Famous People with Name Takeo

Takeo Arishima            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Takeo Arishima: was a novelist, short-story writer and essayist during the late Meiji and Taisho periods. His two younger brothers, Ikuma Arishima (?????) and Ton Satomi (????) were also authors.After he graduated from the Gakushuin at age 19, he entered the Sapporo Agricultural College (the present-day Faculty of Agriculture at Hokkaido University). During his studies at the university, he attempted suicide with Kokichi Morimoto (?????). The suicide failed, and Arishima subsequently became influenced by Uchimura Kanzo and became a Christian in 1901. Morimoto later went on to establish several women's schools around Japan.

Takeo Kawamura            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Takeo Kawamura: a professional baseball player from Yamato, Kanagawa, Japan. He is a pitcher for the Yokohama BayStars.Kawamura won 17 games in 1999 as a starter, and became a reliever in 2004. He marked a 2.31 ERA in 2005, and returned to the starting rotation in 2007.He won a silver medal playing for the Japanese national team in the 1996 Summer Olympics before entering the Japanese professional leagues.

Takeo Ando            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Takeo Ando: a professional Go player.Takeo served as the chief director of the Japanese go organization, the Nihon Ki-in, for many years up until his retirement in 2000. He is known for being the teacher of many strong players including Norimoto Yoda. Cho Sonjin, Tomomi Nakaonoda, and Kanda Ei. Takeo's other pupils include Arimura Hiroshi, Tominaga Takeshi, and Yamada Takuji.

Takeo Kajiwara            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Takeo Kajiwara: a professional Go player.Kajiwara studied under Riichi Sekiyama 9 dan until Kajiwara became a 1 dan in the autumn of 1937. He was promoted to 9 dan in 1965. Kajiwara left the Nihon Ki-in in 1947 with seven other professionals to create a rival organization, the Igo Shisha. He returned the following year. He challenged for the Oza title, the sixth largest in Japan, in 1964. A year later in 1965, he led a group of players to China, where he helped develop the Chinese fuseki. He is known for his famous "drilling tactics" and intuitive flair

Takeo Hiranuma            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Takeo Hiranuma: a Japanese politician. He is an assenter of "The Truth about Nanjing(movie)."Takeo Hiranuma was adopted by his mother's grandfather's younger brother, Kiichiro Hiranuma, with his father and mother (all family together). Kiichiro Hiranuma was Prime Minister of Japan until 30 August 1939, and, had no wife nor biological children.Hiranuma attended Keio University and worked in the private sector for eleven years until moving to served as an aide for Ichiro Nakagawa and Eisaku Sato. He then ran for a seat in the House of Representatives twice and failed, until he was finally elected in 1980 as a member of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party.

Fujinokawa Takeo            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Fujinokawa Takeo: is a former sumo wrestler from Otofuke, Hokkaido, Japan. He made his professional debut in May 1961 and reached a highest rank of sekiwake in May 1967. He was a runner-up in two top division (makuuchi) tournaments, finishing three wins behind Tamanoshima