# Takashi

Takashi (たかし, タカシ) is a masculine Japanese given name.

## Written forms

The name Takashi can have multiple different meanings depending on which kanji is used to write it. Possible forms of the name include:
* 隆 - "prosperous noble"
* 喬士 - "high, boasting, samurai, gentleman"
* 崇史 - "adore, revere, chronicler, history"
* 孝 - "filial piety, serve parents"
* 貴志
* 敬
Takashi can also be written in hiragana and/or katakana:
* タカシ (katakana)
* たかし (hiragana)

## People with the name

* Takashi Abe (阿部 隆, born 1967), Japanese shogi player
* Takashi Akatsuka (赤塚 隆, born 1973), Japanese rugby union player
* Takashi Amano (天野 尚, 1954–2015), Japanese photographer, aquarist and designer
* Takashi Aonishi (青西 高嗣), Japanese music artist
* Takashi Asahina (朝比奈 隆, 1908–2001), Japanese conductor
* Takashi Dekita (出耒田 敬, born 1991), Japanese volleyball player
* Takashi Fujii (藤井 隆, born 1972), Japanese singer and comedian
* Takashi Hagino (萩野 崇, born 1973), Japanese actor
* Takashi Hara (原 敬, 1856–1921), Japanese politician and Prime Minister of Japan
* Takashi Hara (artist) (ハラタカシ, born 1983), Japanese contemporary artist
* Takashi Hasegawa, Japanese electrical engineer and programmer
* Takashi Hashiguchi (橋口 たかし, born 1967), Japanese manga artist
* Takashi Hikino (曳野 孝), Japanese economist and educator
* Takashi Hiraide (平出 隆, born 1950), Japanese poet and critic
* Takashi "Halo" Hirose (died 2002), American swimmer
* Takashi "Taka" Hirose (born 1967), Japanese musician and chef
* Takashi Iizuka (game designer) (飯塚 隆, born 1970), Japanese video game director and designer
* Takashi Ikenaga (池永 天志, born 1993), Japanese shogi player
* Takashi Ikenoue (池ノ上 孝司, born 1955), Japanese handball player
* Takashi Inoue (井之上 隆志, 1960–2017), Japanese actor
* Takashi Inoue (author) (井之上 喬, born 1944), Japanese public relations practitioner, scholar and theorist
* Takashi Inukai (犬養 孝, 1907–1998), Japanese literature academic
* Takashi Ishii (film director) (石井 隆, born 1946), Japanese film director, screenwriter and manga artist
* Takashi Ishii (baseball) (石井 貴, born 1971), Japanese baseball pitcher and coach
* Takashi Ishimoto (石本 隆, 1935–2009), a Japanese swimmer
* Takashi Ito (伊藤 隆, born 1970), Japanese kickboxer
* Takashi Itoyama (糸山 隆司, born 1936), Japanese basketball player
* Takashi Kakihara (垣原 隆司, born 1937), Japanese ice hockey player
* Takashi Kanezawa (金沢 孝史, born 1973), Japanese shogi player
* Takashi Kato (加藤 嵩士, born 1989), Japanese handball player
* Takashi Kashiwabara (柏原 崇, born 1977), Japanese former actor
* Takashi Kawamura (politician) (河村 たかし, born 1948), Japanese politician
* Takashi Kawano (河野 貴志, born 1996), Japanese footballer
* Takashi Kimura (disambiguation), multiple people
* Takashi Koizumi (小泉 堯史, born 1955), Japanese film director
* Takashi Koshimoto (越本 隆志, born 1971), Japanese boxer
* Takashi Maruyama (丸山 孝, born 1953), Japanese volleyball player
* Masuda Takashi (益田 孝, 1848–1938), Japanese industrialist, investor, and art collector
* Takashi Masuda (computer scientist) (益田 隆司, born 1939), Japanese computer scientist
* Takashi Masuda (basketball) (増田 貴史, born 1940), Japanese basketball player
* Takashi Matsuhashi (松橋 高司, born 1932), Japanese cross-country skier
* Takashi Matsumoto (disambiguation), multiple people
* Takashi Matsunaga (松永 貴志, born 1986), Japanese jazz pianist
* Takashi Matsuoka, Japanese-American writer
* Takashi Miike (三池 崇史, born 1960), Japanese filmmaker
* Takashi Mizuno (水野 隆, born 1931), Japanese footballer
* Takashi Mizunuma (水沼 貴史, born 1960), Japanese footballer and manager
* Takashi Murakami (村上 隆, born 1962), Japanese contemporary artist
* Takashi Murayama (村山 隆志, born 1951), Japanese rower
* Takashi Nagai (永井 隆, 1908–1951), Japanese physician and survivor of the Nagasaki bombing
* Takashi Nagasaki (長崎 尚志, born 1954), Japanese author, manga writer and former editor of manga
* Takashi Nagasako (長嶝 高士, born 1964), Japanese voice actor
* Takashi Nagatsuka (長塚 節, 1879–1915), Japanese novelist and poet
* Takashi Nagayasu (長安 豊, born 1968), Japanese politician
* Takashi Nakakura (中蔵 隆志, born 1977), Japanese mixed martial artist
* Takashi Nakamura (中村 たかし, born 1995), Japanese animator, and anime director
* Takashi Narita (成田 貴志, born 1969), Japanese former volleyball player
* Takashi Niigaki (新垣 隆, born 1970), Japanese music teacher
* Takashi Okamura (disambiguation), multiple people
* Takashi Ono (小野 喬, born 1931), Japanese gymnast
* Takashi Onozuka (小野塚 貴志, born 1974), Japanese voice actor
* Takashi Ozaki (尾崎 隆, 1952–2011), Japanese mountaineer
* Takashi Saito (斎藤 隆, born 1970), Japanese baseball player
* Takashi Saito (footballer) (齋藤 恭志, born 1993), Japanese footballer
* Takashi Saito (c. 1990 - 2007), sumo wrestler who died due to injuries sustained in the Tokitsukaze stable hazing scandal
* Takashi Sakai (酒井 隆, 1887–1946), Japanese general
* Takashi Shimizu (清水 崇, born 1972), Japanese filmmaker
* Takashi Shimoda (下田 崇, born 1975), Japanese footballer
* Takashi Shimura (志村 喬, 1905–1982), Japanese actor
* Takashi Sorimachi (反町 隆史, born 1973), Japanese singer and actor
* Takashi Tamura (田村 孝, born 1961), Japanese sailor
* Takashi Tsuburai (粒来 敬詞, born 1951), Japanese ice hockey player
* Takashi Uemoto (上本 崇司, born 1990), Japanese baseball player
* Takashi Umeda (梅田 高志, born 1976), Japanese footballer
* Takashi Umezawa (梅澤 貴史, born 1972), Japanese footballer
* Takashi Watanabe (渡部 高志, born 1957), Japanese anime director
* Takashi Yamaguchi (architect) (山口 隆, born 1953), Japanese architect
* Takashi Yamaguchi (actor, born 1936) (山口 崇), Japanese actor
* Takashi Yanase, author of the picture book series Anpanman
* Takashi Yokoyama (swimmer) (横山 隆志, 1913–1945), Japanese swimmer
* Takashi Yokoyama (water polo) (横山 隆, born 1940), Japanese water polo player
* Takashi Yoshida (吉田 隆司, born 1982), better known as Cyber Kong, Japanese professional wrestler
* Takashi Yoshida (comedian) (吉田 敬, born 1973), Japanese comedian
* Takashi Yoshimatsu (吉松 隆, born 1953), Japanese composer
* Takashi Yuasa (湯浅 卓, born 1955), Japanese lawyer
* Ichinojō Takashi (逸ノ城 駿, born 1993), Mongolian sumo wrestler

## Fictional characters

* Takashi Ayanokoji (綾小路 天) a character from Pita Ten
* Takashi Hayase, a character from The Super Dimension Fortress Macross
* Takashi Kawamura (The Prince of Tennis) (河村 隆), a character from The Prince of Tennis
* Takashi Komuro (小室 孝), a character from Highschool of the Dead
* Takashi Kurosawa, a character from The Hitman's Bodyguard
* Takashi Morinozuka (銛之塚 崇) (Mori), a character from Ouran High School Host Club
* Takashi Natsume (夏目 貴志), the title character from Natsume's Book of Friends
* Takashi Ryugasaki (竜ヶ崎 鷹士), a character from Cyber Team in Akihabara
* Takashi 'Shiro' Shirogane, a character from Voltron: Legendary Defender
* Takashi Sone, a character from Haru yo, Koi
* Takashi Takeda, nicknamed "Jumbo" (竹田 隆), a character from Yotsuba&!
* Takashi Yamazaki (山崎 貴史), a character from Cardcaptor Sakura
* Takashi Kovacs, a character from Altered Carbon
* Takashi Mitsuhashi, a character from Kyō Kara Ore Wa!!
* Takashi Mitsuya, a character from Tokyo Revengers
* Takashi Todoroki, a character from Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal
* Takashi, a supporting character who goes by the mutant name Tiger Claw in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles