Takeo (given name)

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

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.

Takeo is also a spoken word in the language of the mid to late dynasty of Inca with the meaning: not yours. It was observed in a border dispute. The spoken word was incorporated in the lexicon with the written example so far not recorded.

Kanji

Takeo can be written using different kanji and can mean:

• 武夫, "military husband"
• 武雄, "military masculinity"
• 猛雄, "fierce masculinity"
• 健男, "healthy man"
• 健雄, "healthy masculinity"

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, born 1938), professional Go player
• Takeo Arishima (武郎, 1878–1923), Japanese novelist
• Takeo Daigo (醍醐 猛夫, 1938–2019), Japanese baseball player
• Takeo Doi (健郎, 1920–2009), Japanese psychoanalyst
• Takeo Fukuda (赳夫, 1905–1995), 67th Prime Minister of Japan
• Takeo Fukui (威夫, born 1944), president and CEO of Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
• Takeo Hatanaka (武夫, 1914–1963), Japanese astronomer
• Takeo Hirose (武夫, 1868–1904), officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy
• Takeo Itō (武夫, 1889–1965), general in the Imperial Japanese Army
• Takeo Kajiwara (武雄, 1923–2009), Japanese professional Go player
• Takeo Kanade (武雄, born 1945), Japanese researcher in Computer Vision
• Takeo Kawamura (丈夫, born 1972), Japanese professional baseball player
• Takeo Kawamura (建夫, born 1942), Japanese politician
• Takeo Kikuchi (武夫, born 1939), Japanese industrial and fashion designer
• Takeo Kimura (木村 威夫, 1918–2010), Japanese filmmaker
• Takeo Kurita (健男, 1889–1977), vice-admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy
• Takeo Miki (武夫, 1907–1988), 66th Prime Minister of Japan
• Takeo Miratsu (健雄, 1960–2006), Japanese video game and Anime composer
• Takeo Nishioka (武夫, 1936–2011), Japanese politician
• Takeo Otsuka (武生, born 1966), Japanese professional wrestler
• Takeo Shimotori (霜鳥 武雄, born 1928), Japanese sport wrestler
• Takeo Shiota (1881–1943), Japanese-American landscape architect
• Takeo Spikes (born 1976), American football linebacker
• Takeo Sugawara (菅原 武男, born 1938), Japanese hammer thrower
• Takeo Sugiyama (杉山 武雄, born 1933), Japanese basketball player
• Takeo Takagi (武雄, 1892–1944), admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy
• Takeo Takahashi (丈夫), Japanese animation director
• Takeo Uesugi (上杉武夫, 1940–2016), Japanese-American landscape architect
• Takeo Yamaguchi (山口 長男, 1902–1983), Japanese painter
• Takeo Yano, Japanese judoka
• Takeo Yasuda (武雄, 1889–1964), general in the Imperial Japanese Army
• Takeo Yoshikawa (猛夫, 1914–1993), Japanese spy

Fictional characters with the given name Takeo

• Takeo Saeki (剛雄), software developer
• Takeo Masaki, character in Call of Duty zombies series
• Otori Takeo, main character in the Tales of the Otori series by Lian Hearn
• Takeo Gōda (剛田 猛男), main character from the manga series, My Love Story!! by Kazune Kawahara.
• Takeo, mascot for the Nekocon anime convention
• Takeo Ishiyama, supporting character of Code Lyoko in which he is father of dutiful Lyoko warrior Yumi Ishiyama
• Takeo Sasaki, in the Marvel anime miniseries of X-Men the only child of Dr. Yui Sasaki and the immensely powerful telepath Charles Xavier
• Takeo Kumagami (熊耳武緒), character in Patlabor. A member of Section 2, Division 2, Team 2. Voiced by: Keiko Yokozawa