Takashi
Appearance
![]() Takashi Murakami, a contemporary Japanese artist | |
Pronunciation | Ta-ka-shi |
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Gender | Male |
Origin | |
Word/name | Japanese |
Meaning | It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used. |
Region of origin | Japan |
Other names | |
Related names | Takeshi Takanobu Takaya Takako Takami Takana |
Takashi (たかし, タカシ) is a male Japanese given name.
Possible Writings
The name Takashi can have multiple different meanings depending on which kanji is used to write it. Some possible writings of the name include:
- 江詩 - "estuary , inlet, poem"
- 隆 - "prosperous noble"
- 喬士 - "high, boasting, samurai, gentleman"
- 峻 - "high, steep"
- 崇史 - "adore, revere, chronicler, history"
- 孝 - "filial piety, serve parents"
- 節 - "moral courage, integrity"
- 傑 - "hero, outstanding"
Takashi can also be written in hiragana and/or katakana:
- タカシ (katakana)
- たかし (hiragana)
People with the name
- Takashi Abe (阿部 隆, born 1967), Japanese shogi player
- Takashi Amano (天野尚, 1954–2015), Japanese photographer, aquarist and designer
- Takashi Aonishi (青西 高嗣), Japanese music artist
- Takashi Asahina (朝比奈 隆, 1908–2001), Japanese conductor
- Takashi Fujii (藤井隆, born 1972), Japanese singer and comedian
- Takashi Hagino (萩野 崇, born 1973), Japanese actor
- Takashi Hara (原 敬, 1856–1921), Japanese politician and Prime Minister of Japan
- Takashi Hasegawa, Japanese electrical engineer and programmer
- Takashi Hashiguchi (橋口 たかし, born 1967), Japanese manga artist
- Takashi Hikino (曳野 孝), Japanese economist and educator
- Takashi Hirose (広瀬 隆, born 1943), Japanese writer
- Takashi "Halo" Hirose (died 2002), American swimmer
- Takashi Iizuka (game designer) (飯塚 隆, born 1970), Japanese video game director and designer
- Takashi Ishii (film director) (石井隆, born 1946), Japanese film director, screenwriter and manga artist
- Takashi Ishii (baseball) (石井貴, born 1971), Japanese baseball pitcher and coach
- Takashi Ishimoto (石本隆, 1935–2009), a Japanese swimmer
- Takashi Ito (伊藤 隆, born 1970), Japanese kickboxer
- Takashi Itoyama (糸山 隆司, born 1936), Japanese basketball player
- Takashi Kato (加藤 嵩士, born 1989), Japanese handball player
- Takashi Kawamura (politician) (河村 たかし, born 1948), Japanese politician
- Takashi Koizumi (小泉堯史, born 1955), Japanese film director
- Takashi Matsumoto (disambiguation), multiple people
- Takashi Matsunaga (松永貴志, born 1986), Japanese jazz pianist
- Takashi Matsuoka, Japanese-American writer
- Takashi Miike (三池 崇史, born 1960), Japanese filmmaker
- Takashi Murakami (村上 隆, born 1962), Japanese contemporary artist
- Takashi Nagai (永井 隆, 1908–1951), Japanese physician and survivor of the Nagasaki bombing
- Takashi Nagasako (長嶝 高士, born 1964), Japanese voice actor
- Takashi Nagatsuka (長塚 節, 1879–1915), Japanese novelist and poet
- Takashi Nakamura (中村 たかし, born 1995), Japanese animator, and anime director
- Takashi Narita (成田 貴志, born 1969), Japanese former volleyball player
- Takashi Niigaki (新垣隆, born 1970), Japanese music teacher
- Takashi Okamura (disambiguation), multiple people
- Takashi Ono (小野 喬, born 1931), Japanese gymnast
- Takashi Onozuka (小野塚 貴志, born 1974), Japanese voice actor
- Takashi Ozaki (尾崎隆, 1952–2011), Japanese mountaineer
- Takashi Saito (斎藤 隆, born 1970), Japanese baseball player
- Takashi Saito (footballer) (齋藤 恭志, born 1993), Japanese footballer
- Takashi Saito (c. 1990 - 2007), sumo wrestler who died due to injuries sustained in the Tokitsukaze stable hazing scandal
- Takashi Sakai (酒井 隆, 1887–1946), Japanese general
- Takashi Shimizu (清水 崇, born 1972), Japanese filmmaker
- Takashi Shimura (志村 喬, 1905–1982), Japanese actor
- Takashi Sorimachi (反町 隆史, born 1973), Japanese singer and actor
- Takashi Uemoto (上本 崇司, born 1990), Japanese baseball player
- Takashi Umeda (梅田 高志, born 1976), Japanese footballer
- Takashi Watanabe (渡部 高志, born 1957), Japanese anime director
- Takashi Yoshimatsu (吉松 隆, born 1953), Japanese composer
- Takashi Yanase, author of the picture book series Anpanman
- Takashi Yuasa (湯浅 卓, born 1955), Japanese lawyer
- Ichinojō Takashi (逸ノ城 駿, born 1993), Mongolian sumo wrestler
Fictional characters
- Takashi Ayanokoji from Pita Ten
- Takashi Hayase, a character from The Super Dimension Fortress Macross
- Takashi Kawamura (The Prince of Tennis)
- Takashi Kurosawa, a character from The Hitman's Bodyguard
- Takashi Morinozuka (Mori) from Ouran High School Host Club
- Takashi Natsume, from Natsume's Book of Friends
- Takashi Ryugasaki from Cyber Team in Akihabara
- Takashi Takeda, nicknamed "Jumbo", from Yotsuba&!
- Takashi Komuro, from Highschool of the Dead
- Takashi Sone, from Haru yo, Koi
- Takashi Yamazaki, a character from Cardcaptor Sakura
- Takashi Shirogane, a character from Voltron: Legendary Defender