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 politicianTakao Aoki (青木 たかお), Japanese manga artistTakao Doi (土井 隆雄) (born 1954), Japanese astronautTakao Fujii (藤井 孝男) (born 1943), Japanese politicianTakao Fujinami (藤波 孝生) (1932–2007), Japanese politicianTakao Horiuchi (堀内 孝雄) (born 1949), Japanese singerTakao Isokawa (born 1984), Japanese sport wrestlerTakao Kajimoto (梶本 隆夫) (1935–2006), Japanese baseball playerTakao Kawaguchi (川口 孝夫) (born 1950), Japanese judokaTakao Kisugi (来生 たかお) (born 1950), Japanese singer and composerTakao Kitabata, Japanese civil servantTakao Kobayashi (小林 隆男) (born 1961), Japanese astronomerTakao Koyama (小山 高生) (born 1948), Japanese screenwriter and writerTakao Kuwamoto (桑元 孝雄) (born 1970), Japanese baseball playerTakao Makino (牧野 京夫) (born 1959), Japanese politicianTakao Nakano (中野 貴雄) (born 1962), Japanese film director, screenwriter and actorTakao Nishiyama (西山 孝朗) (born 1940), Japanese footballerTakao Nogami (born 1971), Japanese golferTakao Obana (尾花 高夫) (born 1957), Japanese baseball player and managerTakao Ochi (越智 隆雄) (born 1964), Japanese politicianTakao Oishi (大石 隆夫) (born 1964), Japanese footballerTakao Okawara (大河原 孝夫) (born 1949), Japanese film directorTakao Omori (大森 隆男) (born 1969), Japanese professional wrestlerTakao Osawa (大沢 たかお) (born 1968), Japanese actorTakao Saito (斎藤 隆夫) (born 1936), Japanese manga artistSaitō Takao (斎藤 隆夫) (1870–1949), Japanese politicianTakao Saito (cinematographer) (斎藤 孝雄) (born 1920), Japanese cinematographerTakao Sakamoto (阪本 孝男) (born 1958), Japanese high jumperTakao Sakurai (桜井 孝雄) (1941–2012), Japanese boxerTakao Suzuki (鈴木 貴男) (born 1976), Japanese tennis playerTakao Suzuki (sociolinguist) (鈴木 孝夫) (born 1926), Japanese sociolinguistTakao Tanabe (born 1926), Canadian painterTakao Wada (born 1953), Japanese racing driverTakao Watanabe (渡辺 孝男) (born 1950), Japanese politicianTakao Yamauchi (born 1978), Japanese footballerTakao (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 playerShinji Takao (高尾 紳路) (born 1976), Japanese Go playerSee also Takao-class cruiser, a World War II-era Japanese warship class.
