Takashi

Takashi
Takashi Murakami, a contemporary Japanese artist
Pronunciation	Ta-ka-shi
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Region of origin	Japan
Other names
Related names	Takeshi Takanobu Takaya Takako Takami Takana

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

Possible Writings

The name Takashi can have multiple different meanings depending on which kanji is used to write it. Some possible writings of the name include:

• 江詩 - "estuary , inlet, poem"
• 隆 - "prosperous noble"
• 喬士 - "high, boasting, samurai, gentleman"
• 峻 - "high, steep"
• 崇史 - "adore, revere, chronicler, history"
• 孝 - "filial piety, serve parents"

Takashi can also be written in hiragana and/or katakana:

• タカシ (katakana)
• たかし (hiragana)

People

• 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), a Japanese conductor
• Takashi Fujii (藤井隆, born 1972), a Japanese singer and comedian
• Takashi Hagino (萩野 崇, born 1973), Japanese actor
• Takashi Hara (原 敬, 1856–1921), a Japanese politician and the 19th Prime Minister of Japan
• Takashi Hasegawa, electrical engineer and programmer from Japan
• Takashi Hashiguchi (橋口 たかし, born 1967), a Japanese manga artist known for his manga series Yakitate!! Japan
• Takashi Hikino (曳野 孝), associate professor of industrial and business organization at the Graduate School of Management at Kyoto University
• Takashi Ishii (石井隆, born 1946), Japanese film director, screenwriter and manga artist
• Takashi Ishimoto (石本隆, 1935–2009), a Japanese butterfly swimmer who won a silver medal in 1956 Summer Olympics
• Takashi Kawamura (politician) (河村 たかし, born 1948), Japanese politician of the Nagoya-based Genzei Nippon party
• Takashi Koizumi (小泉堯史, born 1955), Japanese film director
• Takashi Matsumoto (disambiguation), multiple people
• Takashi Matsuoka, Japanese-American writer
• Takashi Miike (三池 崇史, born 1960), a Japanese filmmaker known for his controversial films such as Ichi the Killer, and Audition
• Takashi Murakami (村上 隆, born 1962), Japanese contemporary artist
• Takashi Nagai (永井 隆, 1908–1951), a Japanese physician specializing in radiology, and a survivor of the Nagasaki bombing
• Takashi Nagasako (長嶝 高士, born 1964), voice actor from Japan
• Takashi Nagatsuka (長塚 節, 1879–1915), a Japanese novelist and poet
• 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 who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics
• Takashi Niigaki (新垣隆, born 1970), Japanese music teacher
• Takashi Okamura (disambiguation), multiple people
• Takashi Ono (小野 喬, born 1931), Japanese gymnast who took home five gold medals at four Olympic Games
• Takashi Ozaki (尾崎隆, 1952–2011), a Japanese mountaineer.
• Takashi Saito (斎藤 隆, born 1970), a Japanese baseball player currently playing for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
• Takashi Sakai (酒井 隆, 1887–1946), lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II
• Takashi Shimizu (清水 崇, born 1972), a Japanese filmmaker well known for his Ju-on film series and the American adaptions
• Takashi Shimura (志村 喬, 1905–1982), a Japanese actor
• Takashi Sorimachi (反町 隆史, born 1973), Japanese singer and actor
• Takashi Umeda (梅田 高志, born 1976), Japanese former football player
• Takashi Yoshimatsu (吉松 隆, born 1953), Japanese contemporary and classical music composer
• Takashi Yanase, author of the picture book series Anpanman
• Takashi Yuasa (湯浅 卓, born 1955), Japanese lawyer

Fictional characters

• Takashi Ayanokoji from Pita Ten
• Takashi Hayase, a character from The Super Dimension Fortress Macross
• Takashi Kawamura from Prince of Tennis
• Takashi Morinozuka (Mori) from Ouran High School Host Club
• Takashi Natsume, from Natsume's Book of Friends
• Takashi Ryugasaki from Cyber Team in Akihabara
• Takashi Takeda, nicknamed "Jumbo", from Yotsuba&!
• Takashi Komuro, from Highschool of the Dead
• Takashi Sone, from Haru yo, Koi
• Takashi Yamazaki, a character from Cardcaptor Sakura