Takaya (name)

Takaya is both a Japanese surname and a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

As surname

 * Hiroyuki Takaya (高谷 裕之), a Japanese mixed martial artist
 * Natsuki Takaya (高屋 奈月), the pen name of a Japanese manga artist best known for creating the series Fruits Basket
 * Yoshiki Takaya (高屋 良樹), a Japanese manga artist best known for creating the series Guyver

As given name

 * Takaya Imamura, co-director of the Nintendo 3DS game Tank Troopers
 * Takaya Ishikawa (石川 昂弥), Japanese baseball player
 * Takaya Kamikawa (上川 隆也), a Japanese actor
 * Kotofuji Takaya (琴富士 孝也), a former Japanese sumo wrestler
 * Takaya Kuroda (黒田 崇矢), a Japanese actor and voice actor
 * Takaya Kurokawa (黒河 貴矢), a retired Japanese football player who last played for Albirex Niigata and who was part of the Japanese 2004 Olympic football team
 * Takaya Osanai (小山内 貴哉), Japanese footballer
 * Takaya Tsubobayashi (born 1971), a Japanese race car driver

Fictional characters

 * Takaya Aiba, the main character of the anime series Tekkaman Blade (released as Teknoman in the United States and Australia, with the character's name changed to "Nick Carter")
 * Takaya Mizushima, a character in the manga and anime series Shadow Star (known as Narutaru in Japan)
 * Takaya Sakaki, an antagonist in Persona 3
 * Takaya Noriko, one of the main female character of Gainax series "Gunbuster"