Takeshi

Takeshi (たけし in hiragana or タケシ in katakana) is a masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

 * 武, "warrior"
 * 毅, "strong"
 * 猛, "fierce"
 * 健, "healthy"
 * 剛, "sturdy"
 * 彪, "spotted"
 * 威, "intimidate"
 * 壮, "robust"
 * 丈, "length"
 * 雄, "masculine"
 * 豪, "overpowering"
 * 武史, "warrior, history"
 * 武士, "warrior, gentleman"
 * 健史, "healthy, history"
 * 猛司, "fierce, director"
 * 剛士, "sturdy, gentleman"
 * 健士, "healthy, gentleman"
 * 武志, "warrior, "intention"
 * 丈史, "length, history"
 * 剛始, "sturdy, commence"
 * 猛司, "fierce, director"
 * 勇志, "courage, intention"
 * 雄志, "masculine, intention"
 * 猛士, "fierce, gentleman"
 * 岳志, "peak, intention"
 * 剛志, "sturdy, intention"
 * 岳史, "peak, history"

People with the name

 * Takeshi Akiba (秋葉 武士), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Takeshi Aono (青野 武), Japanese voice actor
 * Takeshi Azuma (東 毅), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Takeshi Fujii (藤井 猛), Japanese shogi player
 * Takeshi Hasegawa (長谷川 武), Japanese basketball player
 * Takeshi Hidaka (日高 剛), Japanese baseball player
 * Takeshi Honda (本田 武史), Japanese figure skater
 * Takeshi Honda (animator) (本田 雄), Japanese animator
 * Takeshi Honda (footballer) (本多 剛), Japanese footballer
 * Takeshi Hosoyamada (細山田 武史), Japanese baseball player
 * Takeshi Inoue (footballer) (井上 健), Japanese footballer
 * Takeshi Inoue (mixed martial artist) (井上 武), Japanese mixed martial artist
 * Takeshi Inoue, better known as Takeshi Rikio (born 1972), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Takeshi Ito (伊藤 健史), Japanese footballer
 * Takeshi Iwamoto (岩本 武志), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Takeshi Kaga (鹿賀 丈史), Japanese actor
 * Takeshi Kajikawa (梶川 武志), Japanese golfer
 * Takeshi Kamura (嘉村 健士), Japanese badminton player
 * Takeshi Kaneshiro (金城 武), Taiwanese-Japanese actor and singer
 * Takeshi Kawakami (川上 猛), Japanese shogi player
 * Takeshi Kimura (木村 武), Japanese screenwriter
 * Takeshi Kitano (北野 武), known as Beat Takeshi, Japanese filmmaker and star of Takeshi's Castle
 * Takeshi Kizu (木津 武士), Japanese rugby union player
 * Takeshi Kobayashi (小林 武史), Japanese keyboardist, lyricist, composer, arranger and record producer
 * Takeshi Kobayashi (wrestler) (小林 武), Japanese sport wrestler
 * Takeshi Kodama (児玉 剛始), Japanese rower
 * Takeshi Konomi (許斐 剛), Japanese manga artist
 * Takeshi Kusao (草尾 毅), Japanese voice actor
 * Takeshi Miyamoto (宮本 岳志), Japanese politician
 * Takeshi Miyamoto (baseball) (宮本 丈), Japanese baseball player
 * Takeshi Mizuuchi (水内 猛), Japanese footballer
 * Takeshi Mori (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Takeshi Morishima (森嶋 猛), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Takeshi Nagao (長尾 猛司), Japanese sport wrestler
 * Takeshi Nagano (永野健), Japanese volleyball player
 * Takeshi Noda (野田 毅), Japanese politician
 * Takeshi Nomoto (野元 勇志), Japanese basketball player
 * Takeshi Obata (小畑 健), Japanese manga artist
 * Takeshi Okumura (奥村 健), Japanese pocket billiards player
 * Takeshi Onaga (翁長 雄志), Japanese politician
 * Takeshi Rikio (力皇 猛), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Takeshi Saito (footballer) (斉藤 武志), Japanese footballer
 * Takeshi Saito (ice hockey) (齊藤 毅), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Takeshi Saito (mathematician) (斎藤 毅), Japanese mathematician
 * Takeshi Saito (musician) (斎藤 毅), Japanese violinist
 * Takeshi Shimizu (清水 武士), Japanese footballer
 * Takeshi Shudo (首藤 剛志), Japanese scriptwriter
 * Takeshi So (宗 猛, born 1953), Japanese long-distance runner
 * Takeshi Sugita (杉田 武), Japanese sport shooter
 * Takeshi Takashina (高品 彪), Japanese general
 * Hiroki Takeshi, better known as AK-69 (born 1978), Japanese rapper, singer-songwriter
 * Takeshi Terauchi (寺内 タケシ), Japanese rock guitarist
 * Takeshi Tomizawa (富澤 岳史), Japanese comedian and actor
 * Takeshi Ueda (上田 剛士), Japanese musician
 * Takeshi Urata (浦田 武), Japanese astronomer
 * Takeshi Utsumi, education expert
 * Takeshi Yamada (born 1960), Japanese-American artist
 * Takeshi Yamaguchi (山口 武士), Japanese footballer
 * Takeshi Yamakage (山影 武士), Japanese swimmer
 * Takeshi Yamanaka (山中 武司), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Takeshi Yasukawa (安川 壮), Japanese diplomat
 * Takeshi Yoshida, Japanese engineer

Fictional characters

 * Takeshi (タケシ), a character in the Pokémon media franchise, better known as Brock in English
 * Takeshi, a character in the television series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
 * Takeshi Goda (剛田 武), a character in the manga series Doraemon
 * Takeshi Honda (本田 武史), a character in the anime series Yuri on Ice, based on the actual Takeshi Honda
 * Takeshi Kovacs, a character in many books by Richard Morgan
 * Takeshi Kuroiwa (黒岩 武司), a character in the My Hero Academia spin-off My Hero Academia: Vigilantes mostly known as Knuckleduster
 * Takeshi Momoshiro (桃城 武), a character in the manga series Prince of Tennis
 * Takeshi Nishigōri (西郡 豪), a character in the anime series Yuri on Ice
 * Takeshi Onizaki (鬼崎尊), a character in the manga series Gender-Swap at the Delinquent Academy
 * Takeshi Saehara (冴原 剛), a character in the manga series D.N.Angel
 * Takeshi Sendo (千堂 武士), a character in the manga series Hajime no Ippo
 * Takeshi Shirokane, a character in the web comic Okashina Okashi – Strange Candy
 * Takeshi Sugimori (杉森 威), a character in the Inazuma Eleven media franchise
 * Takeshi Yamamoto (山本 武), a character in the manga series Reborn!