Takeo

Takeo
Takeo Fukuda, the 67th Prime Minister of Japan
Pronunciation	Tá-ké-ó
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/Name	Japanese
Meaning	It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.

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Takeo (たけお, タケオ) is a common masculine Japanese given name.

Kanji

Takeo can be written using different kanji and can mean:

• 武夫, "warrior, man"
• 武雄, "warrior, brave"
• 猛雄, "fierce, brave"
• 健男, "health, man"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana, especially by young boys who haven't learned kanji yet.

People with the given name Takeo

• Takeo Ando (武夫), professional Go player
• Takeo Arishima (武郎), Japanese novelist
• Takeo Doi (健郎), Japanese psychoanalyst
• Takeo Fukuda (赳夫), 67th Prime Minister of Japan
• Takeo Fukui (威夫), president and CEO of Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
• Takeo Hatanaka (武夫), Japanese astronomer
• Takeo Hirose (武夫), officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy
• Takeo Itō (武夫), general in the Imperial Japanese Army
• Takeo Kajiwara (武雄), Japanese professional Go player
• Takeo Kanade (武雄), Japanese researcher in Computer Vision
• Takeo Kawamura (丈夫), Japanese professional baseball player
• Takeo Kawamura (建夫), Japanese politician
• Takeo Kikuchi (武夫), Japanese industrial and fashion designer
• Takeo Kimura (木村 威夫, 1918–2010), Japanese filmmaker
• Takeo Komatsu (太計雄), Japanese photographer
• Takeo Kurita (健男), vice-admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy
• Takeo Miki (武夫), 66th Prime Minister of Japan
• Takeo Miratsu (健雄), Japanese video game and Anime composer
• Takeo Nishioka (武夫), Japanese politician
• Takeo Otsuka (武生), Japanese professional wrestler
• Takeo Shiota (1881–1943), Japanese-American landscape architect
• Takeo Spikes, American football linebacker
• Takeo Takagi (武雄), admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy
• Takeo Takahashi (丈夫), Japanese animation director
• Takeo Uesugi (上杉武夫), Japanese-American landscape architect
• Takeo Yasuda (武雄), general in the Imperial Japanese Army
• Takeo Yoshikawa (猛夫), Japanese spy

Fictional characters with the given name Takeo

• Takeo Saeki (武男), software developer
• Takeo Masaki, character in Call of Duty: World at War – Zombies
• Otori Takeo, main character in the Tales of the Otori series by Lian Hearn
• Takeo, mascot for the Nekocon anime convention

References

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