is a masculine Japanese given name.

Orthography

Takeru can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

  • 武, "warrior"
  • 猛, "fierce"
  • 健, "health"
  • 尊, "noble"
  • 岳, "mountain"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

Kanji combinations of the name are:

  • 武尊
  • 武瑠
  • 武流
  • 武琉
  • 武留
  • 丈瑠
  • 丈流
  • 丈琉
  • 丈留
  • 尊瑠
  • 尊流
  • 尊琉
  • 尊留

People

  • , Japanese singer from the rock band [[Sug]
  • , Japanese figure skater
  • , Japanese retired baseball player
  • Takeru Higuchi (1918–1987), American chemist
  • , Japanese manga artist
  • , Japanese professional baseball player
  • , Japanese politician and novelist
  • , Japanese footballer
  • , Japanese professional footballer
  • , Japanese male artistic gymnast
  • , Japanese football player
  • , Japanese former competitive eater
  • , Japanese manga artist
  • , Japanese football player
  • , Japanese snowboarder
  • , Japanese professional baseball pitcher
  • , Japanese actor
  • , Japanese kickboxer
  • , Japanese actor and voice actor
  • , Japanese curler
  • , Japanese former professional Canadian football placekicker
  • , Japanese tennis player
  • Yamato Takeru (タケル), legendary Japanese prince

Fictional characters

  • Takeru (aka RedMask), a character in Hikari Sentai Maskman
  • Takeru (タケル), the main character in the Freedom Project by Nissin Cup Noodles
  • Takeru (猛), secondary character from the visual novel, anime and manga Togainu no Chi
  • Takeru Danma, a character known as "The Hatter" in Alice in Borderland, played by Nobuaki Kaneko
  • Takeru Edogawa, a character in the manga series The Devil Does Exist
  • Takeru Fujiwara, a character from Prince of Stride
  • Takeru Homura, a main character in Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS
  • Takeru Ibaraki, a character in the American-Japanese manga Witchblade Takeru
  • Takeru Jakuzure, a character from Garo
  • Takeru Kojo (古城 タケル), a supporting character in Little Battlers Experience WARS
  • Takeru Mizushima (タケル), a character in the Japanese TV drama Last Friends
  • Takeru Ohyama, the main character in the anime and manga series Maken-ki!
  • Takeru Shiba, a character in Samurai Sentai Shinkenger
  • Takeru Shirogane (白銀 武), the main character in the visual novel series Muv-Luv
  • Takeru "T.K." Takaishi (タケル), a character in the anime and manga Digimon
  • Takeru Takemoto (タケル), a character in the anime This Ugly Yet Beautiful World
  • Takeru Teshimine (猛), a character in the anime and manga series GetBackers
  • Takeru Yamato, the main character in the Dragon Knight series of Anime/H-games
  • Takeru Tenkūji, the main character in Kamen Rider Ghost
  • Takeru Tsukumo, a main character in the manga Exoskull Zero
  • Takeru Totsuka, a main character in Kamigami no Asobi

Other uses

  • Takeru: Letter of the Law, an interactive manga
  • Takeru, video game developer and publisher
  • ja:Takeru, software distribution mechanism (sort of 'Copy-on-Demand') by Brother Industries in Japan

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