Takei

Takei (written: 武井) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

* Emi Takei (born 1993), Japanese actress, fashion model, and singer
* Esther Takei Nishio (1925–2019), selected as a "test case" as the first World War II internee of Japanese descent to return from camp and enroll in a California university
* George Takei (born 1937), American actor
* Hideyuki Takei (竹井 秀行, born 1970), Japanese pole vaulter
* Hiroyuki Takei (born 1972), Japanese manga writer
* Kei Takei (武井 慧, born 1946), Japanese dancer
* Koji Takei (born 1990), Japanese water polo player
* Morishige Takei (武井 守成, 1890–1949), Japanese classical mandolinist
* Naoya Takei (武井 直也, 1893–1940), Japanese sculptor
* Sō Takei (born 1973), Japanese tarento and former track and field athlete
* Takuya Takei (born 1986), Japanese football player
* Tokiji Takei (1903–1991), Japanese poet
* Yasuo Takei (1930–2006), the founder and former chairman of Takefuji

## Fictional characters

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* Junko Takei, a character in the media franchise Strike Witches

## See also

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* 7307 Takei, a main-belt asteroid

Surname list

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