Takeuchi

Takeuchi (Japanese: 竹内; "within bamboo" or Japanese: 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

• Aina Takeuchi (竹内 愛奈, born 1991), Japanese ice hockey player
• Akari Takeuchi, a Japanese singer and member of girl group S/mileage
• Akira Takeuchi (athlete) (竹内 章, born 1947), Japanese middle-distance runner
• Atsushi Takenouchi (竹之内 淳志, born 1960), Japanese Butoh dancer
• Aya Takeuchi (born 1986), Japanese rugby sevens player
• Esther Sans Takeuchi, materials scientist
• Gaisi Takeuti, a mathematician
• Hiromi Takeuchi (竹内 洋美, born 1966), Japanese speed skater
• Hironori Takeuchi, a Japanese racing driver
• Hirotaka Takeuchi, a professor and knowledge-management author
• Junko Takeuchi, a Japanese voice actress
• Kazuya Takeuchi (竹内 和也, born 1941), Japanese water
• Mariya Takeuchi, a musician
• Minoru Takeuchi, a Japanese volleyball player
• Miyu Takeuchi, a Japanese singer and K-pop idol
• Motoaki Takenouchi, a video game composer
• Naoko Takeuchi (武内 直子, born 1967), Japanese manga artist
• Riki Takeuchi, an actor in the Dead or Alive series of films
• Ryūshin Takeuchi (竹内 龍臣, born 2001), Japanese baseball player
• Takeuchi Rizō, a Japanese historian
• Shigeyo Takeuchi, a Japanese physician
• Shunsuke Takeuchi, a Japanese voice actor
• Tokio Takeuchi (竹内 時男, 1894–1944), Japanese physicist
• Yugo Takeuchi (竹内 雄悟, born 1987), Japanese shogi player
• Yukio Takeuchi, Japanese Supreme Court justice
• Yūko Takeuchi, a television actress
• Yutaka Takenouchi, a 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)

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