Takako

Takako

Pronunciation	(TAH-kah-koh)
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Many different meanings depending on the kanji used
Region of origin	Japan

Takako is a feminine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

• 江子, "estuary/inlet, child"
• 孝子, "filial piety/serve parents, child"
• 高子, "tall/expensive, child"
• 崇子, "adore/rever, child"
• 隆子, "prosper, child"
• 喬子, "high/boasting, child"
• 尭子, "high/far, child"
• 昂子, "rise, child"
• 峻子, "high/steep, child"
• 嵩子, "swell, child"
• 貴子, "noble, child"
• 多佳子, "many, good, child"
• 多香子 , "many fragrances, child"
• たかこ, in hiragana
• タカコ, in katakana

People with the given name

• Takako Akasaka (赤阪 尊子) (born 1955), Japanese competitive eater
• Takako Aonuma (青沼 貴子) (born 1960), Japanese manga artist
• Takako Arai (新井 貴子) (born 1990), Japanese model
• Takako Doi (土井 たか子) (born 1928), Japanese politician
• Takako Fuji (藤 貴子) (born 1972), Japanese actress and voice actress
• Takako Fujita, Japanese Paralympic swimmer
• Takako Honda (本田 貴子) (born 1972), Japanese voice actress
• Takako Iida (飯田 高子) (born 1946), Japanese volleyball player
• Takako Inoue (井上 貴子) (born 1969), Japanese professional wrestler
• Takako Irie (入江 たか子) (1911–1995), Japanese actress
• Takako Katou (加藤 貴子) (born 1970), Japanese actress and singer
• Takako Konishi (office worker) (died 2001), Japanese office worker and suicide victim
• Takako Konishi (synchronized swimmer) (born 1986), Japanese synchronized swimmer
• Takako Kotorida (小鳥田 貴子) (born 1977), Japanese long-distance runner
• Takako Matsu (松 たか子) (born 1977), Japanese actress and singer-songwriter
• Takako Minekawa (嶺川 貴子) (born 1969), Japanese musician, composer and writer
• Takako Nishizaki (西崎 崇子) (born 1944), Japanese violinist
• Takako Okamura (岡村 孝子) (born 1962), Japanese singer
• Takako Saito (born 1929), Japanese artist
• Takako Saito (wrestler) (斉藤 貴子) (born 1983), Japanese sport wrestler
• Takako Shigematsu, Japanese manga artist
• Takako Shimazu (島津 貴子) (born 1939), Japanese princess
• Takako Shimura (志村 貴子) (born 1973), Japanese manga artist
• Takako Shirai (白井 貴子) (born 1952), Japanese volleyball player
• Takako Shirai (白井 貴子) (born 1959), Japanese singer
• Takako Takahashi (高橋 たか子) (born 1932), Japanese writer
• Takako Tokiwa (常盤 貴子) (born 1972), Japanese actress
• Takako Uehara (上原 多香子) (born 1983), Japanese singer and actress

Fictional characters

• Takako Chigusa (千草貴子), a main character from the Battle Royale novel, film, and manga
• Takako Shimizu (清水多香子), a character from the manga series Chobits and its anime adaption
• Takako Itsukushima (厳島 貴子), a main character in the novel and anime series Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru
• Takako Sugiura (杉浦多佳子), a character from the mystery horror novel Another and its manga and anime adaptions