Takashi Kikutani (菊谷 崇 Kikutani Takashi , born 24 February 1980 in Nara) is a Japanese rugby union player. He plays as number-eight or flanker for Toyota Verblitz.
He has currently 33 caps for Japan, with 18 tries scored, 90 points on aggregate. His first match was a 44-29 win over Spain, at 5 November 2005, in Tokyo, in a friendly match, aged 25 years old. He is also the captain of the "Brave Blossoms". He missed the 2007 Rugby World Cup.
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