Takashi (たかし, タカシ) is a masculine Japanese given name.

The name Takashi can have multiple different meanings depending on which kanji is used to write it. Some possible writings of the name include:

• 隆 - "prosperous noble"
• 喬士 - "high, boasting, samurai, gentleman"
• 崇史 - "adore, revere, chronicler, history"
• 孝 - "filial piety, serve parents"
• 貴志
• 敬

Takashi can also be written in hiragana and/or katakana:

• タカシ (katakana)
• たかし (hiragana)

• Takashi Abe (阿部 隆, born 1967), Japanese shogi player
• Takashi Akatsuka (赤塚 隆, born 1973), Japanese rugby union player
• Takashi Amano (天野 尚, 1954–2015), Japanese photographer, aquarist and designer
• Takashi Aonishi (青西 高嗣), Japanese music artist
• Takashi Asahina (朝比奈 隆, 1908–2001), Japanese conductor
• Takashi Dekita (出耒田 敬, born 1991), Japanese volleyball player
• Takashi Fujii (藤井 隆, born 1972), Japanese singer and comedian
• Takashi Hagino (萩野 崇, born 1973), Japanese actor
• Takashi Hara (原 敬, 1856–1921), Japanese politician and Prime Minister of Japan
• Takashi Hara (artist) (ハラタカシ, born 1983), Japanese contemporary artist
• Takashi Hasegawa, Japanese electrical engineer and programmer
• Takashi Hashiguchi (橋口 たかし, born 1967), Japanese manga artist
• Takashi Hikino (曳野 孝), Japanese economist and educator
• Takashi Hiraide (平出 隆, born 1950), Japanese poet and critic
• Takashi Hirose (広瀬 隆, born 1943), Japanese writer
• Takashi "Halo" Hirose (died 2002), American swimmer
• Takashi "Taka" Hirose (born 1967), Japanese musician and chef
• Takashi Iizuka (game designer) (飯塚 隆, born 1970), Japanese video game director and designer
• Takashi Ikenaga (池永 天志, born 1993), Japanese shogi player
• Takashi Ikenoue (池ノ上 孝司, born 1955), Japanese handball player
• Takashi Inoue (井之上 隆志, 1960–2017), Japanese actor
• Takashi Inoue (author) (井之上 喬, born 1944), Japanese public relations practitioner, scholar and theorist
• Takashi Inukai (犬養 孝, 1907–1998), Japanese literature academic
• Takashi Ishii (film director) (石井 隆, born 1946), Japanese film director, screenwriter and manga artist
• Takashi Ishii (baseball) (石井 貴, born 1971), Japanese baseball pitcher and coach
• Takashi Ishimoto (石本 隆, 1935–2009), a Japanese swimmer
• Takashi Ito (伊藤 隆, born 1970), Japanese kickboxer
• Takashi Itoyama (糸山 隆司, born 1936), Japanese basketball player
• Takashi Kakihara (垣原 隆司, born 1937), Japanese ice hockey player
• Takashi Kanezawa (金沢 孝史, born 1973), Japanese shogi player
• Takashi Kato (加藤 嵩士, born 1989), Japanese handball player
• Takashi Kawamura (politician) (河村 たかし, born 1948), Japanese politician
• Takashi Kawano (河野 貴志, born 1996), Japanese footballer
• Takashi Kimura (disambiguation), multiple people
• Takashi Koizumi (小泉 堯史, born 1955), Japanese film director
• Takashi Koshimoto (越本 隆志, born 1971), Japanese boxer
• Takashi Maruyama (丸山 孝, born 1953), Japanese volleyball player
• Masuda Takashi (益田 孝, 1848–1938), Japanese industrialist, investor, and art collector
• Takashi Masuda (computer scientist) (益田 隆司, born 1939), Japanese computer scientist
• Takashi Masuda (basketball) (増田 貴史, born 1940), Japanese basketball player
• Takashi Matsuhashi (松橋 高司, born 1932), Japanese cross-country skier
• Takashi Matsumoto (disambiguation), multiple people
• Takashi Matsunaga (松永 貴志, born 1986), Japanese jazz pianist
• Takashi Matsuoka, Japanese-American writer
• Takashi Miike (三池 崇史, born 1960), Japanese filmmaker
• Takashi Mizuno (水野 隆, born 1931), Japanese footballer
• Takashi Mizunuma (水沼 貴史, born 1960), Japanese footballer and manager
• Takashi Murakami (村上 隆, born 1962), Japanese contemporary artist
• Takashi Murayama (村山 隆志, born 1951), Japanese rower
• Takashi Nagai (永井 隆, 1908–1951), Japanese physician and survivor of the Nagasaki bombing
• Takashi Nagasaki (長崎 尚志, born 1954), Japanese author, manga writer and former editor of manga
• Takashi Nagasako (長嶝 高士, born 1964), Japanese voice actor
• Takashi Nagatsuka (長塚 節, 1879–1915), Japanese novelist and poet
• Takashi Nagayasu (長安 豊, born 1968), Japanese politician
• Takashi Nakakura (中蔵 隆志, born 1977), Japanese mixed martial artist
• Takashi Nakamura (中村 たかし, born 1995), Japanese animator, and anime director
• Takashi Narita (成田 貴志, born 1969), Japanese former volleyball player
• Takashi Niigaki (新垣 隆, born 1970), Japanese music teacher
• Takashi Okamura (disambiguation), multiple people
• Takashi Ono (小野 喬, born 1931), Japanese gymnast
• Takashi Onozuka (小野塚 貴志, born 1974), Japanese voice actor
• Takashi Ozaki (尾崎 隆, 1952–2011), Japanese mountaineer
• Takashi Saito (斎藤 隆, born 1970), Japanese baseball player
• Takashi Saito (footballer) (齋藤 恭志, born 1993), Japanese footballer
• Takashi Saito (c. 1990 - 2007), sumo wrestler who died due to injuries sustained in the Tokitsukaze stable hazing scandal
• Takashi Sakai (酒井 隆, 1887–1946), Japanese general
• Takashi Shimizu (清水 崇, born 1972), Japanese filmmaker
• Takashi Shimoda (下田 崇, born 1975), Japanese footballer
• Takashi Shimura (志村 喬, 1905–1982), Japanese actor
• Takashi Sorimachi (反町 隆史, born 1973), Japanese singer and actor
• Takashi Tamura (田村 孝, born 1961), Japanese sailor
• Takashi Tsuburai (粒来 敬詞, born 1951), Japanese ice hockey player
• Takashi Uemoto (上本 崇司, born 1990), Japanese baseball player
• Takashi Umeda (梅田 高志, born 1976), Japanese footballer
• Takashi Umezawa (梅澤 貴史, born 1972), Japanese footballer
• Takashi Watanabe (渡部 高志, born 1957), Japanese anime director
• Takashi Yamaguchi (山口 隆, born 1953), Japanese architect
• Takashi Yamaguchi (actor) (山口 崇, born 1936), Japanese actor
• Takashi Yanase, author of the picture book series Anpanman
• Takashi Yokoyama (swimmer) (横山 隆志, 1913–1945), Japanese swimmer
• Takashi Yokoyama (water polo) (横山 隆, born 1940), Japanese water polo player
• Takashi Yoshida (吉田 隆司, born 1982), better known as Cyber Kong, Japanese professional wrestler
• Takashi Yoshida (comedian) (吉田 敬, born 1973), Japanese comedian
• Takashi Yoshimatsu (吉松 隆, born 1953), Japanese composer
• Takashi Yuasa (湯浅 卓, born 1955), Japanese lawyer
• Ichinojō Takashi (逸ノ城 駿, born 1993), Mongolian sumo wrestler

• Takashi Ayanokoji (綾小路 天) a character from Pita Ten
• Takashi Hayase, a character from The Super Dimension Fortress Macross
• Takashi Kawamura (The Prince of Tennis) (河村 隆), a character from The Prince of Tennis
• Takashi Komuro (小室 孝), a character from Highschool of the Dead
• Takashi Kurosawa, a character from The Hitman's Bodyguard
• Takashi Morinozuka (銛之塚 崇) (Mori), a character from Ouran High School Host Club
• Takashi Natsume (夏目 貴志), the title character from Natsume's Book of Friends
• Takashi Ryugasaki (竜ヶ崎 鷹士), a character from Cyber Team in Akihabara
• Takashi 'Shiro' Shirogane, a character from Voltron: Legendary Defender
• Takashi Sone, a character from Haru yo, Koi
• Takashi Takeda, nicknamed "Jumbo" (竹田 隆), a character from Yotsuba&!
• Takashi Yamazaki (山崎 貴史), a character from Cardcaptor Sakura
• Takashi Kovacs, a character from Altered Carbon
• Takashi Mitsuya, a character from Tokyo Revengers
• Takashi Todoroki, a character from Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal
• Takashi, a supporting character who goes by the mutant name Tiger Claw in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles