Taku may refer to:

Places

North America

* the

Taku River The Taku River (Lingít: ''T'aaḵu Héeni'') is a river running from British Columbia, Canada, to the northwestern coast of North America, at Juneau, Alaska. The river basin spreads across . The Taku is a very productive salmon river and its dra ...

, 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 Taku Glacier (Lingít: ''T'aaḵú Ḵwáan Sít'i'') is a tidewater glacier located in Taku Inlet in the U.S. state of Alaska, just southeast of the city of Juneau. Recognized as the deepest and thickest alpine temperate glacier known in the wor ...

, in Alaska near Juneau **

Taku Towers Taku may refer to: Places North America * the Taku River, in Alaska and British Columbia ** Fort Taku, also known as Fort Durham and as Taku, a former fort of the Hudson's Bay Company near the mouth of the Taku River ** the Taku Glacier, in Al ...

, in Alaska, near Juneau ** Taku Harbor, in Alaska, near Juneau ** Taku Inlet, in Alaska ** the

Taku Plateau The Taku Plateau is a sub-plateau of the Stikine Plateau in the far northwestern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. It lies to the south of the Teslin Plateau, part of the Yukon Plateau and to the southeast of the Yukon Plateau's other major s ...

, 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, a locality on Tagish Lake

Asia

Taku Forts The Taku Forts or Dagu Forts, also called the Peiho Forts are forts located by the Hai River (Peiho River) estuary in the Binhai New Area, Tianjin, in northeastern China. They are located southeast of the Tianjin urban center. History The f ...

, forts on the south bank of the Hai He, in Tanggu District, Tianjin municipality, in northeastern China *

Taku, Saga is a city located in Saga Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. The city was founded on May 1, 1954 through the merger of several towns and villages. As of March 1, 2017, the city has an estimated population of 19,202 and a population densi ...

, a city in Saga prefecture on the island of Kyūshū, Japan * Taku, India, a town in India

Oceania

* Taku, Kiribati, a village in Kiribati.

Peoples

* The

Taku people The Taku are an Alaskan Native people, a ''ḵwáan'' or geographic subdivision of the Tlingit, known in their own language as the ''Tʼaaḵu Ḵwáan'' or "Geese Flood Upriver Tribe". The Taku lived along the northwestern coast of North Amer ...

, 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 Regan Mathews, better known by his stage name Ta-ku, is an Australian musician, producer and photographer. Life and career Mathews was born and raised in the Australian city of Perth. He is half- Filipino, half-Māori. Mathews attended high ...

, 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 is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 9-dan. He is a former director of the Japanese Shogi Association, and is currently serving as an executive director. He was the challenger for the Meijin title in 1995 against Yoshiharu Habu. H ...

, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese freestyle skier *, Japanese basketball coach *

Taku Sugimoto Taku Sugimoto, born December 20, 1965, in Tokyo, is a Japanese guitarist. He initially gained attention in the late 1990s for his restrained, melodic playing, unusual in the world of free improvisation. Critic Bruce Russell describes this era o ...

, Japanese guitarist *

Taku Takahashi is a Japanese hip hop recording artist, DJ and record producer who debuted in 1997 as a record producer of the hip hop group M-Flo. The group rose to prominence in the early 2000s, with hit singles such as "How You Like Me Now?" and "Come Agai ...

(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 The Schichau-Werke (F. Schichau, Maschinen- und Lokomotivfabrik, Schiffswerft und Eisengießerei GmbH) was a German engineering works and shipyard based in Elbing, Germany (now Elbląg, Poland) on the Frisches Haff (Vistula Lagoon) of then-East ...

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 is a railway station on the Karatsu Line operated by JR Kyushu located in Taku, Saga Prefecture, Japan. Lines The station is served by the Karatsu Line and is located 15.2 km from the starting point of the line at . Station layout Th ...

, 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, train ...

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

Hawksbill turtle The hawksbill sea turtle (''Eretmochelys imbricata'') is a critically endangered sea turtle belonging to the family Cheloniidae. It is the only extant species in the genus ''Eretmochelys''. The species has a global distribution, that is large ...

Other uses

Battle of Taku Forts (disambiguation) The Battle of Taku Forts may refer to: * Battle of Taku Forts (1858), an unsuccessful Chinese defense during the Second Opium War * Battle of Taku Forts (1859), a successful Chinese defense during the Second Opium War * Battle of Taku Forts (1860), ...

, several battles in China *

Takuu language Takuu (also Mortlock, Taku, Tau, or Tauu) is a Polynesian language from the Ellicean group spoken on the atoll of Takuu, near Bougainville Island. It is very closely related to Nukumanu and Nukuria from Papua New Guinea and to Ontong Jav ...

or "Taku", a Polynesian language (ISO 639-3:nho) * 9574 Taku, an asteroid