# Takeshi

Takeshi (たけし in hiragana or タケシ in katakana) is a masculine Japanese given name.

## Written forms

Forms in kanji can include:
* 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"

## People with the name

* Takeshi Akiba (秋葉 武士, born 1944), Japanese ice hockey player
* Takeshi Aono (青野 武, born 1936), Japanese voice actor
* Takeshi Azuma (東 毅, born 1953), Japanese ice hockey player
* Takeshi Fujii (藤井 猛, born 1970), Japanese shogi player
* Takeshi Hasegawa (長谷川 武, born 1984), Japanese basketball player
* Takeshi Hidaka (日高 剛, born 1977), Japanese baseball player
* Takeshi Honda (本田 武史, born 1981), Japanese figure skater
* Takeshi Honda (animator) (本田 雄, born 1968), Japanese animator
* Takeshi Hosoyamada (細山田 武史, born 1986), Japanese baseball player
* Takeshi Inoue (footballer) (井上 健, 1928 – 1992), Japanese footballer
* Takeshi Inoue (mixed martial artist) (井上 武, born 1980), Japanese mixed martial artist
* Takeshi Inoue, better known as Takeshi Rikio (born 1972), Japanese professional wrestler
* Takeshi Ito (伊藤 健史, born 1987), Japanese footballer
* Takeshi Iwamoto (岩本 武志, born 1949), Japanese ice hockey player
* Takeshi Kaga (鹿賀 丈史, born 1950), Japanese actor
* Takeshi Kajikawa (梶川 武志, born 1971), Japanese golfer
* Takeshi Kamura (嘉村 健士, born 1990), Japanese badminton player
* Takeshi Kaneshiro (金城 武, born 1973), Taiwanese-Japanese actor and singer
* Takeshi Kawakami (川上 猛, born 1972), Japanese shogi player
* Takeshi Kimura (木村 武, 1912–1988), Japanese screenwriter
* Takeshi Kitano (北野 武, born 1947), known as Beat Takeshi, Japanese filmmaker and star of Takeshi's Castle
* Takeshi Kizu (木津 武士, born 1988), Japanese rugby union player
* Takeshi Kobayashi (小林 武史, born 1959), Japanese keyboardist, lyricist, composer, arranger and record producer
* Takeshi Kobayashi (wrestler) (小林 武, born 1948), Japanese sport wrestler
* Takeshi Kodama (児玉 剛始, born 1971), Japanese rower
* Takeshi Konomi (許斐 剛, born 1970), Japanese manga artist
* Takeshi Kusao (草尾 毅), Japanese voice actor
* Takeshi Miyamoto (宮本 岳志), Japanese politician
* Takeshi Miyamoto (baseball) (宮本 丈, born 1995), Japanese baseball player
* Takeshi Mizuuchi (水内 猛, born 1972), Japanese footballer
* Takeshi Mori (disambiguation), multiple people
* Takeshi Morishima (森嶋 猛, born 1978), Japanese professional wrestler
* Takeshi Nagao (長尾 猛司, born 1943), Japanese sport wrestler
* Takeshi Nagano (永野健, born 1985), Japanese volleyball player
* Takeshi Noda (野田 毅, born 1941), Japanese politician
* Takeshi Nomoto (野元 勇志, born 1989), Japanese basketball player
* Takeshi Obata (小畑 健, born 1969), Japanese manga artist
* Takeshi Okumura (奥村 健, born 1952), Japanese pocket billiards player
* Takeshi Onaga (翁長 雄志, born 1950), Japanese politician
* Takeshi Rikio (力皇 猛, born 1972), Japanese professional wrestler
* Takeshi Saito (footballer) (斉藤 武志, born 1979), Japanese footballer
* Takeshi Saito (ice hockey) (齊藤 毅, born 1981), Japanese ice hockey player
* Takeshi Saito (mathematician) (斎藤 毅, born 1961), Japanese mathematician
* Takeshi Saito (musician) (斎藤 毅, born 1959), Japanese violinist
* Takeshi Shudo (首藤 剛志, 1949–2010), Japanese scriptwriter
* Takeshi So (宗 猛, born 1953), Japanese long-distance runner
* Takeshi Sugita (杉田 武, born 1947), Japanese sport shooter
* Takeshi Takashina (高品 彪, 1891–1944), Japanese general
* Hiroki Takeshi, better known as AK-69 (born 1978), Japanese rapper, singer-songwriter
* Takeshi Terauchi (寺内 タケシ, born 1939), Japanese rock guitarist
* Takeshi Tomizawa (富澤 岳史, born 1974), Japanese comedian and actor
* Takeshi Tsuruno (つるの 剛士), Japanese actor
* Takeshi Ueda (上田 剛士, born 1968), Japanese musician
* Takeshi Urata (浦田 武, 1947–2012), Japanese astronomer
* Takeshi Yamada (born 1960), Japanese-American artist
* Takeshi Yamaguchi (山口 武士, born 1979), Japanese footballer
* Takeshi Yamakage (山影 武士, born 1945), Japanese swimmer
* Takeshi Yamanaka (山中 武司, born 1971), Japanese ice hockey player
* Takeshi Yasukawa (安川 壮, 1914–2000), Japanese diplomat
* Takeshi Yoshida, Japanese engineer

## Fictional characters

* Takeshi (タケシ), a character in the Pokémon media franchise, better known as Brock in English
* Takeshi, a character in the television series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
* Takeshi Goda (剛田 武), a character in the manga series Doraemon
* Takeshi Honda (本田 武史), a character in the anime series Yuri on Ice, based on the actual Takeshi Honda
* Takeshi Hongō (本郷 猛), a character in the tokusatsu franchise Kamen Rider
* Takeshi Kovacs, a character in many books by Richard Morgan
* Takeshi Kuroiwa (黒岩 武司), a character in the My Hero Academia spin-off My Hero Academia: Vigilantes mostly known as Knuckleduster
* Takeshi Momoshiro (桃城 武), a character in the manga series Prince of Tennis
* Takeshi Nishigōri (西郡 豪), a character in the anime series Yuri on Ice
* Takeshi Saehara (冴原 剛), a character in the manga series D.N.Angel
* Takeshi Sendo (千堂 武士), a character in the manga series Hajime no Ippo
* Takeshi Shirokane, a character in the web comic Okashina Okashi – Strange Candy
* Takeshi Sugimori (杉森 威), a character in the Inazuma Eleven media franchise
* Takeshi Yamamoto (山本 武), a character in the manga series Reborn!