Takei

Takei (written: 武井) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Emi Takei (born 1993), Japanese actress, fashion model, and singer
 * Esther Takei Nishio (1925–2019), selected as a "test case" as the first World War II internee of Japanese descent to return from camp and enroll in a California university
 * George Takei (born 1937), American actor
 * Hideyuki Takei (竹井 秀行), Japanese pole vaulter
 * Hiroyuki Takei (born 1972), Japanese manga writer
 * Kei Takei (武井 慧), Japanese dancer
 * Koji Takei (born 1990), Japanese water polo player
 * Morishige Takei (武井 守成), Japanese classical mandolinist
 * Naoya Takei (武井 直也), Japanese sculptor
 * Sō Takei (born 1973), Japanese tarento and former track and field athlete
 * Takuya Takei (born 1986), Japanese football player
 * Tokiji Takei (1903–1991), Japanese poet
 * Yasuo Takei (1930–2006), the founder and former chairman of Takefuji

Fictional characters

 * Junko Takei, a character in the media franchise Strike Witches