What is "takuya"

Takuya is a very common male Japanese given name.

People named Takuya include:

• Takuya Asanuma (born 1971), Japanese guitarist and former member of Judy and Mary who performs as "TAKUYA"
• Takuya Hirai (born 1958), Japanese politician, member of the Japanese House of Representatives
• Takuya Igarashi, Japanese anime director
• Takuya Inoue, Japanese hentai artist
• Takuya Jinno (born 1970), Japanese professional football (soccer) player
• Takuya Kimura (born 1972), member of the Japanese pop vocal group, SMAP
• Takuya Kimura (baseball) (1972–2010), baseball player
• Takuya Kirimoto, Japanese voice actor
• Takuya Kondo (born 1991), Japanese figure skater
• Takuya Kurosawa (born 1962), Japanese race car driver
• Takuya Murata, Japanese futurist
• Takuya Onishi (born 1975), Japanese astronaut candidate from JAXA
• Takuya Satō, Japanese script writer and anime director
• Takuya Sugi (born 1983), Japanese professional wrestler
• Takuya Takagi (born 1967), Japanese professional football (soccer) player and coach
• Takuya Tasso (born 1964), Japanese politician, governor of Iwate Prefecture
• Takuya Terada (born 1992), Japanese singer, actor and model, currently active in korean band Cross Gene
• Takuya Tsukahara (born 1937), Japanese photographer
• Takuya Uehara (born 1988), Japanese singer and actor
• Takuya Yamada (born 1974), Japanese professional football (soccer) player
• Takuya∞, the vocalist for the Japanese band Uverworld

Fictional characters:

• Takuya Enoki, the main character in the manga Aka-chan to Boku
• Takuya Morooka in Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai! (Majikoi ~ Oh! Samurai Girls)
• Takuya Kanbara, fictional character in the anime series Digimon Frontier.

, known better by his stage name TAKUYA, is a Japanese guitarist and record producer. He was formerly the second guitarist of Judy and Mary. He currently works as a solo artist under the name Takuya and also had a solo project called Robots which was dissolved in 2009. He was previously married to a former geisha from Gion, but they divorced in 2006. His most recent release was a duet with Aya Kamiki titled " W-B-X (W-Boiled Extreme)", the theme for Kamen Rider W.