List of Famous people named Takeshi

Takeshi Kitano is a Japanese comedian, television presenter, actor, filmmaker, and author. While he is known primarily as a comedian and TV host in his native Japan, he is better known abroad for his work as a filmmaker, actor and TV host. With the exception of his works as a film director, he is known almost exclusively by the stage name Beat Takeshi .

Takeshi Kaneshiro is a Japanese-Taiwanese actor and singer. He has worked with some of the most renowned directors in East Asia, namely, Wong Kar Wai, Peter Chan, Zhang Yimou and John Woo. Takeshi is also well known in the game industry for being the video game modeled character of Samanosuke Akechi in Onimusha series.

Takeshi Koba is now the manager of Tokyo International University's baseball team and was formerly a professional baseball player and manager in Japan.

Takeshi Aikoh is a retired Nippon Professional Baseball player who played for the Lotte Orions and the Chunichi Dragons.

Takeshi Nakamura is a Japanese former professional baseball catcher. He played for the Chunichi Dragons, Yokohama Baystars and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.

Takeshi Noda is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet.

Takeshi Kobayashi , is a Japanese keyboardist, lyricist, composer, arranger, and record producer.

Takeshi Obata is a Japanese manga artist that usually works as the illustrator in collaboration with a writer. He first gained international attention for Hikaru no Go (1998–2003) with Yumi Hotta, but is better known for Death Note (2003–2006) and Bakuman (2008–2012) with Tsugumi Ohba. Obata has mentored several well-known manga artists, including Nobuhiro Watsuki of Rurouni Kenshin fame, Black Cat creator Kentaro Yabuki, and Eyeshield 21 artist Yusuke Murata.

Takeshi Tomizawa is a Japanese comedian and actor. He performs boke in the double act Sandwichman.

Takeshi Iwaya is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. He served as the Minister of Defense from 2 October 2018 to 11 September 2019.