Takashi Explained

Takashi
Pronunciation:	Ta-ka-shi
Gender:	Male
Meaning:	It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Region:	Japan
Origin:	Japanese
Related Names:	Takeshi Takanobu Takaya Takako Takami Takana

is a masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

The name Takashi can have multiple different meanings depending on which kanji is used to write it. Some possible writings of the name include:

• 隆 - "prosperous noble"
• 喬士 - "high, boasting, samurai, gentleman"
• 崇史 - "adore, revere, chronicler, history"
• 孝 - "filial piety, serve parents"
• 貴志
• 敬

Takashi can also be written in hiragana and/or katakana:

• タカシ (katakana)
• たかし (hiragana)

People with the name

• Takashi Abe (阿部 隆, born 1967), Japanese shogi player
• , Japanese rugby union player
• Takashi Amano (天野 尚, 1954–2015), Japanese photographer, aquarist and designer
• Takashi Aonishi (青西 高嗣), Japanese music artist
• Takashi Asahina (朝比奈 隆, 1908–2001), Japanese conductor
• , Japanese volleyball player
• Takashi Fujii (藤井 隆, born 1972), Japanese singer and comedian
• Takashi Hagino (萩野 崇, born 1973), Japanese actor
• Takashi Hara (原 敬, 1856–1921), Japanese politician and Prime Minister of Japan
• Takashi Hara (artist) (ハラタカシ, born 1983), Japanese contemporary artist
• Takashi Hasegawa, Japanese electrical engineer and programmer
• Takashi Hashiguchi (橋口 たかし, born 1967), Japanese manga artist
• Takashi Hikino (曳野 孝), Japanese economist and educator
• , Japanese poet and critic
• Takashi Hirose (広瀬 隆, born 1943), Japanese writer
• Takashi "Halo" Hirose (died 2002), American swimmer
• Takashi "Taka" Hirose (born 1967), Japanese musician and chef
• Takashi Iizuka (game designer) (飯塚 隆, born 1970), Japanese video game director and designer
• , Japanese shogi player
• , Japanese handball player
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese public relations practitioner, scholar and theorist
• , Japanese literature academic
• Takashi Ishii (film director) (石井 隆, born 1946), Japanese film director, screenwriter and manga artist
• Takashi Ishii (baseball) (石井 貴, born 1971), Japanese baseball pitcher and coach
• Takashi Ishimoto (石本 隆, 1935–2009), a Japanese swimmer
• , Japanese kickboxer
• , Japanese basketball player
• , Japanese ice hockey player
• , Japanese shogi player
• , Japanese handball player
• Takashi Kawamura (politician) (河村 たかし, born 1948), Japanese politician
• , Japanese footballer
• Takashi Kimura (disambiguation), multiple people
• Takashi Koizumi (小泉 堯史, born 1955), Japanese film director
• , Japanese boxer
• , Japanese volleyball player
• , Japanese industrialist, investor, and art collector
• , Japanese computer scientist
• , Japanese basketball player
• , Japanese cross-country skier
• Takashi Matsumoto (disambiguation), multiple people
• Takashi Matsunaga (松永 貴志, born 1986), Japanese jazz pianist
• Takashi Matsuoka, Japanese-American writer
• Takashi Miike (三池 崇史, born 1960), Japanese filmmaker
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer and manager
• Takashi Murakami (村上 隆, born 1962), Japanese contemporary artist
• , Japanese rower
• Takashi Nagai (永井 隆, 1908–1951), Japanese physician and survivor of the Nagasaki bombing
• Takashi Nagasaki (長崎 尚志, born 1954), Japanese author, manga writer and former editor of manga
• Takashi Nagasako (長嶝 高士, born 1964), Japanese voice actor
• Takashi Nagatsuka (長塚 節, 1879–1915), Japanese novelist and poet
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese mixed martial artist
• Takashi Nakamura (中村 たかし, born 1995), Japanese animator, and anime director
• Takashi Narita (成田 貴志, born 1969), Japanese former volleyball player
• Takashi Niigaki (新垣 隆, born 1970), Japanese music teacher
• Takashi Okamura (disambiguation), multiple people
• Takashi Ono (小野 喬, born 1931), Japanese gymnast
• , Japanese voice actor
• Takashi Ozaki (尾崎 隆, 1952–2011), Japanese mountaineer
• Takashi Saito (斎藤 隆, born 1970), Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese footballer
• Takashi Saito (c. 1990 - 2007), sumo wrestler who died due to injuries sustained in the Tokitsukaze stable hazing scandal
• Takashi Sakai (酒井 隆, 1887–1946), Japanese general
• Takashi Shimizu (清水 崇, born 1972), Japanese filmmaker
• , Japanese footballer
• Takashi Shimura (志村 喬, 1905–1982), Japanese actor
• Takashi Sorimachi (反町 隆史, born 1973), Japanese singer and actor
• , Japanese sailor
• , Japanese ice hockey player
• , Japanese baseball player
• Takashi Umeda (梅田 高志, born 1976), Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese anime director
• , Japanese architect
• , Japanese actor
• Takashi Yanase, author of the picture book series Anpanman
• , Japanese swimmer
• , Japanese water polo player
• , better known as Cyber Kong, Japanese professional wrestler
• , Japanese comedian
• Takashi Yoshimatsu (吉松 隆, born 1953), Japanese composer
• Takashi Yuasa (湯浅 卓, born 1955), Japanese lawyer
• , Mongolian sumo wrestler

Fictional characters

• a character from Pita Ten
• Takashi Hayase, a character from The Super Dimension Fortress Macross
• , a character from The Prince of Tennis
• , a character from Highschool of the Dead
• Takashi Kurosawa, a character from The Hitman's Bodyguard
• (Mori), a character from Ouran High School Host Club
• , the title character from Natsume's Book of Friends
• , a character from Cyber Team in Akihabara
• Takashi 'Shiro' Shirogane, a character from
• Takashi Sone, a character from Haru yo, Koi
• , a character from Yotsuba&!
• , a character from Cardcaptor Sakura
• Takashi Kovacs, a character from Altered Carbon
• Takashi Mitsuya, a character from Tokyo Revengers
• Takashi Todoroki, a character from Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal
• Takashi, a supporting character who goes by the mutant name Tiger Claw in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles