Takao (name)

Takao
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used

Takao (written: 貴男, 貴雄, 隆男, 隆雄, 隆夫, 高生, 孝男, 孝雄, 孝夫, 孝生, 孝朗, 京夫 or たかお in hiragana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Takao Abe (阿部 孝夫) (born 1943), Japanese politician
• Takao Aoki (青木 たかお), Japanese manga artist
• Takao Doi (土井 隆雄) (born 1954), Japanese astronaut
• Takao Fujii (藤井 孝男) (born 1943), Japanese politician
• Takao Fujinami (藤波 孝生) (1932–2007), Japanese politician
• Takao Horiuchi (堀内 孝雄) (born 1949), Japanese singer
• Takao Isokawa (born 1984), Japanese sport wrestler
• Takao Kajimoto (梶本 隆夫) (1935–2006), Japanese baseball player
• Takao Kawaguchi (川口 孝夫) (born 1950), Japanese judoka
• Takao Kisugi (来生 たかお) (born 1950), Japanese singer and composer
• Takao Kitabata, Japanese civil servant
• Takao Kobayashi (小林 隆男) (born 1961), Japanese astronomer
• Takao Koyama (小山 高生) (born 1948), Japanese screenwriter and writer
• Takao Kuwamoto (桑元 孝雄) (born 1970), Japanese baseball player
• Takao Makino (牧野 京夫) (born 1959), Japanese politician
• Takao Nakano (中野 貴雄) (born 1962), Japanese film director, screenwriter and actor
• Takao Nishiyama (西山 孝朗) (born 1940), Japanese footballer
• Takao Nogami (born 1971), Japanese golfer
• Takao Obana (尾花 高夫) (born 1957), Japanese baseball player and manager
• Takao Ochi (越智 隆雄) (born 1964), Japanese politician
• Takao Oishi (大石 隆夫) (born 1964), Japanese footballer
• Takao Okawara (大河原 孝夫) (born 1949), Japanese film director
• Takao Omori (大森 隆男) (born 1969), Japanese professional wrestler
• Takao Osawa (大沢 たかお) (born 1968), Japanese actor
• Takao Saito (斎藤 隆夫) (born 1936), Japanese manga artist
• Saitō Takao (斎藤 隆夫) (1870–1949), Japanese politician
• Takao Saito (cinematographer) (斎藤 孝雄) (born 1920), Japanese cinematographer
• Takao Sakamoto (阪本 孝男) (born 1958), Japanese high jumper
• Takao Sakurai (桜井 孝雄) (1941–2012), Japanese boxer
• Takao Suzuki (鈴木 貴男) (born 1976), Japanese tennis player
• Takao Suzuki (sociolinguist) (鈴木 孝夫) (born 1926), Japanese sociolinguist
• Takao Tanabe (born 1926), Canadian painter
• Takao Wada (born 1953), Japanese racing driver
• Takao Watanabe (渡辺 孝男) (born 1950), Japanese politician
• Takao Yamauchi (born 1978), Japanese footballer

Takao (written: 高雄 or 高尾) is also a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Erika Takao (高雄 恵利加) (born 1987), Japanese tennis player
• Shinji Takao (高尾 紳路) (born 1976), Japanese Go player

See also Takao-class cruiser, a World War II-era Japanese warship class.