Takeo

Infobox Given Name Revised
name = Takeo


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caption= Takeo Fukuda, the 67th Prime Minister of Japan
pronunciation= Tá-ké-ó
gender = Male
meaning = It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
region =
origin = Japanese
related names =
footnotes = nihongo|Takeo|たけお, タケオ is a common masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

Takeo can be written using different kanji characters 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.

Real people

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

Fictional characters

;with the given name Takeo
*Takeo Saeki (剛雄), a character in the Ju-on/The Grudge saga