title: Takeya
text: # Takeya
  
  Takeya (written: 偉弥, 健次, 剛也) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
  
  * Asasegawa Takeya (淺瀬川 健次) (born 1942), Japanese sumo wrestler
  * Takeya Mizugaki (水垣 偉弥) (born 1983), Japanese mixed martial artist
  * Takeya Nakamura (中村 剛也) (born 1983), Japanese baseball player
  
  Takeya (written: 竹谷, 竹屋 or 武谷) is also a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Takeya Hiroshi (武谷 廣), Japanese physician
  * Makoto Takeya (born 1977), Japanese footballer
  * Mikiko Takeya (竹屋 美紀子) (born 1980), Japanese sprint canoeist
  * Toshiko Takeya (竹谷 とし子) (born 1969), Japanese politician
  