Takashi

Takashi (たかし, タカシ) 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: Takashi can also be written in hiragana and/or katakana:
 * 隆 - "prosperous noble"
 * 喬士 - "high, boasting, samurai, gentleman"
 * 崇史 - "adore, revere, chronicler, history"
 * 孝 - "filial piety, serve parents"
 * 貴志
 * 敬
 * タカシ (katakana)
 * たかし (hiragana)

People with the name

 * Takashi Abe (阿部 隆, born 1967), Japanese shogi player
 * Takashi Akatsuka (赤塚 隆), 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
 * Takashi Dekita (出耒田 敬), 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
 * Takashi Hiraide (平出 隆), 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
 * Takashi Ikenaga (池永 天志), Japanese shogi player
 * Takashi Ikenoue (池ノ上 孝司), Japanese handball player
 * Takashi Inoue (井之上 隆志), Japanese actor
 * Takashi Inoue (author) (井之上 喬), Japanese public relations practitioner, scholar and theorist
 * Takashi Inukai (犬養 孝), 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
 * Takashi Ito (伊藤 隆), Japanese kickboxer
 * Takashi Itoyama (糸山 隆司), Japanese basketball player
 * Takashi Kakihara (垣原 隆司), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Takashi Kanezawa (金沢 孝史), Japanese shogi player
 * Takashi Kato (加藤 嵩士), Japanese handball player
 * Takashi Kawamura (politician) (河村 たかし, born 1948), Japanese politician
 * Takashi Kawano (河野 貴志), Japanese footballer
 * Takashi Kimura (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Takashi Koizumi (小泉 堯史, born 1955), Japanese film director
 * Takashi Koshimoto (越本 隆志), Japanese boxer
 * Takashi Maruyama (丸山 孝), Japanese volleyball player
 * Masuda Takashi (益田 孝), Japanese industrialist, investor, and art collector
 * Takashi Masuda (computer scientist) (益田 隆司), Japanese computer scientist
 * Takashi Masuda (basketball) (増田 貴史), Japanese basketball player
 * Takashi Matsuhashi (松橋 高司), 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
 * Takashi Mizuno (水野 隆), Japanese footballer
 * Takashi Mizunuma (水沼 貴史), Japanese footballer and manager
 * Takashi Murakami (村上 隆, born 1962), Japanese contemporary artist
 * Takashi Murayama (村山 隆志), 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
 * Takashi Nagayasu (長安 豊), Japanese politician
 * Takashi Nakakura (中蔵 隆志), 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
 * Takashi Onozuka (小野塚 貴志), Japanese voice actor
 * Takashi Ozaki (尾崎 隆, 1952–2011), Japanese mountaineer
 * Takashi Saito (斎藤 隆, born 1970), Japanese baseball player
 * Takashi Saito (footballer) (齋藤 恭志), 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
 * Takashi Shimoda (下田 崇), Japanese footballer
 * Takashi Shimura (志村 喬, 1905–1982), Japanese actor
 * Takashi Sorimachi (反町 隆史, born 1973), Japanese singer and actor
 * Takashi Tamura (田村 孝), Japanese sailor
 * Takashi Tsuburai (粒来 敬詞), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Takashi Uemoto (上本 崇司), Japanese baseball player
 * Takashi Umeda (梅田 高志, born 1976), Japanese footballer
 * Takashi Umezawa (梅澤 貴史), Japanese footballer
 * Takashi Watanabe (渡部 高志), Japanese anime director
 * Takashi Yamaguchi (山口 隆), Japanese architect
 * Takashi Yamaguchi (actor) (山口 崇), Japanese actor
 * Takashi Yanase, author of the picture book series Anpanman
 * Takashi Yokoyama (swimmer) (横山 隆志), Japanese swimmer
 * Takashi Yokoyama (water polo) (横山 隆), Japanese water polo player
 * Takashi Yoshida (吉田 隆司), better known as Cyber Kong, Japanese professional wrestler
 * Takashi Yoshida (comedian) (吉田 敬), Japanese comedian
 * Takashi Yoshimatsu (吉松 隆, born 1953), Japanese composer
 * Takashi Yuasa (湯浅 卓, born 1955), Japanese lawyer
 * Ichinojō Takashi (逸ノ城 駿), Mongolian sumo wrestler

Fictional characters

 * Takashi Ayanokoji (綾小路 天) a character from Pita Ten
 * Takashi Hayase, a character from The Super Dimension Fortress Macross
 * Takashi Kawamura (The Prince of Tennis) (河村 隆), a character from The Prince of Tennis
 * Takashi Komuro (小室 孝), a character from Highschool of the Dead
 * Takashi Kurosawa, a character from The Hitman's Bodyguard
 * Takashi Morinozuka (銛之塚 崇) (Mori), a character from Ouran High School Host Club
 * Takashi Natsume (夏目 貴志), the title character from Natsume's Book of Friends
 * Takashi Ryugasaki (竜ヶ崎 鷹士), a character from Cyber Team in Akihabara
 * Takashi 'Shiro' Shirogane, a character from Voltron: Legendary Defender
 * Takashi Sone, a character from Haru yo, Koi
 * Takashi Takeda, nicknamed "Jumbo" (竹田 隆), a character from Yotsuba&!
 * Takashi Yamazaki (山崎 貴史), 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