Takeo
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| Takeo | |
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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