is a masculine Japanese given name.

Written forms The name Takashi can have multiple different meanings depending on which kanji is used to write it. Possible forms of the name include: 隆 - "prosperous noble" 喬士 - "high, boasting, samurai, gentleman" 崇史 - "adore, revere, chronicler, history" 孝 - "filial piety, serve parents" 貴志 敬 Takashi can also be written in hiragana and/or katakana: タカシ (katakana) たかし (hiragana)

People with the name , Japanese professional shogi player , Japanese footballer , Japanese mathematician , Japanese retired Nippon Professional Baseball player , Japanese former football player Takashi Akasaka (1925-2010), Japanese engineering professor , Japanese rugby union player , Japanese footballer , Japanese photographer, aquarist and designer , Japanese football player , Japanese music artist , Japanese scholar , Japanese photographer/visual artist , Japanese martial artist and author , Japanese conductor , Japanese-born environmental engineer and a professor , Japanese businessman and politician , Japanese former artistic gymnast , Japanese volleyball player , Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher , Japanese politician , Japanese politician , Japanese track and field athlete , Japanese entertainment personality , Japanese former football player , Japanese translator , Japanese retired ski jumper and Nordic combined skier Takashi Fujitani, Japanese historian , Japanese politician , Japanese retired politician , Japanese former professional footballer , Japanese manga artist , Japanese jazz saxophonist and vocalist , Japanese molecular biologist , Japanese equestrian , Japanese actor , Japanese politician , Japanese politician and Prime Minister of Japan , Japanese contemporary artist Takashi Hasegawa, Japanese electrical engineer and programmer , Japanese manga artist , Japanese scientist Takashi Hidai (born 1934), Japanese wheelchair curler , Japanese economist and educator , Japanese poet and critic , Japanese former football player , Japanese former professional footballer , Japanese mayor of Hiroshima from 1991 to 1999 , Japanese wrestler , Okinawan musician , Japanese musician and chef , American competitive swimmer , Japanese writer , Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army , Japanese enka singer , Japanese weightlifter , Mongolian sumo wrestler , Japanese retired professional wrestler , Japanese video game director and designer , Japanese professor , Japanese shogi player , Japanese handball player Takashi Imamura (born 1934), Japanese rower , Japanese actor and voice actor , Japanese academic researcher , Japanese actor , Japanese public relations practitioner, scholar and theorist , Japanese professional footballer , Japanese literature academic , Japanese retired light-flyweight freestyle wrestler , Japanese freestyle wrestler , Japanese professional baseball pitcher and coach , Japanese film director, screenwriter and manga artist , Japanese former professional wrestler and sumo wrestler , Japanese butterfly swimmer , Japanese mixed martial artist , Japanese former politician , Japanese professional basketball player , Japanese experimental filmmaker , Japanese kickboxer , Japanese basketball player , Japanese manga artist , Japanese ice hockey player , Japanese pianist and composer Takashi Kamiyama (born 1973), Japanese professional golfer , Japanese football player , Japanese former professional football player , Japanese professional golfer , Japanese shogi player , Japanese football player , Japanese football player , Japanese professional footballer , Japanese former actor , Japanese retired professional baseball player , Japanese handball player , Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher , Japanese director and the chairman of TEPCO , Japanese politician , Japanese football player , Japanese footballer , Japanese politician , Japanese photographer , Japanese rugby union player , Japanese politician , Japanese former water polo player , Japanese skier , Japanese former football player , Japanese professional football manager and former player , Japanese racing driver , Japanese wrestler , Japanese racing driver , Japanese film director , Japanese former football player , Japanese male triple jumper , Japanese football player , Japanese gymnast , Japanese voice actor , Japanese boxer , Japanese retired politician , Japanese politician , Japanese former football player , Japanese professional golfer , Japanese baseball catcher , Japanese aikido master and the chief instructor , Japanese former football player and manager , Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball infielder , Japanese volleyball player , Japanese industrialist, investor, and art collector , Japanese basketball player , Japanese computer scientist , Japanese guitarist, composer and arranger , Japanese cross-country skier , Japanese ski jumper , Japanese lyricist and former musician , Japanese haiku poet , Japanese jazz pianist , Japanese tarento, narrator, disc jockey, actor and columnist , Japanese actor and vocalist Takashi Matsuoka, Japanese-American writer , Japanese actor and voice actor , Japanese production designer and art director , Japanese politician , Japanese filmmaker , Japanese former football player , Japanese former javelin thrower , Japanese politician , Japanese gymnast and Olympic champion , Japanese former professional boxer , Japanese former professional baseball player , Japanese-born Nepalese tourism entrepreneur and politician , Japanese former international rugby union player , Japanese former professional racing cyclist , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer and manager , Japanese politician , Japanese politician , Japanese chemist and nuclear engineer , Japanese figure skating coach and former competitor , Japanese contemporary artist , Japanese professional golfer , Japanese rower , Japanese physician and survivor of the Nagasaki bombing , Japanese former wrestler , Japanese former track and field athlete , Japanese author, manga writer and former editor of manga , Japanese voice actor , Japanese military interpreter , Japanese former football player , Japanese novelist and poet , Japanese actor , Japanese politician , Japanese mixed martial artist , Japanese animator, and anime director , Japanese former swimmer , Japanese former volleyball player , Japanese neo-Walrasian economist , Japanese comics artist and illustrator , Japanese music teacher , Japanese actor and singer , Japanese snowboarder , Japanese baseball coach and retired pitcher , Japanese video game designer, director and producer , Japanese mixed martial artist , Japanese film director , Japanese wrestler , Japanese professional footballer , Japanese professional baseball pitcher , Japanese professional baseball outfielder and shortstop , Japanese voice actor Takashi Ohno, American politician , Japanese bobsledder , Japanese President of Tokyo Medical and Dental University , Japanese comedian , Japanese photographer , Japanese manga artist, visual designer and graphic designer , Japanese former football player , Japanese former football player , Japanese gymnast , Japanese judoka , Japanese-born American mathematician , Japanese voice actor , Japanese former politician , Japanese mountaineer , Japanese former football player , Japanese baseball player , Japanese footballer , Japanese sumo wrestler , Japanese weightlifter , Japanese general , Japanese Paralympic tennis player , Japanese former politician , Japanese former professional baseball infielder , Japanese professional wrestler , Japanese actor , Japanese mixed martial artist , Japanese footballer , Japanese former football player and manager Takashi Shibata (born 1951), Japanese biathlete , Japanese manga artist , Japanese filmmaker , Japanese professional baseball catcher , Japanese footballer , Japanese centenarian , Japanese actor , Japanese politician , Japanese entomologist , Japanese football player and manager , Japanese football player , Japanese singer and actor , Japanese biochemist , Japanese professional wrestler , Japanese public official , Japanese speculator-turned politician , Japanese social activist, journalist, accountant and politician , Japanese journalist , Japanese former baseball outfielder , Japanese voice actor , Japanese former handball player , Japanese football player Takashi Takagi (born 1962), Japanese luger , Japanese politician and former bureaucrat , Japanese alpine skier , Japanese artist , Japanese sailor , Japanese voice actor , Japanese material scientist , Japanese former politician , Japanese wrestler , Japanese baseball player and coach , Japanese manga artist , Japanese video game designer Takashi Tojo, Japanese mixed martial artist , Japanese video game developer Takashi Tomura (born 1958), Japanese former athlete , Japanese former professional baseball shortstop, commentator, critic and coach , Japanese ice hockey player , Japanese former rugby union player , Japanese actor, singer, and model , Japanese football player , Japanese professional footballer , Japanese former professional boxer , Japanese gymnast , Japanese baseball player , Japanese academic and former journalist , Japanese former football player and manager , Japanese freelance journalist and former research assistant for the New York Times , Japanese actor , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese professional baseball catcher , Japanese professional footballer , Japanese music marketer and Music Writer , Japanese politician , Japanese retired professional wrestler , Japanese comedian , Japanese anime director , Japanese former footballer , Japanese professor Takashi Yagihashi (born 1958), Japanese chef , Japanese sailor , Japanese actor , Japanese actor , Japanese architect , Japanese former football player , Japanese pianist , Japanese politician , Japanese Olympic medal-winning swimmer , Japanese sailor , Japanese businessman , Japanese prosecutor and politician , Japanese filmmaker and visual effects supervisor , Japanese manga artist and writer, poet, illustrator and lyricist , Japanese politician , Japanese swimmer , Japanese water polo player , Japanese former racing driver , better known as Cyber Kong, Japanese professional wrestler , Japanese comedian , Japanese field hockey player , Japanese composer , Japanese lawyer

Fictional characters a character from Pita Ten Takashi Hayase, a character from The Super Dimension Fortress Macross , a character from The Prince of Tennis , a character from Highschool of the Dead Takashi Kurosawa, a character from The Hitman's Bodyguard (Mori), a character from Ouran High School Host Club , the title character from Natsume's Book of Friends , a character from Cyber Team in Akihabara Takashi 'Shiro' Shirogane, a character from Voltron: Legendary Defender Takashi Sone, a character from Haru yo, Koi , a character from Yotsuba&! , a character from Cardcaptor Sakura Takashi Kovacs, a character from Altered Carbon Takashi Mitsuhashi, a character from Kyō Kara Ore Wa!! Takashi Mitsuya, a character from Tokyo Revengers Takashi Todoroki, a character from Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal Takashi, a supporting character who goes by the mutant name Tiger Claw in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

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