Takeshi

 ( Japanese Masculine Given Names ) 

Takeshi ( in hiragana or in katakana) is a masculine Japanese given name.

• 武, "warrior"
• 毅, "strong"
• 猛, "fierce"
• 健, "healthy"
• 剛, "sturdy"
• 彪, "spotted"
• 威, "intimidate"
• 壮, "robust"
• 丈, "length"
• 雄, "masculine"
• 豪, "overpowering"
• 武史, "warrior, history"
• 武士, "warrior, gentleman"
• 健史, "healthy, history"
• 猛司, "fierce, director"
• 剛士, "sturdy, gentleman"
• 健士, "healthy, gentleman"
• 武志, "warrior, "intention"
• 丈史, "length, history"
• 剛始, "sturdy, commence"
• 猛司, "fierce, director"
• 勇志, "courage, intention"
• 雄志, "masculine, intention"
• 猛士, "fierce, gentleman"
• 岳志, "peak, intention"
• 剛志, "sturdy, intention"
• 岳史, "peak, history"

• born 1944, Japanese ice hockey player
• born 1936, Japanese voice actor
• born 1953, Japanese ice hockey player
• born 1970, Japanese shogi player
• born 1984, Japanese basketball player
• born 1977, Japanese baseball player
• born 1981, Japanese figure skater
• born 1968, Japanese animator
• born 1986, Japanese baseball player
• 1928 – 1992, Japanese footballer
• born 1980, Japanese mixed martial artist
• Takeshi Inoue, better known as Takeshi Rikio (born 1972), Japanese professional wrestler
• born 1987, Japanese footballer
• born 1949, Japanese ice hockey player
• born 1950, Japanese actor
• born 1971, Japanese golfer
• born 1990, Japanese badminton player
• born 1973, Taiwanese-Japanese actor and singer
• born 1972, Japanese shogi player
• 1912–1988, Japanese screenwriter
• born 1947, known as Beat Takeshi, Japanese filmmaker and star of Takeshi's Castle
• born 1988, Japanese rugby union player
• born 1959, Japanese keyboardist, lyricist, composer, arranger and record producer
• born 1948, Japanese sport wrestler
• born 1971, Japanese rower
• born 1970, Japanese manga artist
• 草尾 毅, Japanese voice actor
• , Japanese politician
• born 1995, Japanese baseball player
• born 1938, Japanese photographer
• born 1972, Japanese footballer
• Takeshi Mori (disambiguation), multiple people
• born 1978, Japanese professional wrestler
• born 1943, Japanese sport wrestler
• born 1985, Japanese volleyball player
• born 1941, Japanese politician
• born 1989, Japanese basketball player
• born 1969, Japanese manga artist
• born 1952, Japanese pocket billiards player
• born 1950, Japanese politician
• born 1972, Japanese professional wrestler
• born 1979, Japanese footballer
• born 1981, Japanese ice hockey player
• born 1961, Japanese mathematician
• born 1959, Japanese violinist
• 1949–2010, Japanese scriptwriter
• 宗 猛, born 1953, Japanese long-distance runner
• born 1947, Japanese sport shooter
• 1891–1944, Japanese general
• Hiroki Takeshi, better known as AK-69 (born 1978), Japanese rapper, singer-songwriter
• born 1939, Japanese rock guitarist
• born 1974, Japanese comedian and actor
• つるの 剛士, Japanese actor
• born 1968, Japanese musician
• 1947–2012, Japanese astronomer
• Takeshi Yamada (born 1960), Japanese-American artist
• born 1979, Japanese footballer
• born 1945, Japanese swimmer
• born 1971, Japanese ice hockey player
• 1914–2000, Japanese diplomat
• born 1998, Japanese jockey
• Takeshi Yoshida, Japanese engineer

• , a character in the Pokémon media franchise, better known as Brock in English
• Takeshi, a character in the television series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• , a character in the manga series Doraemon
• , a character in the anime series Yuri on Ice, based on the actual Takeshi Honda
• , a character in the tokusatsu franchise Kamen Rider
• Takeshi Kovacs, a character in many books by Richard Morgan
• , a character in the My Hero Academia spin-off My Hero Academia: Vigilantes mostly known as Knuckleduster
• , a character in the manga series Prince of Tennis
• , a character in the anime series Yuri on Ice
• , a character in the manga series D.N.Angel
• , a character in the manga series Hajime no Ippo
• Takeshi Shirokane, a character in the web comic Okashina Okashi – Strange Candy
• , a character in the Inazuma Eleven media franchise
• , a character in the manga series Reborn!

• , a fictional organization in Kamen Rider Hibiki
• Takeshis', a 2005 film by, and starring, Takeshi Kitano
• Takeshi's Castle