Famous People with Name Taku

Oe Taku            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Oe Taku: was a samurai, bureaucrat, politician, entrepreneur and social activist in the late Meiji and Taisho period Empire of Japan. He is noted as one of the more progressive figures of the early Meiji period, although his record is complex. His wife was the younger daughter of Goto Shojiro.Oe was born in Hata District, Tosa Domain, what is now Otsuki, Kochi. He grew up in Nagasaki, but towards the end of the Bakumatsu period returned to his native Tosa to join the Rikuentai, a paramilitary group of Tosa samurai supporting the Sonno joi movement and dedicated to the overthrow of the Tokugawa shogunate. His fellow members included Sakamoto Ryoma, Nakaoka Shintaro and Mutsu Munemitsu. In 1868, he participated in an attack against the foreign consulates in Kobe.

Dan Takuma            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Dan Takuma: was a Japanese businessman who was Director-General of Mitsui, one of the leading Japanese zaibatsu (family conglomerates). He was a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was married to the younger sister of statesman Kaneko Kentaro.Dan favored the cultivation of closer relations between Japan and the Western powers. In 1921, he led the Japanese Businessmen's Mission, in which a group of Japanese business leaders visited the United States, Great Britain, and France to discuss bilateral economic issues and to promote personal ties with businesspeople of those countries.

Nanako Takushi            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Nanako Takushi: a J-pop singer from Okinawa, Japan, and an original member of the group Super Monkey's. After the group disbanded, she formed the group MAX with other Super Monkey's vocalists.