Takeuchi

Takeuchi (Template:Langx; "within bamboo" or Template:Langx; "warrior household") is a Japanese surname. It is common in west-central Japan, and is pronounced Takenouchi (Take-no-uchi) by some bearers. The family claims descent from the legendary hero-statesman Takenouchi-no-Sukune, himself supposedly a descendant of the mythical Emperor Kōgen and a counselor to several other emperors, including Emperor Ōjin (late 4th century). Other families such as the Soga clan also claim Takenouchi-no-Sukune as an ancestor. It can also be written as 竹野内.

The Takenouchi-ryū is a koryū tradition founded by Takenouchi Chūnagon Daijō Hisamori in 1532 and is still maintained today by his descendants.

People with the surname

• , Japanese ice hockey player
• , Japanese singer and member of girl group S/mileage
• Akira Takeuchi (disambiguation), multiple people
• , Japanese Butoh dancer
• , Japanese rugby sevens player
• Esther Sans Takeuchi, materials scientist
• , Japanese mathematician
• , Japanese speed skater
• , Japanese racing driver
• , Japanese professor and knowledge-management author
• , Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese water polo player
• , Japanese contemporary composer
• , Japanese singer and songwriter
• , Japanese volleyball player
• , Japanese actress
• , Japanese singer and K-pop idol
• , Japanese video game composer
• , Japanese manga artist
• , an actor in the Dead or Alive series of films
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese historian
• , Japanese physician
• Shion Takeuchi (born 1988), American television writer and creator of the Netflix series Inside Job
• , Japanese voice actor
• , Japanese physicist
• , Japanese shogi player
• , Japanese Supreme Court justice
• , Japanese television actress
• , Japanese television actor
• Takenouchi Tōjūrō Hisatake, 13th sōdenke of Takenouchi-ryū
• Takenouchi Chūnagon Daijō Hisamori, founder of Takenouchi-ryū

Fictional characters

• Sora Takenouchi, in the anime's Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02
• Sora Takeuchi, in the manga and anime Air Gear
• Momoko Takeuchi, in the manga Inubaka
• Rio Takeuchi, a character in the anime Spiral
• Takeuchi Tatsuru, (竹内多鹤) the heroine of the novel and TV drama Auntie Tatsuru (Chinese:小姨多鹤) by Chinese writer Yan Geling (Chinese:严歌苓)
• Itsuki Takeuchi, a character in the manga and anime Initial D

See also

• Crest of the Takeuchi family, a stylized ume blossom
• Takeuchi Manufacturing, a Japanese heavy equipment manufacturer
• Tak, mathematical recursive function named after Ikuo Takeuchi (竹内郁雄)
• The Takeuchi Documents, texts in the Mahikari religious movement