title: Takako
text: # Takako
  
  Takako is a feminine Japanese given name.
  
  ## Possible writings
  
  * 江子, "estuary/inlet, child"
  * 孝子, "filial piety/serve parents, child"
  * 高子, "tall/expensive, child"
  * 崇子, "adore/rever, child"
  * 隆子, "prosper, child"
  * 喬子, "high/boasting, child"
  * 尭子, "high/far, child"
  * 昂子, "rise, child"
  * 峻子, "high/steep, child"
  * 嵩子, "swell, child"
  * 貴子, "noble, child"
  * 多佳子, "many, good, child"
  * 多香子 , "many fragrances, child"
  * たかこ, in hiragana
  * タカコ, in katakana
  
  ## People with the given name
  
  * Takako Akasaka (赤阪 尊子, born 1955), Japanese competitive eater
  * Takako Aonuma (青沼 貴子, born 1960), Japanese manga artist
  * Takako Arai (新井 貴子, born 1990), Japanese model
  * Takako Doi (土井 たか子, 1928–2014), Japanese politician
  * Takako Fuji (藤 貴子, born 1972), Japanese actress and voice actress
  * Takako Fujita, Japanese Paralympic swimmer
  * Takako Honda (本田 貴子, born 1972), Japanese voice actress
  * Takako Iida (飯田 高子, born 1946), Japanese volleyball player
  * Takako Inoue (井上 貴子, born 1969), Japanese professional wrestler
  * Takako Irie (入江 たか子, 1911–1995), Japanese actress
  * Takako Katou (加藤 貴子, born 1970), Japanese actress and singer
  * Takako Kobayashi (小林 貴子, born 1968), Japanese judoka
  * Takako Konishi (office worker) (died 2001), Japanese office worker and suicide victim
  * Takako Konishi (synchronized swimmer) (born 1986), Japanese synchronized swimmer
  * Takako Kotorida (小鳥田 貴子, born 1977), Japanese long-distance runner
  * Takako Matsu (松 たか子, born 1977), Japanese actress and singer-songwriter
  * Takako Minekawa (嶺川 貴子, born 1969), Japanese musician, composer and writer
  * Takako Nakamoto (中本 たか子, 1903 – 1991), Japanese novelist
  * Takako Nishizaki (西崎 崇子, born 1944), Japanese violinist
  * Takako Ohkoshi, Japanese voice actress
  * Takako Okamura (岡村 孝子, born 1962), Japanese singer
  * Takako Ōta (太田 貴子, born 1967), Japanese idol singer and voice actress
  * Takako Saito (born 1929), Japanese artist
  * Takako Saito (wrestler) (斉藤 貴子, born 1983), Japanese sport wrestler
  * Takako Shigematsu, Japanese manga artist
  * Takako Shimazu (島津 貴子, born 1939), Japanese princess
  * Takako Shimura (志村 貴子, born 1973), Japanese manga artist
  * Takako Shirai (volleyball) (白井 貴子, born 1952), Japanese volleyball player
  * Takako Shirai (白井 貴子, born 1959), Japanese singer
  * Takako Suzuki (鈴木 貴子, born 1986), Japanese politician
  * Takako Takahashi (高橋 たか子, 1932–2013), Japanese writer
  * Takashina no Takako (高階 貴子, died 996), Japanese waka poet
  * Takako Tanaka (田中 貴子), Japanese voice actress
  * Takako Tokiwa (常盤 貴子, born 1972), Japanese actress
  * Takako Uehara (上原 多香子, born 1983), Japanese singer and actress
  
  ## Fictional characters
  
  * Takako Chigusa (千草貴子), a main character from the Battle Royale novel, film, and manga
  * Takako Shimizu (清水多香子), a character from the manga series Chobits and its anime adaption
  * Takako Itsukushima (厳島 貴子), a main character in the novel and anime series Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru
  * Takako Sugiura (杉浦多佳子), a character from the mystery horror novel Another and its manga and anime adaptions
  