Takano

Takano is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Ai Takano, Japanese singer
• Aya Takano, Japanese artist and writer
• Aya Takano (swimmer), Japanese athlete
• Takano Chōei, scholar of the late Edo period
• Takano Fusataro, Japanese labor activist
• Genshin Takano (governor of Hiroshima)
• George Takano, professional wrestler
• Hajime Takano, Japanese journalist
• Hassei Takano, Japanese actor
• Hideyuki Takano (髙野 秀行, born 1972), Japanese shogi player
• Hiroshi Takano, Japanese musician
• Isoroku Takano, birth name of Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese naval officer
• Takano Iwasaburo, Japanese social statistician
• Kazuaki Takano, Japanese writer of crime fiction
• Kikuo Takano, Japanese poet and mathematician
• Koji Takano, Japanese football player
• Mari Takano, Japanese musician
• Mark Takano, U.S. politician
• Takano no Niigasa, 8th-century concubine
• Satoshi Takano (高野 智史, born 1993), Japanese shogi player
• Shiho Takano, Japanese actress
• Shunji Takano, Japanese wrestler
• Susumu Takano, Japanese track athlete
• Teppei Takano, Japanese ski jumper
• Tetsu Takano, Japanese rock musician
• Tomomi Takano (高野 人母美, born 1987), Japanese model and boxer
• Toshiyuki Takano, Japanese diplomat
• Tsugi Takano, Japanese novelist
• Urara Takano, Japanese voice actress
• Yoshiko Takano (鷹野 淑子, born 1942), Japanese speed skater
• Yasuko Takano (鷹野 靖子, born 1943), Japanese speed skater

Fictional characters

• Bungo Takano, a character in Shadow Star
• Kyohei Takano, a character in The Wallflower
• Miyo Takano, a character in Higurashi no Naku Koro ni

See also

• Japanese name
• Special:Prefixindex/Takano – the page gives articles starting with Takano