Takahashi
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Geographical locations
- TakahashiTakahashi, Okayamais a city located in Okayama, Japan.As of April 30, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 34,119, with a household number of 13,990 and the density of 62.37 persons per km². The total area is 547.01 km².The city was founded on May 1, 1954....
(written 高梁), a city in Okayama prefectureOkayama Prefectureis a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region on Honshū island. The capital is the city of Okayama.- History :During the Meiji Restoration, the area of Okayama Prefecture was known as Bitchū Province, Bizen Province and Mimasaka Province.- Geography :...
, JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... - Takahashi RiverTakahashi RiverThe is a major river in the western part of Okayama Prefecture, and acts as the main drainage for the Takahashi River Drainage System, and is one of the three main drainage rivers in Okayama Prefecture ....
, a river in Japan
Other
- Ward-Takahashi identities, a feature of Quantum MechanicsQuantum mechanicsQuantum mechanics, also known as quantum physics or quantum theory, is a branch of physics providing a mathematical description of much of the dual particle-like and wave-like behavior and interactions of energy and matter. It departs from classical mechanics primarily at the atomic and subatomic...
- The Takahashi correlation is an expression used in mass transferMass transferMass transfer is the net movement of mass from one location, usually meaning a stream, phase, fraction or component, to another. Mass transfer occurs in many processes, such as absorption, evaporation, adsorption, drying, precipitation, membrane filtration, and distillation. Mass transfer is used...
equations for chemical engineeringChemical engineeringChemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with physical science , and life sciences with mathematics and economics, to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms...
that corrects for high pressure in calculating diffusion coefficients between two molecules - The Takahashi method, a presentation style pioneered by Masayoshi Takahashi
Organizations
- The Takahashi Group, a multi-national robotics and logistics organisation.
- Takahashi SeisakushoTakahashi SeisakushoTakahashi Seisakusho is a Japanese manufacturer of telescopes and related equipment, such as eyepieces and mounts.Often known simply as 'Tak', the brand is especially noted amongst amateur astronomers for its range of apochromatic refractors, but also produces various types of reflectors, and...
, manufacturer of astronomical telescopes.
People
Takahashi is the third most common Japanese family nameJapanese name
in modern times usually consist of a family name , followed by a given name. "Middle names" are not generally used.Japanese names are usually written in kanji, which are characters of usually Chinese origin in Japanese pronunciation...
. It has several forms in kanji
Kanji
Kanji are the adopted logographic Chinese characters hanzi that are used in the modern Japanese writing system along with hiragana , katakana , Indo Arabic numerals, and the occasional use of the Latin alphabet...
, the most common being 高橋, meaning "high bridge". Alternatively, it can be written 髙橋, 高梁, 孝橋, 鷹橋, 高槁, 高端, 鷹啄, 喬橋, 鷹羽司, etc.
Being one of the most common surnames, it can refer to many people, including:
- Ai TakahashiAi Takahashiis a Japanese pop singer formerly associated with Hello! Project, and best known as leader of Morning Musume and Hello!Project until 2011, and former member of its popular subgroup, Mini Moni...
(singer) - Aki TakahashiAki Takahashiis a Japanese pianist specializing in contemporary classical music.-Biography:Born in Kamakura, she began studying piano at the age of five and received her M.A. degree from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. Her teachers included Yutaka Ito, Ray Lev, and George Vásárhelyi...
(pianist) - Atsushi TakahashiAtsushi Takahashiis a Japanese astronomer and a member of the group Hokkaido Showakusei Suisei Kaigi. With his colleague Kazuro Watanabe he discovered 22 asteroids between 1989 and 1991, including the asteroid 4644 Oumu in 1990...
(astronomer) - Daisuke TakahashiDaisuke Takahashiis a Japanese figure skater, notable as the 2010 Olympic bronze medalist, the 2010 World Champion, the 2007 World silver medalist, a two-time Four Continents Champion, and a four-time Japanese national champion....
(figure skater) - Daisuke Takahashi (football (soccer) player)
- Hideki TakahashiHideki Takahashiis a Japanese actor. Born in Kisarazu, Chiba near Tokyo, he attended Ichikawa Gakuen and later Nihon University.- Filmography :He made his debut with Nikkatsu and acted in youth-oriented films. After becoming a star in television jidaigeki, he turned out hit after hit...
(actor) - Hiroki TakahashiHiroki Takahashiis a Japanese voice actor best known for the role of Eiji Kikumaru in The Prince of Tennis, Kenji Harima in School Rumble and Katsuya Jonouchi in Yu-Gi-Oh. He works at Big Shot/Interchannel. He also has voice acted in some yaoi Drama CD's such as Love Neco, and Koi cha no Osahou...
(voice actor) - Hiroshi Takahashi (manga artist)
- Hisanori TakahashiHisanori Takahashiis a Japanese Major League Baseball pitcher who is currently with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.-Career:-Nippon Professional Baseball:Takahashi previously spent his entire professional career with the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball...
(baseball pitcher) - Hitomi TakahashiHitomi Takahashi (actress)is a Japanese actress.-Selected filmography:* Farewell to the Ark * Ultraman Cosmos: The First Contact -External links:*...
(actress) - Hitomi TakahashiHitomi Takahashi (singer)is a rock/pop singer from Miyagi Prefecture in Japan. After being selected as finalist in the Sony Music SD audition, which contained about 20,000 applicants, Hitomi entered the music scene in 2005 with her single "Bokutachi no Yukue"...
(singer) - Ibō TakahashiIbo Takahashi- Books :...
(World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
admiralAdmiralAdmiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks, of the highest naval officers. It is usually considered a full admiral and above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet . It is usually abbreviated to "Adm" or "ADM"...
) - Katsuya Takahashi (conspirator in the Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subwaySarin gas attack on the Tokyo subwayThe Sarin attack on the Tokyo subway, usually referred to in the Japanese media as the , was an act of domestic terrorism perpetrated by members of Aum Shinrikyo on March 20, 1995....
) - Joseph TakahashiJoseph TakahashiJoseph S. Takahashi is a Japanese American neurobiologist and geneticist. Takahashi is a professor at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center as well as an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Takahashi's research group discovered the genetic basis for the mammalian...
- neurobiologist and geneticist - Kazuki TakahashiKazuki Takahashiis a manga artist, illustrator and game creator who created the manga Yu-Gi-Oh!, which led to the anime versions of it, Toei's Yu-Gi-Oh! and Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters , as well as a spinoff manga , three spinoff anime and several video games, novels and books...
(manga artist) - Kazumi TakahashiKazumi Takahashiwas a Japanese novelist and scholar of Chinese literature in Showa period Japan. His wife was fellow writer Takako Takahashi.-Biography:Takahashi was born in Naniwa-ku, Osaka, and was a graduate of Kyoto University. While still a student, he contributed to the Gendai Bungaku literary magazine...
(author) - Keita TakahashiKeita Takahashiis a game director, his most notable titles being Katamari Damacy and its sequel, We Love Katamari. The original Katamari game was a surprise hit and was praised for its quirkiness, originality, and charm...
(game designer) - Ken TakahashiKen Takahashiis a Japanese professional baseball player who is currently a free agent. He also played for them in - & the New York Mets in .Takahashi was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. On February 6, , Takahashi declared himself a free agent and expressed his desire to play in Major League Baseball...
(baseball pitcher) - Kenichi TakahashiKenichi Takahashiis a male long-distance runner from Japan. He set his personal best in the men's marathon event on February 18, 2001, winning the Tokyo International Marathon.-Achievements:-References:...
(long-distance runner) - Kenji Takahashi (delivery man for Kong Express in Japan; SasukeSasuke (TV series)Sasuke is a Japanese sports entertainment television special in which 100 competitors attempt to complete a four stage obstacle course. An edited version, renamed Ninja Warrior, is screened in at least 18 other countries....
competitor) - Kichizaemon Takahashi (Japanese-Brazilian painter)
- Takahashi KorekiyoTakahashi KorekiyoViscount was a Japanese politician and the 20th Prime Minister of Japan from 13 November 1921 to 12 June 1922. He was known as an expert on finance during his political career.-Early life :...
(former Prime Minister of JapanPrime Minister of JapanThe is the head of government of Japan. He is appointed by the Emperor of Japan after being designated by the Diet from among its members, and must enjoy the confidence of the House of Representatives to remain in office...
) - Kunimitsu TakahashiKunimitsu Takahashiis a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and racing driver from Japan who is also considered as the "father of drifting". He was the chairman of the GT-Association, the organizers of the Super GT series, from 1993 to 2007.-Motorcycle racing:...
(motorcycling champion turned car racer) - Kuniyuki TakahashiKuniyuki TakahashiKuniyuki Takahashi is a well known Japanese DJ and music producer.He records under many different aliases including Forth, Frr Hive, Koss, and used to be joint member of the group DRP along with other member Tomoyuki Murastige.His productions tend to fit mainly within the house music and techno...
(DJ and music producer) - Masakazu TakahashiKenkojukuKenkojuku is a style of Shotokan karate similar to JKA style . It was founded by the master Tomosaburo Okano...
(martial artist) - Masanori Takahashi a.k.a. KitaroKitaro, better known as , is an award winning Japanese musician, composer and multi-instrumentalist who is regarded as one of the pioneers of new age music.-Early life:...
- Maasa TakahashiMaasa Takahashiis a Japanese professional TV announcer or presenter, and an employee of Fuji Television.- Birth and Blood :Maasa was born on the 9 October 1981. Her father is a famous actor of jidaigeki, Hideki Takahashi...
(announcer) - Mikako TakahashiMikako Takahashiis a seiyū and J-pop singer born May 29, 1980 in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Under the alias Mikako Hyatt, she forms one half of the Excel Saga seiyū duo The Excel Girls . She is employed by I'm Enterprise...
(voice actor, singer) - Minami Takahashi (singer, actress)
- Mitsuomi TakahashiMitsuomi Takahashiis a Japanese actor best known for playing Satoru Akashi/BoukenRed in the tokusatsu show GoGo Sentai Boukenger. He took part in the 20th and 21st SASUKE competition...
(actor) - Miyuki TakahashiMiyuki TakahashiMiyuki Takahashi is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for NEC Red Rockets.Miyuki Takahashi also plays for the All-Japan women's volleyball team and participated at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics...
(athlete) - Takahashi Motokichi (author)
- Naoko TakahashiNaoko Takahashiis a Japanese long-distance runner competing mainly in the marathon. She is widely known for her victory in the women's marathon at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, a performance that stands as the current Olympic record. At the 2001 Berlin Marathon, Takahashi became the first woman to break the 2...
(athlete) - Naozumi TakahashiNaozumi Takahashiis a Japanese voice actor.He released the two popular singles Soshite Omae ni Deaeta Dake De and Muteki na Smile. Naozumi's single Ashita No Kioku was used as an opening theme for Black Hood Brothers.- Anime :* Bunta Marui in The Prince of Tennis...
(voice actor) - Narumi TakahashiNarumi Takahashiis a Japanese pair skater. She competes with Mervin Tran. They are the 2010 Junior World silver medalists, 2010–11 Junior Grand Prix Final champions, and 2008–2010 Japanese national champions.- Personal life :...
(figure skater) - Natsuko Takahashi (anime screen writer)
- Rumiko TakahashiRumiko Takahashiis a Japanese manga artist.Takahashi is one of the wealthiest individuals, and the most affluent manga artists in Japan. The manga she creates are popular worldwide, where they have been translated into a variety of languages...
(manga artist) - Ryōsuke TakahashiRyosuke Takahashiis a Japanese anime director, screenwriter, and producer. He is among Sunrise's most renowned and noted directors, with his work epitomizing much of Sunrise's work in the 1980s, pioneering the real robot genre, with such noted works as Armored Trooper Votoms, Fang of the Sun Dougram and several...
(director, screenwriter and producer) - Ryūki Takahashi (actor)
- Shin TakahashiShin Takahashiis a Japanese manga artist best known for writing Saikano and Iihito. He was born in Shibetsu, Hokkaidō on September 8, 1967....
(manga artist) - Taku TakahashiTaku Takahashiis a Japanese DJ and record producer, who debuted in 1998 as a member of the group M-Flo. The group rose to prominence in the early 2000s, with hit singles such as "How You Like Me Now?" and "Come Again." Takahashi was also a member of Avex's 20th anniversary dance music project Ravex, and has...
(producer) - Tetsuya TakahashiTetsuya TakahashiTetsuya Takahashi is currently the head of game software company Monolith Soft, Inc. In the past, Takahashi has worked at Square and on such games as Final Fantasy V, Final Fantasy VI and Chrono Trigger...
(video games conceptor) - Tomoko TakahashiTomoko TakahashiTomoko Takahashi is 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...
(artist) - Tomotaka TakahashiTomotaka Takahashi, roboticist and founder of Kyoto University's ROBO-GARAGE since 1999, creates humanoid robots known for their smooth, fluid motions and sleek appearance...
(roboticist) - Wakagi Takahashi (Stony Brook University Professor)
- Yasuko Takahashi a.k.a. Izumi Aki (actress)Izumi Aki (actress)Izumi Aki , a.k.a. Yasuko Takahashi is a Japanese actress.Izumi made her film debut in 1980 in Shishi Production's Ryōjoku gishiki and often stars in Nikkatsu films and in other independent works...
- Yōichi TakahashiYoichi Takahashiis a Japanese cartoonist and manga artist, best known for his work Captain Tsubasa.-Works:Yoichi Takahashi has had many items published including art books, manga, novels, and guides, most of which are of about his manga Captain Tsubasa.-Manga:...
(manga artist) - Yoshinobu TakahashiYoshinobu TakahashiYoshinobu Takahashi is a Japanese professional baseball player from Chiba, Japan. He currently plays right field for the Yomiuri Giants, and is one of the most well-known players in Japanese baseball. He graduated from Keio University.A superb contact hitter, he is also known for his exemplary...
(baseball player) - Yugo TakahashiYugo Takahashiis a seiyū who works for Aoni Production and was born in Tokyo, Japan. His hobbies are jazz dance.- Voice roles :*Stellvia of the Universe , Tony Omaezaki*Onegai Twins , Uehera...
(voice actor) - Yūji TakahashiYuji Takahashiis a Japanese composer, performer, pianist and author.Studied under Roh Ogura and Minao Shibata at the Toho Gakuen School of Music. In 1960, he made his debut as a pianist by performing Bo Nilsson's Quantitaten. He lived in Europe from 1963 to 1966 where he worked with Iannis Xenakis. He gave the...
(author, pianist) - Yuki TakahashiYuki Takahashiis a Japanese Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. For 2009 he made his debut in the MotoGP class, with the Scot Racing Honda team but was subsequently dropped by the team after just seven rounds of the 2009 season due to financial issues...
(motorcycle road racer) - Yukihiro TakahashiYukihiro TakahashiYukihiro Takahashi is a Japanese musician, who is best known as the drummer and lead vocalist of the Yellow Magic Orchestra, and as the former drummer of the Sadistic Mika Band.-Biography:...
(musician)
Fictional characters
- Daichi Takahashi and Eriko Takahashi, High School GirlsHigh School Girlsis a comedy manga series, created by Towa Oshima, which was originally serialized in Futabasha's Weekly Manga Action magazine from 2001, and then subsequently Comic High! from 2004....
characters - Keisuke Takahashi (K.T.) and Ryosuke (Ry) Takahashi, Initial DInitial Dis a manga by Shuichi Shigeno which has been serialized in Kodansha's Young Magazine since 1995. It has been adapted into a long-running anime series by OB Planning, Studio Comet, Studio Gallop, Pastel, and A.C.G.T, and a live action film by Avex and Media Asia...
characters - Misaki Takahashi, from Junjo RomanticaJunjo Romantica, stylized as Junjo Romantica ~Pure Romance~, is a yaoi series by Shungiku Nakamura. It focuses on three storylines; the main couple, which comprises the bulk of the books, and two other male couples which provide ongoing side stories...
- Mitsuko Takahashi, from Someday's DreamersSomeday's Dreamersis a manga written by Norie Yamada and illustrated by Kumichi Yoshizuki. It was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Comic Dragon magazine from May 2002 to January 2003 and was later collected in two bound volumes...
- Tetsuya TakahashiTetsuya TakahashiTetsuya Takahashi is currently the head of game software company Monolith Soft, Inc. In the past, Takahashi has worked at Square and on such games as Final Fantasy V, Final Fantasy VI and Chrono Trigger...
, a Forbidden DanceForbidden Danceis a shōjo manga by Hinako Ashihara consisting of four volumes. It was published in English by TokyoPop in the fall of 2003 and is currently out of print in the United States.-Plot:...
character - Iris Takahashi, from Jutopia