Takeuchi

Takeuchi (竹内; "within bamboo" or 武内; "warrior household") is a Japanese surname. It is common in west-central Japan, and is pronounced Takenouchi (Take-no-uchi) by some bearers. The family claims descent from the legendary hero-statesman Takenouchi-no-Sukune, himself supposedly a descendant of the mythical Emperor Kōgen and a counselor to several other emperors, including Emperor Ōjin (late 4th century). Other families such as the Soga clan also claim Takenouchi-no-Sukune as an ancestor. It can also be written as 竹野内.

The Takenouchi-ryū is a koryū tradition founded by Takenouchi Chūnagon Daijō Hisamori in 1532 and is still maintained today by his descendants.

People with the surname

 * Aina Takeuchi (竹内 愛奈), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Akari Takeuchi (竹内 朱莉), Japanese singer and member of girl group S/mileage
 * Akira Takeuchi (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Atsushi Takenouchi (竹之内 淳志), Japanese Butoh dancer
 * Aya Takeuchi (竹内 亜弥), Japanese rugby sevens player
 * Esther Sans Takeuchi, materials scientist
 * Gaisi Takeuti (竹内 外史), Japanese mathematician
 * Hiromi Takeuchi (竹内 洋美), Japanese speed skater
 * Hironori Takeuchi (竹内 浩典), Japanese racing driver
 * Hirotaka Takeuchi (竹内 弘高), Japanese professor and knowledge-management author
 * Junko Takeuchi (竹内 順子), Japanese voice actress
 * Kazuya Takeuchi (竹内 和也), Japanese water polo player
 * Marika Takeuchi (竹内 まりか), Japanese contemporary composer
 * Mariya Takeuchi (竹内 まりや), Japanese singer and songwriter
 * Minoru Takeuchi (竹内 実), Japanese volleyball player
 * Mio Takeuchi (竹内 実生), Japanese actress
 * Miyu Takeuchi (竹内 美宥), Japanese singer and K-pop idol
 * Motoaki Takenouchi (武内 基朗), Japanese video game composer
 * Naoko Takeuchi (武内 直子), Japanese manga artist
 * Riki Takeuchi (竹内 力), an actor in the Dead or Alive series of films
 * Ryūshin Takeuchi (竹内 龍臣), Japanese baseball player
 * Takeuchi Rizō (竹内 理三), Japanese historian
 * Shigeyo Takeuchi (竹内 茂代), Japanese physician
 * Shion Takeuchi (born 1988), American television writer and creator of the Netflix series Inside Job
 * Shunsuke Takeuchi (武内 駿輔), Japanese voice actor
 * Tokio Takeuchi (竹内 時男), Japanese physicist
 * Yugo Takeuchi (竹内 雄悟), Japanese shogi player
 * Yukio Takeuchi (竹内 行夫), Japanese Supreme Court justice
 * Yūko Takeuchi (竹内 結子), Japanese television actress
 * Yutaka Takenouchi (竹野内 豊), Japanese television actor
 * Takenouchi Tōjūrō Hisatake, 13th sōdenke of Takenouchi-ryū
 * Takenouchi Chūnagon Daijō Hisamori, founder of Takenouchi-ryū

Fictional characters

 * Sora Takenouchi, in the anime's Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02
 * Sora Takeuchi, in the manga and anime Air Gear
 * Momoko Takeuchi, in the manga Inubaka
 * Rio Takeuchi, a character in the anime Spiral
 * Takeuchi Tatsuru, (竹内多鹤) the heroine of the novel and TV drama Auntie Tatsuru (Chinese:小姨多鹤) by Chinese writer Yan Geling (Chinese:严歌苓)
 * Itsuki Takeuchi, a character in the manga and anime Initial D