Takeuchi
Takeuchi ({{langx|ja|竹内}}; "within bamboo" or {{langx|ja|武内}}; "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
- {{Nihongo|Aina Takeuchi|竹内 愛奈||born 1991}}, Japanese ice hockey player
- {{Nihongo|Akari Takeuchi|竹内 朱莉||born 1997}}, Japanese singer and member of girl group S/mileage
- Akira Takeuchi (disambiguation), multiple people
- {{Nihongo|Atsushi Takenouchi|竹之内 淳志|born 1960}}, Japanese Butoh dancer
- {{Nihongo|Aya Takeuchi|竹内 亜弥||born 1986}}, Japanese rugby sevens player
- Esther Sans Takeuchi, materials scientist
- {{Nihongo|Gaisi Takeuti|竹内 外史||1926–2017}}, Japanese mathematician
- {{Nihongo|Hiromi Takeuchi|竹内 洋美||born 1966}}, Japanese speed skater
- {{Nihongo|Hironori Takeuchi|竹内 浩典||born 1964}}, Japanese racing driver
- {{Nihongo|Hirotaka Takeuchi|竹内 弘高||born 1946}}, Japanese professor and knowledge-management author
- {{Nihongo|Junko Takeuchi|竹内 順子||born 1972}}, Japanese voice actress
- {{Nihongo|Kazuya Takeuchi|竹内 和也||born 1941}}, Japanese water polo player
- {{Nihongo|Marika Takeuchi|竹内 まりか||born 1987}}, Japanese contemporary composer
- {{Nihongo|Mariya Takeuchi|竹内 まりや||born 1955}}, Japanese singer and songwriter
- {{Nihongo|Minoru Takeuchi|竹内 実||born 1971}}, Japanese volleyball player
- {{Nihongo|Mio Takeuchi|竹内 実生||born 1985}}, Japanese actress
- {{Nihongo|Miyu Takeuchi|竹内 美宥||born 1996}}, Japanese singer and K-pop idol
- {{Nihongo|Motoaki Takenouchi|武内 基朗||born 1967}}, Japanese video game composer
- {{Nihongo|Naoko Takeuchi|武内 直子||born 1967}}, Japanese manga artist
- {{Nihongo|Riki Takeuchi|竹内 力||born 1964}}, an actor in the Dead or Alive series of films
- {{Nihongo|Ryūshin Takeuchi|竹内 龍臣||born 2001}}, Japanese baseball player
- {{Nihongo|Takeuchi Rizō|竹内 理三||1907–1997}}, Japanese historian
- {{Nihongo|Shigeyo Takeuchi|竹内 茂代||1881–1975}}, Japanese physician
- Shion Takeuchi (born 1988), American television writer and creator of the Netflix series Inside Job
- {{Nihongo|Shunsuke Takeuchi|武内 駿輔||born 1997}}, Japanese voice actor
- {{Nihongo|Tokio Takeuchi|竹内 時男||1894–1944}}, Japanese physicist
- {{Nihongo|Yugo Takeuchi|竹内 雄悟||born 1987}}, Japanese shogi player
- {{Nihongo|Yukio Takeuchi|竹内 行夫||born 1943}}, Japanese Supreme Court justice
- {{Nihongo|Yūko Takeuchi|竹内 結子||1980–2020}}, Japanese television actress
- {{Nihongo|Yutaka Takenouchi|竹野内 豊||born 1971}}, 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
- [http://www2.una.edu/Takeuchi/DrT_Jpn_Culture_files/ume2.gif 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
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