Takao (name)

Takao (written: 貴男, 貴雄, 隆男, 隆雄, 隆夫, 高男, 高生, 孝男, 孝雄, 孝夫, 孝生, 孝朗, 京夫 or たかお in hiragana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:


 * Takao Abe (阿部 孝夫), Japanese politician
 * Takao Aoki (青木 たかお), Japanese manga artist
 * Takao Doi (土井 隆雄), Japanese astronaut
 * Takao Fujii (藤井 孝男), Japanese politician
 * Takao Fujinami (藤波 孝生), Japanese politician
 * Takao Hikigi (引木 孝夫), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Takao Horiuchi (堀内 孝雄), Japanese singer
 * Takao Isokawa (born 1984), Japanese sport wrestler
 * Takao Ito (伊藤 高男), Japanese ski jumper
 * Takao Kajimoto (梶本 隆夫), Japanese baseball player
 * Takao Kawaguchi (川口 孝夫), Japanese judoka
 * Takao Kisugi (来生 たかお), Japanese singer and composer
 * Takao Kitabata (北畑 隆生), Japanese civil servant
 * Takao Kobayashi (小林 隆男), Japanese astronomer
 * Takao Kogo (向後 隆男), Japanese rower
 * Takao Koyama (小山 高生), Japanese screenwriter and writer
 * Takao Kuwamoto (桑元 孝雄), Japanese baseball player
 * Takao Makino (牧野 京夫), Japanese politician
 * Takao Nakano (中野 貴雄), Japanese film director, screenwriter and actor
 * Takao Nishiyama (西山 孝朗), Japanese footballer
 * Takao Nogami (born 1971), Japanese golfer
 * Takao Obana (尾花 高夫), Japanese baseball player and manager
 * Takao Ochi (越智 隆雄), Japanese politician
 * Takao Oishi (大石 隆夫), Japanese footballer
 * Takao Okawara (大河原 孝夫), Japanese film director
 * Takao Omori (大森 隆男), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Takao Osawa (大沢 たかお), Japanese actor
 * Takao Saito (斎藤 隆夫), Japanese manga artist
 * Saitō Takao (politician) (斎藤 隆夫), Japanese politician
 * Takao Saito (cinematographer) (斎藤 孝雄), Japanese cinematographer
 * Takao Sakai (堺 孝夫), Japanese bobsledder
 * Takao Sakamoto (阪本 孝男), Japanese high jumper
 * Takao Sakurai (桜井 孝雄), Japanese boxer
 * Takao Suzuki (鈴木 貴男), Japanese tennis player
 * Takao Suzuki (sociolinguist) (鈴木 孝夫), Japanese sociolinguist
 * Takao Tanabe (born 1926), Canadian painter
 * Takao Wada (born 1953), Japanese racing driver
 * Takao Watanabe (渡辺 孝男), Japanese politician
 * Takao Yamauchi (山内 貴雄), Japanese footballer
 * Takao Yoshioka (吉岡たかを), Japanese screenwriter

Takao (written: 高雄 or 高尾) is also a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
 * Erika Takao (高雄 恵利加), Japanese tennis player
 * Shinji Takao (高尾 紳路), Japanese Go player
 * Soma Takao (高尾 蒼馬), Japanese professional wrestler

Fictional characters

 * Takao Kinomiya, a character from the anime series Beyblade