Takeda
Takeda (武田, Takeda) is a Japanese family name.[1] Throughout the course of the Sengoku period (16th century) of Japan, the famed Takeda clan of Kai Province had many descendant branch families.
- Takeda clan (Aki) is a family in the Aki Province
People[]
- Daisaku Takeda (武田 大作, born 1973), Japanese rower
- Kumiko Takeda
- Larissa Tago Takeda, Japanese voice actress
- Masashi Takeda (wrestler), Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
- Misae Takeda (武田 美佐江, born 1943), Japanese speed skater
- Nana Takeda, figure skater
- Sachihiko Takeda (武田 幸彦, born 1937), Japanese sport wrestler
- Satoshi Takeda (武田 聡, born 1968), Japanese swimmer
- Shinzaburo Takeda, Mexican artist
- Shogo Takeda (竹田 渉瑚, born 1995), Japanese swimmer
- Takeda Sōkaku, reviver of Daitō-ryū aiki-jūjutsu
- Takeda-no-miya, one of the former ōke, or cadet branches of the Japanese imperial house established during the Meiji period by a scion of the Fushimi-no-miya. Not related to the samurai family.
- Takeda clan, the family of Takeda Shingen, and a relatively important and powerful one therefore, in Japan's Sengoku period
- Takeda Nobutora – daimyō, Shingen's father
- Takeda Shingen – one of the most famous daimyōs in Japanese history
- Takeda Nobushige – Shingen's younger brother, held their father's favour to be heir of the clan, continued to support his older brother throughout his life, he also wrote the , a set of 99 short rules for Takeda house members
- Takeda Nobukado – brother and adviser to Shingen
- Takeda Katsuyori – Shingen's son, Katsuyori commanded his father's armies after his death, and saw the fall of the Takeda family
- Takeda Yoshinobu – son and initial heir, later executed and succeeded by Katsuyori
- Toyoki Takeda (武田 豊樹, born 1974), Japanese speed skater
- Tsunekazu Takeda, Japanese retired equestrian, former member of the IOC
- Yasuhiko Takeda (武田 泰彦, born 1937), Japanese rower
- Yūkichi Takeda – scholar of Japanese Literature
Fictional characters[]
- Masashi Takeda, from My-Hime
- Takashi Takeda, from Yotsuba&!
- Gohee Takeda, from Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin
- Takahashi Takeda, from Mortal Kombat
- Ittesu Takeda, from Haikyū!!
- Hyouma Takeda, from Gantz
- Keiichiro "Take" Takeda, from
- Aimi Takeda, from Gender-Swap at the Delinquent Academy
- Ijuro Takeda, a modern Samurai descendant in the movie The Hunted
See also[]
- Takeda (video game)
- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company (Takeda; 武田薬品)
References[]
- ^ 1990 Census Name Files Archived 2010-10-07 at the Library of Congress Web Archives
Categories:
- Surnames
- Japanese-language surnames