Takashi

Takashi (江詩, たかし, タカシ) is a male 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:

• 江詩 - "estuary , inlet, poem"
• 隆 - "prosperous noble"
• 喬士 - "high, boasting, samurai, gentleman"
• 峻 - "high, steep"
• 崇史 - "adore, revere, chronicler, history"
• 孝 - "filial piety, serve parents"
• 節 - "moral courage, integrity"

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

• タカシ (katakana)
• たかし (hiragana)

People

• 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), a Japanese conductor
• Takashi Fujii (藤井隆, born 1972), a Japanese singer and comedian
• Takashi Hagino (萩野 崇, born 1973), Japanese actor
• Takashi Hara (原 敬, 1856–1921), a Japanese politician and the 19th Prime Minister of Japan
• Takashi Hasegawa, electrical engineer and programmer from Japan
• Takashi Hashiguchi (橋口 たかし, born 1967), a Japanese manga artist known for his manga series Yakitate!! Japan
• Takashi Hikino (曳野 孝), associate professor of industrial and business organization at the Graduate School of Management at Kyoto University
• Takashi Ishii (石井隆, born 1946), Japanese film director, screenwriter and manga artist
• Takashi Ishimoto (石本隆, 1935–2009), a Japanese butterfly swimmer who won a silver medal in 1956 Summer Olympics
• Takashi Kawamura (politician) (河村 たかし, born 1948), Japanese politician of the Nagoya-based Genzei Nippon party
• Takashi Koizumi (小泉堯史, born 1955), Japanese film director
• Takashi Matsumoto (disambiguation), multiple people
• Takashi Matsuoka, Japanese-American writer
• Takashi Miike (三池 崇史, born 1960), a Japanese filmmaker known for his controversial films such as Ichi the Killer, and Audition
• Takashi Murakami (村上 隆, born 1962), Japanese contemporary artist
• Takashi Nagai (永井 隆, 1908–1951), a Japanese physician specializing in radiology, and a survivor of the Nagasaki bombing
• Takashi Nagasako (長嶝 高士, born 1964), voice actor from Japan
• Takashi Nagatsuka (長塚 節, 1879–1915), a Japanese novelist and poet
• 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 who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics
• Takashi Niigaki (新垣隆, born 1970), Japanese music teacher
• Takashi Okamura (disambiguation), multiple people
• Takashi Ono (小野 喬, born 1931), Japanese gymnast who took home five gold medals at four Olympic Games
• Takashi Ozaki (尾崎隆, 1952–2011), a Japanese mountaineer.
• Takashi Saito (斎藤 隆, born 1970), a Japanese baseball player currently playing for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
• Takashi Sakai (酒井 隆, 1887–1946), lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II
• Takashi Shimizu (清水 崇, born 1972), a Japanese filmmaker well known for his Ju-on film series and the American adaptions
• Takashi Shimura (志村 喬, 1905–1982), a Japanese actor
• Takashi Sorimachi (反町 隆史, born 1973), Japanese singer and actor
• Takashi Umeda (梅田 高志, born 1976), Japanese former football player
• Takashi Yoshimatsu (吉松 隆, born 1953), Japanese contemporary and classical music composer
• Takashi Yanase, author of the picture book series Anpanman
• Takashi Yuasa (湯浅 卓, born 1955), Japanese lawyer
• Takashi Matsukawa, professor of Otani University, studying Mongolian history.^[1]

Fictional characters

• Takashi Ayanokoji from Pita Ten
• Takashi Hayase, a character from The Super Dimension Fortress Macross
• Takashi Kawamura (The Prince of Tennis)
• Takashi Morinozuka (Mori) from Ouran High School Host Club
• Takashi Natsume, from Natsume's Book of Friends
• Takashi Ryugasaki from Cyber Team in Akihabara
• Takashi Takeda, nicknamed "Jumbo", from Yotsuba&!
• Takashi Komuro, from Highschool of the Dead
• Takashi Sone, from Haru yo, Koi
• Takashi Yamazaki, a character from Cardcaptor Sakura

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