Cunning Takeyama

{{short description|Japanese tarento, comedian and actor (born 1971)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Cunning Takeyama

| native_name = カンニング竹山

| native_name_lang = ja

| birth_name = Takanori Takeyama{{cite web|url=http://id.ndl.go.jp/auth/ndlna/00999020|title=カンニング竹山|work=Web NDL Authorities|language=ja|publisher=National Diet Library|accessdate=25 Feb 2017}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|3|30|df=yes}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sunmusic.org/profile/cunning_takeyama.html|title=カンニング竹山 Sun Music Group Official Web Site|language=ja|accessdate=25 Feb 2017|archive-date=25 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125021406/http://www.sunmusic.org/profile/cunning_takeyama.html|url-status=dead}}

| birth_place = Jōnan-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/airtravel/SEB201011100051.html|title=カンニング竹山さん、県観光ＰＲ役に「隅々まで紹介」|work=Asahi Shimbun|language=ja|publisher=The Asahi Shimbun Company|date=11 Nov 2010|accessdate=25 Feb 2017}}

| nationality = Japanese

| other_names = {{nihongo|Take-chan|竹ちゃん}}

| education = Fukuoka Prefecture Hayasara High School

| occupation = {{hlist|Comedian|actor}}

| years_active = 1990–present

| agent = Sun Music Production

| notable_works = Tamao Akae: Tama musubi

| style = {{hlist|Kire-gei|ijirare-gei|reaction-gei|propaganda}}

| television = {{ubl|Current|{{hlist|Knight Scoop|Sun Music Get Live|Sekai Seifuku! Takeyama Juku}}|Former|{{hlist|Tora no Mon|Takeyama-sensei?|Warai no Kin Medal|Masahiro Nakai no Black Comedy|Kanjani no Shiwake Eight}}}}

| partner = {{hlist|Kenbo Tanaka (Tābō Kenbō){{cite web|last1=Yoshimura|first1=Tomoki|date=Jul 2004|url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/custom?q=cache:A5ft05YK4P8J:http://mixi.jp/view_bbs.pl?comm_id=62763&id=264362|title=mixi 過去原稿|work=Gokuh|language=ja|accessdate=25 Feb 2017|archive-date=7 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151207055231/https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/custom?q=cache:A5ft05YK4P8J:http://mixi.jp/view_bbs.pl?comm_id=62763&id=264362|url-status=dead}}|Tadayuki Nakashima{{cite web|url=http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2015/02/22/kiji/K20150222009855170.html|title=カンニング竹山 亡き相方に感謝「出会わなかったら今の僕もない」|work=Sports Nippon|language=ja|date=22 Feb 2015|accessdate=25 Feb 2017}} (Cunning)}}

| website = {{official website|http://www.sunmusic.org/profile/cunning_takeyama.html|Official profile}}

| image = Takanori Takeyama.jpg

}}

{{nihongo|Cunning Takeyama{{cite web|url=http://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/9417211/|title=カンニング竹山が「芸能人の美談はほぼデマ」と暴露|work=Livedoor News|language=ja|publisher=Line|date=30 Oct 2014|accessdate=25 Feb 2017}}|カンニング竹山|Kanningu Takeyama|born 30 March 1971}} is a Japanese tarento, comedian and actor.

Takeyama performed boke in the comedy duo Cunning and is known for his often "angry" persona while at the same time being an "easy to tease" character. His real name and former stage name in the duo is {{nihongo|Takanori Takeyama|竹山 隆範|Takeyama Takanori}}.

Takeyama is also known for his fandom of American football, National Football League and the Green Bay Packers.