Takao (written: 貴男, 貴雄, 隆男, 隆雄, 隆夫, 高生, 孝男, 孝雄, 孝夫, 孝生, 孝朗, 京夫 or たかお in hiragana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
Takao Abe (阿部 孝夫) (born 1943), Japanese politician
Takao Aoki (青木 たかお), Japanese manga artist
Takao Doi (土井 隆雄) (born 1954), Japanese astronaut
Takao Fujii (藤井 孝男) (born 1943), Japanese politician
Takao Fujinami (藤波 孝生) (1932–2007), Japanese politician
Takao Horiuchi (堀内 孝雄) (born 1949), Japanese singer
Takao Isokawa (born 1984), Japanese sport wrestler
Takao Kajimoto (梶本 隆夫) (1935–2006), Japanese baseball player
Takao Kawaguchi (川口 孝夫) (born 1950), Japanese judoka
Takao Kisugi (来生 たかお) (born 1950), Japanese singer and composer
Takao Kitabata, Japanese civil servant
Takao Kobayashi (小林 隆男) (born 1961), Japanese astronomer
Takao Koyama (小山 高生) (born 1948), Japanese screenwriter and writer
Takao Kuwamoto (桑元 孝雄) (born 1970), Japanese baseball player
Takao Makino (牧野 京夫) (born 1959), Japanese politician
Takao Nakano (中野 貴雄) (born 1962), Japanese film director, screenwriter and actor
Takao Nishiyama (西山 孝朗) (born 1940), Japanese footballer
Takao Nogami (born 1971), Japanese golfer
Takao Obana (尾花 高夫) (born 1957), Japanese baseball player and manager
Takao Ochi (越智 隆雄) (born 1964), Japanese politician
Takao Oishi (大石 隆夫) (born 1964), Japanese footballer
Takao Okawara (大河原 孝夫) (born 1949), Japanese film director
Takao Omori (大森 隆男) (born 1969), Japanese professional wrestler
Takao Osawa (大沢 たかお) (born 1968), Japanese actor
Takao Saito (斎藤 隆夫) (born 1936), Japanese manga artist
Saitō Takao (斎藤 隆夫) (1870–1949), Japanese politician
Takao Saito (cinematographer) (斎藤 孝雄) (born 1920), Japanese cinematographer
Takao Sakamoto (阪本 孝男) (born 1958), Japanese high jumper
Takao Sakurai (桜井 孝雄) (1941–2012), Japanese boxer
Takao Suzuki (鈴木 貴男) (born 1976), Japanese tennis player
Takao Suzuki (sociolinguist) (鈴木 孝夫) (born 1926), Japanese sociolinguist
Takao Tanabe (born 1926), Canadian painter
Takao Wada (born 1953), Japanese racing driver
Takao Watanabe (渡辺 孝男) (born 1950), Japanese politician
Takao Yamauchi (born 1978), Japanese footballer
Takao (written: 高雄 or 高尾) is also a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Erika Takao (高雄 恵利加) (born 1987), Japanese tennis player
Shinji Takao (高尾 紳路) (born 1976), Japanese Go player
See also Takao-class cruiser, a World War II-era Japanese warship class.
