Takehara (surname)

Takehara (written: 竹原 or 嵩原) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Takehara An'i (嵩原 親方 安依), Ryukyuan bureaucrat
 * Takehara Anshitsu (嵩原 親方 安執), Ryukyuan bureaucrat
 * Kinya Takehara (竹原 欣也), Japanese footballer
 * Naotaka Takehara (竹原 直隆), Japanese baseball player
 * Shinji Takehara (竹原 慎二), Japanese boxer