant staff and retired actor. He is known for portraying Mutsuki Kamijo / Kamen Rider Leangle in ''Kamen Rider Blade''. According to his ''Blade'' co-star Ryoji Morimoto, Takahiro has retired from his acting career and curren ...
(隆博), a Japanese actor and musician
*, Japanese actor and voice actor
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Takahiro Izutani
is a video game music composer and guitarist. He is notable for his work in the ''Metal Gear Solid'' series.
Profile
In 1997, his avant-garde rock band Happy Family (Japanese band) released an album, "Toscco" on Cuneiform Records in the U. ...
(タカヒロ), a Japanese composer of video game music and guitarist
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Takahiro Kasuganishiki
Kasuganishiki Takahiro (born August 22, 1975 as Takahiro Suzuki) is a former sumo wrestler from Misaki, Isumi District, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. He made his debut in 1991, reaching the top makuuchi division in 2002. His highest rank was ''maegash ...
(孝嘉), a Japanese sumo wrestler
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Takahiro Kimura
was a Japanese animator, illustrator and character designer. He died of amyloidosis on March 5, 2023.
Works
*''City Hunter 3'' ( Key animation)
*''Idol Tenshi Yokoso Yōko'' (Key animation)
*'' Dirty Pair Flash'' (Character design, animation d ...
(貴宏), a Japanese animator, illustrator, and character designer
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Takahiro Ko
is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for club FC Tokyo. He is the son of former Chinese international Gao Sheng.
Career
After graduating from Ichiritsu Funabashi High School in Chiba, Ko signed his first p ...
(宇洋, born 1998), Japanese footballer
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Takahiro Konagawa
is a Japanese guitarist, singer, and musical composer from Kashiwa, Chiba. He came out as a guitarist of Charcoal Filter in November 1999. He has also performed as a solo artist since December 2003. His first solo album ''The first tears'' was re ...
(高弘), a Japanese guitarist, singer, and musical composer
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Takahiro Mahara
is a Japanese former professional baseball right-handed pitcher. He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks/Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.
Playing career
Mahara played in the 2006 World Baseball Classic. Originally a ...
(孝浩), a Japanese pitcher
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Takahiro Matsumae
was a Japanese daimyō (military lord) of the Edo period, who ruled the Matsumae Domain. Though he was a tozama daimyō, he served in the Tokugawa Shogunate as a rōjū. His court title was '' Izu no kami''.
Youth
Takahiro, whose childhood n ...
(崇広), a Japanese ''
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 no ...
'' of the
Edo period
The , also known as the , is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional ''daimyo'', or feudal lords. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengok ...
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Takahiro "Tak" Matsumoto (孝弘) a guitarist of the Japanese rock band ''B'z''
*, Japanese sprinter
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Takahiro Mizushima
is a Japanese voice actor and singer. When voicing adult games, he is known as .
After leaving the former office AXL-ONE on March 31, 2022, he changed his stage name to "Daichū Mizushima" while keeping the kanji.
Biography
Mizushima is a for ...
(大宙), a Japanese voice actor
*Takahiro Miyashita (隆宏), a former member of the Japanese rock band ''
Anzen Chitai
is a Japanese rock band, formed in 1973 by five musicians in Asahikawa, Hokkaido. After debuting in Tokyo in 1982, they became one of Japan's most successful rock bands of the 1980s.
History 1970s: Beginnings
Formed in 1973 as the high-s ...
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Takahiro Mori (隆弘), a Japanese medley swimmer
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Takahiro Moriuchi
, known professionally as Taka, is a Japanese singer and musician who is the lead vocalist of the Japanese Rock music, rock band One Ok Rock. Moriuchi is the band's main lyricist and composer. In 2017, ''Kerrang!'' magazine placed him at number 27 ...
(貴寛), a vocalist of the Japanese rock band ''
One Ok Rock''
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Takahiro Nishijima
is a Japanese singer and actor who is the main vocalist of the group AAA (band), AAA. He also performs as a solo singer known as Nissy.
Filmography Television
Film
Discography
*''Hocus Pocus'' (2016)
*''Hocus Pocus 2'' (2017)
*''Hocus ...
(隆弘), a member of the J-pop group ''AAA''
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Takahiro Nishikawa
is a Japanese keyboardist, music producer, and businessman. He was a member of Dreams Come True from 1988 to 2002. While with the band, they released eleven studio albums and thirty-three singles. Nine of those albums and ten of the singles de ...
(隆宏), a former member of the J-pop band ''Dreams Come True''
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Takahiro Ōhashi
is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7- dan.
Early life and apprenticeship
Ōhashi was born in Shingū, Wakayama on September 22, 1992. He learned how to play shogi as
fourth-grade elementary school student, and entered the Japan Sho ...
, Japanese shogi player
*, Japanese handball player
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Takahiro Sakurai
is a Japanese voice actor, narrator, and radio personality from Aichi Prefecture, Japan. His well-known roles include heroes such as Cloud Strife in '' Compilation of Final Fantasy VII'', Suzaku Kururugi in '' Code Geass'', X in '' Mega Man ...
(孝宏, born 1974), a Japanese voice actor
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Takahiro Sasaki (disambiguation), multiple people
*, Japanese manga artist
*, Japanese fencer
*, Japanese convicted serial killer. He was dubbed the "
Twitter killer" in media
*, Japanese basketball player
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Takahiro Shoda
is a Japanese professional baseball player from Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, Japan. He was with the Hanshin Tigers
The are a Nippon Professional Baseball team playing in the Central League. The team is based in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, ...
, (隆弘), a Japanese baseball player
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Takahiro Sunada
is a Japanese ultramarathon and marathon runner born in Osaka. He was the World Athletics
World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation and International Association of Athletics Federations and formerly a ...
(貴裕), a Japanese marathon runner
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Takahiro Suwa
, better known simply as Suwa (stylized in all capital letters), is a retired Japanese professional wrestler. He originally retired from professional wrestling in 2007, but later returned for a short period of time in 2013 as Maybach Taniguchi J ...
(高広), a Japanese professional wrestler
*, Japanese footballer
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Takahiro Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
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Takahiro Toyokawa, Japanese shogi player
*, Japanese writer
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Takahiro Ueno (高広), a Japanese professional drifting driver
*, Japanese sprinter
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Takahiro Yamada (disambiguation) Takahiro Yamada may refer to:
* Takahiro Yamada (footballer), Japanese footballer
* Takahiro Yamada (musician), bass player and backing singer with Asian Kung-Fu Generation
* Takahiro Yamada (gymnast), Japanese gymnast
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, multiple people
*, Japanese footballer
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Takahiro Yamamoto (隆弘), a Japanese volleyball player
*, Japanese footballer
*, Japanese politician
*, Japanese classical pianist
Fictional characters
* Takahiro Hanamaki (花巻 貴大), a character from ''
Haikyu!!
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Haruichi Furudate. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from February 2012 to July 2020, with its chapters collected in 45 volumes. The story f ...
'' with the position of wing spiker from Aoba Johsai High
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