Famous People with Name Takahashi

Takahashi Minami            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Takahashi Minami: one of the original A team members of the 2005 Japanese idol group AKB48 produced by Akimoto Yasushi (?? ? ?). Her nickname is Takamina.

Takahashi Chikuzan            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Takahashi Chikuzan: a renowned Japanese Tsugaru-jamisen performer and composer.He was born in Kominato, a village that is part of the Hiranai township in Aomori Prefecture. He lost his sight at around age two from measles before becoming a live-in apprentice of the Tsugaru-jamisen performer Toda Jujiro near his home town. Before World War II he spent many years touring the Aomori and surrounding countryside, playing before doorsteps and making money any way he could. After the war he became more widely known, first as an accompanist for the famous Tsugaru folk song singer Narita Unchiku (who named him "Chikuzan"), and subsequently as a solo performer of the Tsugaru-jamisen repertory

Shinji Takahashi            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Shinji Takahashi: a Nippon Professional Baseball catcher for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in Japan's Pacific League.

Tomoko Takahashi            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Tomoko Takahashi: a Japanese artist born in Tokyo in 1966 and based in London, UK. She studied at Tama University, Goldsmiths College and the Slade School of Fine Art.She first came to attention when she won the EAST award at EASTinternational in 1997. She exhibited in the 1999 "Neurotic realism" show at the Saatchi Gallery, is represented by the Hales Gallery of London, and she has exhibited broadly worldwide. Her main medium is installation art, often made of rubbish. In 2000 she was shortlisted for the Turner Prize.

Tadayuki Takahashi            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Tadayuki Takahashi: a Japanese figure skater who is now a coach. He competed in Ice Dancing with Noriko Sato from 1979. They placed 17th in the 1984 Winter Olympic Games. He was a seven-time Japanese national champion from 1979 to 1985.

Kunimitsu Takahashi            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Kunimitsu Takahashi: a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and racing driver from Japan. He was the chairman of the GT-Association, the organizers of the Super GT series, from 1993 to 2007.In 1961, Takahashi became the first Japanese rider to win a motorcycle Grand Prix riding a 250cc Honda to victory at Hockenheim. His best finishes were a fourth place in the 1961 250 world championship and a fourth place in the 1962 125 world championship, both times on a Honda.[1] He was seriously injured in the 1962 Isle of Man TT and switched to car racing in 1965. He won four Grands Prix in his motorcycle racing career.

Toru Takahashi            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Toru Takahashi: was a Japanese race car driver.In 1982, he was runner-up in Japanese Formula 3.[1] The following year, he ran a duel campaign, racing in the Grand Champion Series and also stepping up to Japanese Formula 2[2].Takahashi was killed in the fourth and final round of the Grand Champion Series race at Fuji Speedway, Japan, in 1983, at the age of 23. One unknown female spectator was also killed in the accident.[2]