Famous People with Name Takehisa

Takehisa Matsumoto            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Takehisa Matsumoto: a professional go player.Takehisa is a student of top title holder Cho Chikun. In 1997 he became a professional at the Nihon Ki-in institute in Japan. He quickly moved up the ranks, being promoted to 3 dan just the next year. In 2003 he reached a total amount of 200 wins as a professional go player. In 2006 he won his first title, the Shinjin-O. His opponent in the final was Ko Iso. Takehisa took the first game, but Ko would come back and take the second. The title came down to the last game, and Takehisa won by 5.5 points.

Takehisa Matsubara            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Takehisa Matsubara: Japan. A native of Owariasahi (?????), also in Aichi Prefecture, and graduate of Aichi University of Education (???????) (Aichi Gakugei Daigaku). He was first elected in April 1997.Matsubara served as a primary and secondary school teacher in his early career. His subject was the National Language of Japan, Japanese. He was later a school principal and also Superintendent of Schools for the City of Nagoya. He was inaugurated as Mayor of Nagoya in April 1997. In 2005 he was elected to his third term as Mayor. In City Council he has welcomed recommendations from all factions and parties barring only the JCP (Japanese Communist Party) representative. He has been known to show great enthusiasm for large building projects, but has been weak on social welfare issues.