Takaya (name)

Takaya is both a Japanese surname and a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

As surname
  • Hiroyuki Takaya (高谷 裕之, born 1977), a Japanese mixed martial artist
  • Natsuki Takaya (高屋 奈月, born 1973), the pen name of a Japanese manga artist best known for creating the series Fruits Basket
  • Yoshiki Takaya (高屋 良樹, born 1960), a Japanese manga artist best known for creating the series Guyver

As given name
  • Takaya Imamura, co-director of the Nintendo 3DS game Tank Troopers
  • Takaya Ishikawa (石川 昂弥, born 2001), Japanese baseball player
  • Takaya Kamikawa (上川 隆也, born 1965), a Japanese actor
  • Kotofuji Takaya (琴富士 孝也, born 1964, as Takaya Kobayashi), a former Japanese sumo wrestler
  • Takaya Kuroda (黒田 崇矢, born 1965), a Japanese actor and voice actor
  • Takaya Kurokawa (黒河 貴矢, born 1981), a retired Japanese football player who last played for Albirex Niigata and who was part of the Japanese 2004 Olympic football team
  • Takaya Osanai (小山内 貴哉, born 1993), Japanese footballer
  • Takaya Tsubobayashi (born 1971), a Japanese race car driver

Fictional characters
  • Takaya Aiba, the main character of the anime series Tekkaman Blade (released as Teknoman in the United States and Australia, with the character's name changed to "Nick Carter")
  • Takaya Mizushima, a character in the manga and anime series Shadow Star (known as Narutaru in Japan)
  • Takaya Sakaki, an antagonist in Persona 3
  • Takaya Noriko, one of the main female character of Gainax series "Gunbuster"
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