List of Famous people named Takeda

Takeda Shingen , of Kai Province, was a pre-eminent daimyō in feudal Japan with exceptional military prestige in the late stage of the Sengoku period. Shingen had been a warlord of great domestic skill and competent military leadership. He was a complicated figure, at times utterly cruel.

Takeda Katsuyori was a Japanese daimyō of the Sengoku period, who was famed as the head of the Takeda clan and the successor to the legendary warlord Takeda Shingen.

Takeda Kōunsai was a Japanese samurai from Mito Domain and councillor to the daimyō of Mito Domain, Tokugawa Nariaki, in Bakumatsu period Japan. He became the leader of the Mito Rebellion and was executed by the Tokugawa shogunate with a large number of his followers shortly before the Meiji Restoration.

Takeda Yoshinobu was a Japanese daimyō of the Sengoku period. Born Takeda Tarō, he was the son of Takeda Shingen, by Shingen's wife, Lady Sanjō . He came of age in 1550, and took the formal name of Yoshinobu, receiving the "yoshi" from the 13th Ashikaga shōgun, Ashikaga Yoshiteru. In 1552, to further Takeda-Imagawa ties, he married a daughter of Imagawa Yoshimoto. While Yoshinobu served for a time as lord of the Takeda clan, he rebelled against his father, and was captured and imprisoned together with Obu Toramasa. This is because Yoshinobu objected to invasion of Suruga. Yoshinobu committed suicide by seppuku. Yoshinobu's nephew Nobukatsu replaced him as lord of the Takeda clan who also was responsible for his death.

Takeda Kanryūsai was the captain of the fifth unit of the Shinsengumi, a special police force for the Tokugawa regime.

Takeda Nobutora was a Japanese daimyō who controlled the Province of Kai, and fought in a number of battles of the Sengoku period. He was the father of the famous Takeda Shingen,

Takeda Nobushige was a samurai of Japan's Sengoku period, and younger brother of Takeda Shingen. Takeda Nobushige held the favor of their father, and was meant to inherit the Takeda lands, wealth and power, becoming head of the clan. However, Shingen rebelled against their father and seized the lands and power for himself.

Takeda Nobuyoshi was a samurai lord of the late Heian and early Kamakura period. He was the founder of the Takeda clan and the father of Ichijō Tadayori. He was also known as Takeda Tarō.

Takeda Nobukado was a Japanese samurai warrior of the Sengoku period. He was known as one of the "Twenty-Four Generals of Takeda Shingen".