# Takeuchi

Takeuchi (Japanese: 竹内; "within bamboo" or Japanese: 武内; "warrior household") is a Japanese surname. It is common in west-central Japan, and is pronounced Takenouchi (Take-no-uchi) by some bearers. The family claims descent from the legendary hero-statesman Takenouchi-no-Sukune, himself supposedly a descendant of the mythical Emperor Kōgen and a counselor to several other emperors, including Emperor Ōjin (late 4th century). Other families such as the Soga clan also claim Takenouchi-no-Sukune as an ancestor. It can also be written as 竹野内.
The Takenouchi-ryū is a koryū tradition founded by Takenouchi Chūnagon Daijō Hisamori in 1532 and is still maintained today by his descendants.

## People with the surname

* Aina Takeuchi (竹内 愛奈, born 1991), Japanese ice hockey player
* Akari Takeuchi (竹内 朱莉, born 1997), Japanese singer and member of girl group S/mileage
* Akira Takeuchi (disambiguation), multiple people
* Atsushi Takenouchi (竹之内 淳志, born 1960), Japanese Butoh dancer
* Aya Takeuchi (竹内 亜弥, born 1986), Japanese rugby sevens player
* Esther Sans Takeuchi, materials scientist
* Gaisi Takeuti (竹内 外史, 1926–2017), Japanese mathematician
* Hiromi Takeuchi (竹内 洋美, born 1966), Japanese speed skater
* Hironori Takeuchi (竹内 浩典, born 1964), Japanese racing driver
* Hirotaka Takeuchi (竹内 弘高, born 1946), Japanese professor and knowledge-management author
* Junko Takeuchi (竹内 順子, born 1972), Japanese voice actress
* Kazuya Takeuchi (竹内 和也, born 1941), Japanese water polo player
* Marika Takeuchi (竹内 まりか, born 1987), Japanese contemporary composer
* Mariya Takeuchi (竹内 まりや, born 1955), Japanese singer and songwriter
* Minoru Takeuchi (竹内 実, born 1971), Japanese volleyball player
* Mio Takeuchi (竹内 実生, born 1985), Japanese actress
* Miyu Takeuchi (竹内 美宥, born 1996), Japanese singer and K-pop idol
* Motoaki Takenouchi (武内 基朗, born 1967), Japanese video game composer
* Naoko Takeuchi (武内 直子, born 1967), Japanese manga artist
* Riki Takeuchi (竹内 力, born 1964), an actor in the Dead or Alive series of films
* Ryūshin Takeuchi (竹内 龍臣, born 2001), Japanese baseball player
* Takeuchi Rizō (竹内 理三, 1907–1997), Japanese historian
* Shigeyo Takeuchi (竹内 茂代, 1881–1975), Japanese physician
* Shion Takeuchi (born 1988), American television writer and creator of the Netflix series Inside Job
* Shunsuke Takeuchi (武内 駿輔, born 1997), Japanese voice actor
* Tokio Takeuchi (竹内 時男, 1894–1944), Japanese physicist
* Yugo Takeuchi (竹内 雄悟, born 1987), Japanese shogi player
* Yukio Takeuchi (竹内 行夫, born 1943), Japanese Supreme Court justice
* Yūko Takeuchi (竹内 結子, 1980–2020), Japanese television actress
* Yutaka Takenouchi (竹野内 豊, born 1971), Japanese television actor
* Takenouchi Tōjūrō Hisatake, 13th sōdenke of Takenouchi-ryū
* Takenouchi Chūnagon Daijō Hisamori, founder of Takenouchi-ryū

## Fictional characters

* Sora Takenouchi, in the anime's Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02
* Sora Takeuchi, in the manga and anime Air Gear
* Momoko Takeuchi, in the manga Inubaka
* Rio Takeuchi, a character in the anime Spiral
* Takeuchi Tatsuru, (竹内多鹤) the heroine of the novel and TV drama Auntie Tatsuru (Chinese:小姨多鹤) by Chinese writer Yan Geling (Chinese:严歌苓)
* Itsuki Takeuchi, a character in the manga and anime Initial D