Takumi

Takumi
Pronunciation	Tá-k(ú)-mí
Gender	male
Origin
Word/Name	Japanese
Meaning	different meanings depending on the kanji used
Region of origin	Japanese

Takumi (匠) is a Japanese word meaning "artisan". It is also a masculine Japanese given name or a surname using various kanji characters. The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

Possible writings

Takumi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

as a given name

• 匠, "artisan"
• 巧, "adroit"
• 工, "skill"
• 卓美, "eminent, beauty"
• 卓巳, "eminent, serpent"
• 巧海, "adroit, sea"
• 拓海, "clear (the land), sea"
• 拓巳, "clear (the land), serpent"

as a surname

• 琢己
• 宅見

People

with the given name Takumi

• Takumi Beppu (匠), a Japanese cyclist
• Takumi Horiike (巧), a former Japanese football (soccer) player
• Takumi Kuriyama (巧), a Japanese professional baseball player
• Takumi Obara (工), a Japanese triathlon athlete
• Takumi Saito (工), a Japanese actor and model
• Takumi Masanori, a Japanese composer for Koi Kaze
• Takumi Nakayama (巧), a Japanese MMA fighter
• Takumi Nakazawa (工), a Japanese video game writer
• Takumi Nemoto (匠), a Japanese politician
• Takumi Yamazaki (たくみ), a Japanese voice actor

with the surname Takumi

• Masaru Takumi (宅見), a Japanese yakuza
• Namuchi Takumi (たくみ), a Japanese illustrator

Fictional characters

• Takumi Aio (巧), a character in the Japanese 2004 film Be with You
• Takumi Fujiwara (拓海), the protagonist of the manga and anime series Initial D
• Takumi Hayami, from Sky Girls
• Takumi Ichinose (巧), a character in the manga and anime series Nana
• Takumi Inui (巧), the protagonist of the Japanese tokusatsu series Kamen Rider 555
• Takumi Kisaragi (タクミ), a character in the anime series Gad Guard
• Takumi Mayama (巧), a character in the manga, anime, and TV drama series Honey and Clover
• Takumi Tokiha (巧海), a character in the anime series My-HiME and My-Otome
• Takumi Hikohito, a character in the novel Looking for Alaska by John Green
• Takumi Tsuzuki, a character in the anime series Mayoi Neko Overrun!
• Takumi Usui, a character in the manga and anime series Kaichou wa Maid-sama!
• Takumi Urabe, a character in the manga series Otokomae! Beads Club

Other uses

• Takumi Corporation, a Japanese video game company
• 10617 Takumi, a Main-belt Asteroid