Takeshi

Takeshi (which might be written in several ways, such as 武, 毅, 猛, or 健史, katakana: タケシ; hiragana: たけし) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
Takeshi Inoue (井上 武, born 1980), mixed martial artist, ring name Lion Takeshi (リオン武)
Takeshi Kaga (鹿賀 丈史, born 1950), actor, known for his portrayal of Chairman Kaga in the television show Iron Chef
Takeshi Kaneshiro (金城 武, born 1973), actor and singer
Takeshi Kitano (北野 武, born 1947), known as Beat Takeshi, (ビートたけし), filmmaker and star of Takeshi's Castle
Takeshi Konomi (許斐剛, born 1970), manga artist, writer of The Prince of Tennis
Takeshi Kusao (草尾 毅, born 1965), voice actor
Takeshi Morishima (森嶋 猛, born 1978), professional wrestler for Pro Wrestling Noah
Takeshi Obata (小畑 健, born 1969), manga artist
Takeshi Okumura (奥村 健, born 1952), pocket billiards player
Takeshi Onaga (翁長 雄志, 1950), politician, current Governor of Okinawa Prefecture
Takeshi Rikio (力皇猛, born 1972), professional wrestler for Pro Wrestling Noah.
Takeshi Shudo, (首藤 剛志, 1949–2010), scriptwriter
Takeshi So (宗猛, born 1953), long-distance runner
Takeshi Ueda (上田剛士, born 1968), musician, bassist of The Mad Capsule Markets
Takeshi Utsumi, education expert

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Warrior, fierce.

Takashi, Takesi, Takaya, Takami, Takako, Takanobu

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Takeshi Kitano	1947	Japanese film director, comedian, singer, actor, film editor, presenter, screenwriter, author, poet, painter
2	Takeshi Kaneshiro	1973	Taiwanese-Japanese actor and singer
3	Takeshi Obata	1969	Japanese manga artist
4	Takeshi Kaga	1950	Japanese actor
5	Takeshi Morishima	1978	Japanese professional wrestler
6	Takeshi Uchiyamada	1946	Japanese businessman
7	Takeshi Kusao	1965	Japanese voice actor
8	Takeshi Koike	1968	Japanese anime director
9	Takeshi Terauchi	1939	Japanese musician
10	Takeshi Shudo	1949	Japanese scriptwriter
11	Onaga Takeshi	1950	Japanese politician
12	Takeshi Konomi	1970	Japanese manga artist
13	Takeshi Okada	1956	Japanese footballer
14	Takeshi Matsuda	1984	Swimmer
15	Takeshi Ueda	1968	Japanese musician
16	Takeshi Mitarai	1901	Japanese businessman
17	Takeshi Yamamoto
18	Takeshi Gouda		Character in the Doraemon series
19	Takeshi Abo	1973	Japanese video game composer
20	Takeshi Tsuruno	1975	Actor and musician
21	Takeshi Furukawa		Composer
22	Takeshi Miyazawa	1978	Canadian artist
23	Takeshi Takashina	1891	Japanese general
24	Takeshi Fukunaga	1982	Japanese filmmaker
25	Takeshi Yamada	1960	Artist and rogue taxidermist
26	Takeshi Rikio	1972	Japanese professional wrestler
27	Takeshi Kamura	1990	Badminton player
28	Takeshi Seyama	1944	Japanese film editor
29	Takeshi Amemiya	1935	Economist
30	Takeshi Murata	1974
31	Takeshi Sawada
32	Takeshi Kizu	1988	Japanese rugby union player
33	Takeshi Watabe	1936	Japanese voice actor
34	Takeshi Yasutoko	1986	Vert Skater
35	Carlos Takeshi	1960
36	Takeshi Kobayashi	1959	Japanese film director and composer
37	Takeshi Fuji	1940	American boxer
38	Takeshi Minamino	1985	Japanese professional wrestler
39	Takeshi Kaikō	1930	Japanese writer and activist
40	Takeshi Okano	1967	Japanese manga artist
41	Takeshi Itoh	1954	Japanese musician
42	Takeshi Katō	1929	Japanese actor and seiyū
43	Takeshi Kimura	1912	Japanese screenwriter
44	Takeshi Urata	1947	Japanese astronomer
45	Takeshi Ito	1987	Japanese footballer
46	Takeshi Masu	1955	Actor
47	Takeshi Naito	1948
48	Takeshi Miyaji	1965	Video game develeper
49	Takeshi Seirō	1988
50	Takeshi Nagano	1985	Japanese volleyball player
51	Musashiyama Takeshi	1909	Sumo wrestler
52	Takeshi Furusawa	1972	Japanese film director
53	Takeshi Taketsuru	1924	Japanese businessman who managed and expanded the Nikka Whisky company
54	Takeshi Aoki	1982	Japanese footballer
55	Takeshi Sato	1985	El Dorado wrestler
56	Takeshi Sakamoto	1899	Japanese actor
57	Takeshi Caesar	1955	Japanese kickboxer
58	Takeshi Kusaka	1931	Japanese actor
59	Takeshi Yoshioka	1979	Japanese actor
60	Takeshi Hirayama	1923	Japanese epidemiologist and physician (1923-1995)
61	Takeshi Yasuda	1943	Japanese potter
62	Takeshi Kanamori	1994	Japanese footballer
63	Takarabe Takeshi	1867	Japanese admiral
64	Takeshi So	1953	Japanese long-distance runner
65	Takeshi Nishimoto	1974	Japanese composer
66	Takeshi Senoo	1969	Anime composer
67	Takeshi Tsujimura	1974	Japanese motorcycle racer
68	Takeshi
69	Takeshi Umehara	1925	Japanese philosopher
70	Takeshi Fujiwara	1985	Olympic sprinter
71	Takeshi Kato	1942	Japanese gymnast
72	Hakuba Takeshi	1983	Sumo wrestler
73	Takeshi Yagi	1967	Japanese film director
74	Takeshi Noda	1941	Japanese politician
75	Takeshi Honda	1981	Japanese footballer
76	Takeshi Araki	1916	Japanese politician
77	Takeshi Oki	1961	Japanese footballer
78	Takeshi Hayashida	1959	Japanese politician
79	Takeshi Nagata	1913	Japanese astronomer
80	Takeshi Kamo	1915	Japanese footballer
81	Takeshi Tokuda	1971	Japanese politician
82	Takeshi Kawamura	1959	Japanese theatre director
83	Kyokutenzan Takeshi	1973	Sumo wrestler
84	Takeshi Nozue	1972	Japanese film director
85	Takeshi Yamasaki	1968	Japanese baseball player
86	Takeshi Yoshida		Japanese engineer
87	Takeshi Hamada	1982	Japanese footballer
88	Takeshi Koshida	1960	Japanese footballer
89	Ōzutsu Takeshi	1956	Sumo wrestler
90	Takeshi Aikō	1962	Baseball player
91	Takeshi Koba	1936	Baseball player and manager
92	Takeshi Nomura	1919	Japanese professional baseball player, pitcher
93	Takeshi Hosoyamada	1986	Japanese baseball player
94	Takeshi Okumura	1952	Japanese pool player
95	Takeshi Kawaharazuka	1975	Japanese footballer
96	Takeshi Morishita	1932	Japanese physician
97	Takeshi Motoyoshi	1967	Japanese footballer
98	Takeshi Okamoto	1991	Japanese footballer
99	Takeshi Watanabe	1972	Japanese footballer
100	Takeshi Koga	1939	Japanese judoka
101	Takeshi Iwaya	1957	Japanese politician
102	Takeshi Hino	1990
103	Takeshi Fukuda		Japanese anime director of photography
104	Takeshi Shimizu	1975	Japanese footballer
105	Takeshi Utsumi		Japanese academic
106	Takeshi Mizuuchi	1972	Japanese footballer
107	Takeshi Kanazawa	1984	Baseball player
108	Takeshi Sakurada	1891	Japanese general
109	Takeshi Ono	1944	Japanese footballer (born 1944)
110	Takeshi Mizubayashi	1947	Japanese historian
111	Takeshi Oka	1932	Canadian chemist
112	Takeshi Hidaka	1977	Baseball player
113	Takeshi Okazaki	1967	Japanese illustrator and mangaka
114	Takeshi Aono	1983	Baseball player
115	Takeshi Aragaki	1956	Japanese professional Go player
116	Takeshi Inoue	1928	Japanese footballer
117	Takeshi Suzuki	1988	Disability skier from Japan
118	Takeshi Terada	1980	Japanese footballer
119	Takeshi Asami	1962	Japanese racing driver
120	Takeshi Shina	1966	Japanese politician
121	Takeshi Mizukoshi	1938	Japanese photographer
122	Takeshi Natori		Japanese footballer
123	Takeshi Kajikawa	1971	Professional golfer
124	Matsumaeyama Takeshi	1940	Sumo wrestler
125	Futagodake Takeshi	1943	Sumo wrestler
126	Takeshi Urakami	1969	Japanese footballer
127	Takeshi Hosaka	1945	Japanese politician
128	Takeshi Tokutomi	1941	Volleyball player
129	Takeshi Teshima	1941	Japanese fencer
130	Takeshi Hamashita	1943	Japanese historian
131	Takeshi Imamura	1880
132	Takeshi Kaneko	1993	Japanese baseball player
133	Takeshi Sugita	1947
134	Takeshi Nakashima	1976	Japanese footballer
135	Takeshi Ishizuka	1987	Ice Hockey player
136	Takeshi Kuwahara	1985	Japanese footballer
137	Takeshi Tamiya		Japanese film producer
138	Takeshi Yasukawa	1914
139	Takeshi Mori	1959	TV announcer
140	Takeshi Yonezawa	1969	Japanese footballer
141	Takeshi Matsumura	1960	Japanese translator
142	Takeshi Ushibana	1977	Japanese footballer
143	Takeshi Kozai	1974	Japanese judoka
144	Takeshi Usami	1903
145	Takeshi Narumi	1955	Japanese comics artist, screenwriter and novelist
146	Takeshi Fujii	1970	Japanese shogi player
147	Naoki Takeshi	1993	Japanese actor and child actor
148	Takeshi Miyanaga	1940	Badminton player
149	Motai Takeshi	1908	Japanese illustrator
150	Kawashima Takeshi	1930	Japanese painter
151	Takeshi Yamanaka	1971	Japanese ice hockey player
152	Takeshi Saito	1972	Japanese footballer (born 1972)
153	Takeshi Kitajima	1982	Japanese volleyball player
154	Takeshi Kanno	1979	Japanese physician and internist
155	Takeshi Inomata	1936
156	Takeshi Matsumori	1928	Japanese film director
157	Takeshi Yamakage	1945
158	Takeshi Shinmura	1905	Japanese politician (1905-1992)
159	Takeshi Handa	1985	Japanese footballer
160	Takeshi Yamaguchi	1989
161	Takeshi Hayashi	1896	Japanese painter
162	Takeshi Matsuzaka	1939
163	Takeshi Horikoshi	1943
164	Takeshi Miura	1942	Brazilian judoka
165	Takeshi Ōjitani	1992
166	Takeshi Hibi	1973	Japanese footballer
167	Takeshi Iseki	1985	Japanese footballer
168	Takeshi Hoshi	1967	Japanese footballer
169	Takeshi Miyamoto	1959
170	Takeshi Maeda	1975	Actor