Famous People with Name Takashi

Takashi Shimizu            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Takashi Shimizu: a Japanese film director, best known for the Ju-on series of horror films.

Takashi Watanabe            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Takashi Watanabe: a Japanese director. He is best known for the Slayers serials.

Takashi Yamazaki            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Takashi Yamazaki: a Japanese film director, screenwriter and VFX director. He won the Best Director and Best Screenplay prizes at the Japanese Academy Awards in 2006 for Always Sanchome no Yuhi. He is a member of the animation and film visual effects studio Shirogumi.

Takashi Uesugi            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Takashi Uesugi: a Japanese freelance journalist and former researcher for NHK (Japan's public broadcaster) and the New York Times, born in Fukuoka Prefecture and raised in Tokyo. He is also former aide to Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Kunio Hatoyama, and author of numerous books, most recently "The Collapse of Journalism" (?????????)[1]. He also wrote a book about the Abe administration, Kantei Hokai (????), published in August of 2007.[2]

Takashi Matsumoto            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Takashi Matsumoto: a Japanese lyricist. He is a former member of Happy End for which he played the drums and wrote lyrics.He was most prolific in late 70's and 80's, offering lyrics to many idol singers such as Agnes Chan, Seiko Matsuda (especially, he wrote 17 of her 24 consecutive #1 singles) , Kyoko Koizumi, Miho Nakayama, Masahiko Kondo and Hiroko Yakushimaru as well as musical artists such as Yellow Magic Orchestra. Also, Akira Terao's hit song "Ruby no Yubiwa" which won the 23rd Japan Record Award Grand Prix was written by Matsumoto.

Hara Takashi            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Hara Takashi: was a Japanese politician and the 19th Prime Minister of Japan from 29 September 1918 to 4 November 1921. He was also called Hara Kei (or Hara Satoshi) informally. He was the first commoner appointed to the office of prime minister of Japan. His catch phrase as a politician was "commoner and prime minister" (????, heimin saisho?).

Tsujii Takashi            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Tsujii Takashi: a Japanese author and poet, and the pen name of Tsutsumi Seiji, a major business leader.Tsujii is the son of Yasujiro Tsutsumi, founder of the Seibu Railway company and a long-serving member, and eventually speaker, of Japan's House of Representatives. He was born in Tokyo and, after receiving his degree in economics from the University of Tokyo in 1951, began work as a secretary to his father. He took on a series of executive roles, culminating in corporate leadership, including serving as chairman of the Saison group of companies, whose brands include Seibu Department Stores, Seiyu supermarket, Wave (a music shop), Parco (shopping complex) and Loft (a variety store).

Bushuyama Takashi            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Bushuyama Takashi: is a Japanese sumo wrestler from Aomori, Aomori Prefecture. He made his professional debut in January 1999. At the age of 32, he was promoted to the top makuuchi division in the November 2008 tournament. His highest rank has been maegashira 3. As his club