Takamine

Takamine (高峰 or 高嶺) is a Japanese family name, translated literally as high ridge or high peak. It may refer to:

Company

• Takamine (guitar manufacturer), Japanese acoustic guitar manufacturer founded in 1962 and based in Nakatsugawa, Japan.

Locations

• Mount Takamine, a mountain in Japan.

People

• Gō Takamine (1948-), Japanese film director
• Hideko Takamine (1924-2010), Japanese film actress
• Takamine Hideo (1854-1910), Japanese educator
• Jōkichi Takamine (1854-1922), Japanese chemist
• Takamine Tokumei (1653-1738), Japanese surgeon
• Takamine Toshio (1885–1959), Japanese physicist

Fictional characters

• Kiyo Takamine, a character in the manga series Zatch Bell!
• Noa Takamine, a character in the video game The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls: Starlight Stage
• Tsukasa Takamine, a character in the anime television series Sasami: Magical Girls Club

See also

• Epinephrine, by trade name Takamine