| Takehiko Endo | |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Office: | Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |
| Primeminister: | Shinzo Abe |
| Predecessor: | Masatoshi Wakabayashi |
| Successor: | Akira Amari |
| Termstart: | 27 August 2007 |
| Termend: | 3 September 2007 |
| Office1: | Member of the House of Representatives |
| Constituency1: | Yamagata 2nd |
| Termstart1: | 21 October 1996 |
| Termend1: | 21 July 2009 |
| Predecessor1: | Constituency established |
| Successor1: | Yōsuke Kondō |
| Constituency2: | Yamagata 1st |
| Termstart2: | 7 July 1986 |
| Termend2: | 18 June 1993 |
| Office3: | Member of the Yamagata Prefectural Assembly |
| Termstart3: | 1975 |
| Termend3: | 1986 |
| Birth Date: | 5 October 1938 |
| Birth Place: | Yonezawa, Yamagata, Japan |
| Death Place: | Yonezawa, Yamagata, Japan |
| Party: | Liberal Democratic |
| Alma Mater: | Chuo University |
[1] was a Japanese politician who was a member of Liberal Democratic Party, serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. On September 3, 2007, due to the financial scandal, he resigned as Minister of Agriculture just eight days after he was appointed to the post.[2] Masatoshi Wakabayashi became new Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries again.
A native of Yonezawa, Yamagata and graduate of Chuo University, he was elected to the first of his three terms in the assembly of Yamagata Prefecture in 1975 and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1986. He lost his seat in 1993 but was re-elected three years later.
On December 27, 2019, Endo died in a hospital in Yamagata Prefecture from interstitial pneumonia.[3]