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Globally, 猛 (猛 , Takeshi ) is a widespread male first name. The first name 猛 is characteristic of China, where it is quite a common boy's name, Japan, where it is quite a rare boy's name, and El Salvador, where it is a rare masculine name. In absolute terms, it is commonest in China, Japan, and Indonesia. Much less frequently, 猛 is the last name as well as the forename.
猛 is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Takeshi Goda , the character in the Doraemon series; Takeshi Kovacs , the fictional character, Altered Carbon; Takeshi Yamamoto , the fictional character from Reborn!; Takeshi Nakazato , the fictional character from Initial D and Takeshi Sendo , the fictional character from Hajime no Ippo, among other works.