Takahashi

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Takahashi can refer to:

• Takahashi (written 高梁), a city in Okayama prefecture, Japan
• Takahashi River, a river in Japan
• Ward-Takahashi identities, a feature of Quantum Mechanics
• The Takahashi method, a presentation style pioneered by Masayoshi Takahashi.
• The Takahashi Group, a multi-national robotics and logistics organisation.

Takahashi (高橋 meaning "high bridge") is the third most common Japanese family name. It can refer to several people, including:

• Ai Takahashi (singer)
• Atsushi Takahashi (astronomer)
• Ayame Takahashi (manga artist)
• Hiroki Takahashi (voice actor)
• Hiroshi Takahashi (manga artist)
• Hitomi Takahashi (actress)
• Hitomi Takahashi (singer)
• Ibo Takahashi (World War II admiral)
• Katsuya Takahashi (conspirator in the Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway)
• Kazuki Takahashi (manga artist)
• Keita Takahashi (game designer)
• Kenichi Takahashi
• Kiyoshi Takahashi (illustrator of children's books)
• Takahashi Korekiyo (former Prime Minister of Japan)
• Kunimitsu Takahashi (motorcycling champion turned car racer)
• Kuniaki Takahashi (D1 Grand Prix competitor)
• Masanori Takahashi a.k.a. Kitaro
• Mikako Takahashi (voice actor, singer)
• Takahashi Miyuki (manga artist)
• Naoko Takahashi (athlete)
• Naozumi Takahashi (voice actor)
• Rumiko Takahashi (manga artist)
• Ryousuke Takahashi (director, screenwriter and producer)
• Shin Takahashi (manga artist)
• Tomoko Takahashi (artist)
• Tetsuya Takahashi (video games conceptor)
• Toshiyuki Takahashi a.k.a. Takahashi Meijin (executive of Hudson Soft)
• Yasuko Takahashi a.k.a. Izumi Aki
• Yoichi Takahashi (manga artist)
• Yoshinobu Takahashi
• Yuji Takahashi (author, pianist)
• Yukihiro Takahashi (musician)

Fictional characters named Takahashi include:

• Tetsuya Takahashi, a Forbidden Dance character
• Daichi Takahashi and Eriko Takahashi, High School Girls characters
• Keisuke (K.T.) Takahashi and Ryosuke (Ry) Takahashi, Initial D characters
• Mitsuko Takahashi, from Someday's Dreamers