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Takeru

Yamato Takeru, the legendary prince of the imperial dynasty
Pronunciation	[ta.ke.ɾɯ]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Region of origin	Japanese
Other names
Related names	Takeo

Takeru (たける, タケル) 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

• Takeru (武瑠; born 1987), Japanese singer from the rock band Sug
• Takeru Amine Kataise (片伊勢武アミン; born 2004), Japanese figure skater
• Takeru Furumoto (古本 武尊; born 1990), Japanese retired baseball player
• Takeru Higuchi (1918–1987), American chemist
• Takeru Hokazono (外薗 健; born 2000), Japanese manga artist
• Takeru Imamura (今村 猛; born 1991), Japanese professional baseball player
• Takeru Inukai (犬養 健; 1896–1960), Japanese politician and novelist
• Takeru Itakura (板倉 洸; born 1998), Japanese footballer
• Takeru Kishimoto (岸本 武流; born 1997), Japanese professional footballer
• Takeru Kitazono (北園 丈琉; born 2002), Japanese male artistic gymnast
• Takeru Kiyonaga (清永 丈瑠; born 1994), Japanese football player
• Takeru Kobayashi (小林 尊; born 1978), Japanese former competitive eater
• Takeru Nagayoshi (永吉 たける; born 1978), Japanese manga artist
• Takeru Okada (岡田 武瑠; born 1994), Japanese football player
• Takeru Otsuka (大塚 健; born 2001), Japanese snowboarder
• Takeru Sasaki (佐々木 健; born 1996), Japanese professional baseball pitcher
• Takeru Satoh (佐藤 健; born 1989), Japanese actor
• Takeru Segawa (世川 武尊; born 1991), Japanese kickboxer
• Takeru Shibaki (柴木 丈瑠; born 1982), Japanese actor and voice actor
• Takeru Yamamoto (山本 遵; born 2006), Japanese curler
• Takeru Yamasaki (佐々木 健; born 1993), Japanese former professional Canadian football placekicker
• Takeru Yuzuki (柚木 武; born 1998), 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