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All around the world, Takeshita (タケシタ , Takeshita , Такешита ) is a rare gender-neutral forename. The first name Takeshita is characteristic of Eastern Asia, particularly Japan, where it is a very rare girly name, and China, where it is an extremely rare dominantly masculine, but uncommonly feminine name. Much less frequently, Takeshita is the last name as well as the forename.
Takeshita is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .