Hirotaka Takeuchi

is a Japanese mountaineer. He is best known as the first Japanese man to reach the summits of the 14 tallest peaks in the Himalayas."Takeuchi becomes 1st Japanese to scale world's 14 highest peaks," Mainichi (Japan), May 27, 2012; retrieved 2012-5-27.

Fewer than 30 people have climbed all 14 mountains.

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Category:Living people
Category:1971 births
Category:Japanese sportspeople
Category:Mountain climbers