Takei

Takei (written: 武井) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Emi Takei (born 1993), Japanese actress, fashion model, and singer
• Esther Takei Nishio (1925–2019), selected as a "test case" as the first World War II internee of Japanese descent to return from camp and enroll in a California university
• George Takei (born 1937), American actor
• Hideyuki Takei (竹井 秀行, born 1970), Japanese pole vaulter
• Hiroyuki Takei (born 1972), Japanese manga writer
• Kei Takei (武井 慧, born 1946), Japanese dancer
• Koji Takei (born 1990), Japanese water polo player
• Morishige Takei (武井 守成, 1890–1949), Japanese classical mandolinist
• Naoya Takei (武井 直也, 1893–1940), Japanese sculptor
• Sō Takei (born 1973), Japanese tarento and former track and field athlete
• Takuya Takei (born 1986), Japanese football player
• Tokiji Takei (1903–1991), Japanese poet
• Yasuo Takei (1930–2006), the founder and former chairman of Takefuji