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In the world, Takeshi (猛 , Takeshi , Такеши , among others...) is a widespread boy's first name. The given name Takeshi is habitual in 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 male name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in China, Japan, and Indonesia. Very seldom, Takeshi is the last name as well as the forename.
Takeshi 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.