Takao (name)

Takao

Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used

Takao (written: 貴男, 貴雄, 隆男, 隆雄, 隆夫, 高男, 高生, 孝男, 孝雄, 孝夫, 孝生, 孝朗, 京夫 or たかお in hiragana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Takao Abe (阿部 孝夫, born 1943), Japanese politician
• Takao Aoki (青木 たかお), Japanese manga artist
• Takao Doi (土井 隆雄, born 1954), Japanese astronaut
• Takao Fujii (藤井 孝男, born 1943), Japanese politician
• Takao Fujinami (藤波 孝生, 1932–2007), Japanese politician
• Takao Hikigi (引木 孝夫, born 1944), Japanese ice hockey player
• Takao Horiuchi (堀内 孝雄, born 1949), Japanese singer
• Takao Isokawa (born 1984), Japanese sport wrestler
• Takao Ito (伊藤 高男, born 1952), Japanese ski jumper
• Takao Kajimoto (梶本 隆夫, 1935–2006), Japanese baseball player
• Takao Kawaguchi (川口 孝夫, born 1950), Japanese judoka
• Takao Kisugi (来生 たかお, born 1950), Japanese singer and composer
• Takao Kitabata (北畑 隆生), Japanese civil servant
• Takao Kobayashi (小林 隆男, born 1961), Japanese astronomer
• Takao Kogo (向後 隆男, born 1941), Japanese rower
• Takao Koyama (小山 高生, born 1948), Japanese screenwriter and writer
• Takao Kuwamoto (桑元 孝雄, born 1970), Japanese baseball player
• Takao Makino (牧野 京夫, born 1959), Japanese politician
• Takao Nakano (中野 貴雄, born 1962), Japanese film director, screenwriter and actor
• Takao Nishiyama (西山 孝朗, born 1940), Japanese footballer
• Takao Nogami (born 1971), Japanese golfer
• Takao Obana (尾花 高夫, born 1957), Japanese baseball player and manager
• Takao Ochi (越智 隆雄, born 1964), Japanese politician
• Takao Oishi (大石 隆夫, born 1964), Japanese footballer
• Takao Okawara (大河原 孝夫, born 1949), Japanese film director
• Takao Omori (大森 隆男, born 1969), Japanese professional wrestler
• Takao Osawa (大沢 たかお, born 1968), Japanese actor
• Takao Saito (斎藤 隆夫, born 1936), Japanese manga artist
• Saitō Takao (politician) (斎藤 隆夫, 1870–1949), Japanese politician
• Takao Saito (cinematographer) (斎藤 孝雄, born 1920), Japanese cinematographer
• Takao Sakai (堺 孝夫, born 1959), Japanese bobsledder
• Takao Sakamoto (阪本 孝男, born 1958), Japanese high jumper
• Takao Sakurai (桜井 孝雄, 1941–2012), Japanese boxer
• Takao Suzuki (鈴木 貴男, born 1976), Japanese tennis player
• Takao Suzuki (sociolinguist) (鈴木 孝夫, born 1926), Japanese sociolinguist
• Takao Tanabe (born 1926), Canadian painter
• Takao Wada (born 1953), Japanese racing driver
• Takao Watanabe (渡辺 孝男, born 1950), Japanese politician
• Takao Yamauchi (山内 貴雄, born 1978), Japanese footballer
• Takao Yoshioka (吉岡たかを), Japanese screenwriter

Takao (written: 高雄 or 高尾) is also a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Erika Takao (高雄 恵利加, born 1987), Japanese tennis player
• Shinji Takao (高尾 紳路, born 1976), Japanese Go player
• Soma Takao (高尾 蒼馬, born 1988), Japanese professional wrestler

Fictional characters

• Takao Kinomiya, a character from the anime series Beyblade

See also

• Japanese ship Takao