Famous People with Name Takeo

Takeo Hatanaka            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Takeo Hatanaka: was a Japanese astronomer.The crater Hatanaka on the Moon is named after him.

Takeo Fujisawa            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Takeo Fujisawa: a Japanese businessman who worked for Honda. He worked with Soichiro Honda from the beginning of the history of the company until the company became a worldwide car manufacturer. It is said that actual Honda business was operated by Fujisawa.

Takeo Arishima            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Takeo Arishima: was a novelist, short-story writer and essayist during the late Meiji and Taisho periods. His two younger brothers, Ikuma Arishima (?????) and Ton Satomi (????) were also authors.After he graduated from the Gakushuin at age 19, he entered the Sapporo Agricultural College (the present-day Faculty of Agriculture at Hokkaido University). During his studies at the university, he attempted suicide with Kokichi Morimoto (?????). The suicide failed, and Arishima subsequently became influenced by Uchimura Kanzo and became a Christian in 1901. Morimoto later went on to establish several women's schools around Japan.

Takeo Kawamura            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Takeo Kawamura: a professional baseball player from Yamato, Kanagawa, Japan. He is a pitcher for the Yokohama BayStars.Kawamura won 17 games in 1999 as a starter, and became a reliever in 2004. He marked a 2.31 ERA in 2005, and returned to the starting rotation in 2007.He won a silver medal playing for the Japanese national team in the 1996 Summer Olympics before entering the Japanese professional leagues.

Takeo Ando            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Takeo Ando: a professional Go player.Takeo served as the chief director of the Japanese go organization, the Nihon Ki-in, for many years up until his retirement in 2000. He is known for being the teacher of many strong players including Norimoto Yoda. Cho Sonjin, Tomomi Nakaonoda, and Kanda Ei. Takeo's other pupils include Arimura Hiroshi, Tominaga Takeshi, and Yamada Takuji.

Fujinokawa Takeo            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Fujinokawa Takeo: is a former sumo wrestler from Otofuke, Hokkaido, Japan. He made his professional debut in May 1961 and reached a highest rank of sekiwake in May 1967. He was a runner-up in two top division (makuuchi) tournaments, finishing three wins behind Tamanoshima