Takuma

Takuma (written: 拓磨, 拓真, 拓馬, 琢磨, 匠馬, 卓磨, 卓真 or 卓馬) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Takuma Abe (阿部 拓馬, born 1987), Japanese footballer
• Takuma Achira (阿知羅 拓馬, born 1992), Japanese baseball player
• Takuma Aoki (青木 拓磨, born 1974), Japanese motorcycle racer
• Takuma Aoshima (青島 拓馬, born 1993), Japanese footballer
• Takuma Arano (荒野 拓馬, born 1993), Japanese footballer
• Takuma Asahara (浅原 拓真, born 1987), Japanese rugby union player
• Takuma Asano (浅野 拓磨, born 1994), Japanese footballer
• Dan Takuma (團 琢磨, 1858–1932), Japanese businessman
• Takuma Edamura (枝村 匠馬, born 1986), Japanese footballer
• Takuma Hidaka (日高 拓磨, born 1983), Japanese footballer
• Takuma Hisa (久 琢磨, 1895–1980), Japanese martial artist
• Takuma Inoue (井上 拓真, born 1995), Japanese boxer
• Takuma Ito (伊藤 拓真, born 1986), Japanese footballer
• Takuma Kato (加藤 匠馬, born 1992), Japanese baseball player
• Takuma Koga (古賀 琢磨, born 1969), Japanese footballer
• Takuma Kuroda (黒田 拓真, born 1992), Japanese footballer
• Takuma Mizutani (水谷 拓磨, born 1996), Japanese footballer
• Takuma Nagayoshi (永芳 卓磨, born 1986), Japanese footballer
• Takuma Nakahira (中平 卓馬, 1938–2015), Japanese photographer and critic
• Takuma Nishimura (西村 琢磨, 1889–1951), Imperial Japanese Army general
• Takuma Nishimura (footballer) (西村 拓真, born 1996), Japanese footballer
• Takuma Oikawa (及川 拓馬, born 1987), Japanese shogi player
• Takuma Ominami (大南 拓磨, born 1997), Japanese footballer
• Takuma Sato (佐藤 琢磨, born 1977), Japanese racing driver
• Takuma Sato (basketball) (佐藤 卓磨, born 1995), Japanese basketball player
• Takuma Shikayama (鹿山 拓真, born 1996), Japanese footballer
• Takuma Sonoda (薗田 卓馬, born 1993), Japanese footballer
• Takuma Sugano (菅野 拓真, born 1980), Japanese footballer
• Takuma Suzuki (鈴木 琢磨, born 1961), Japanese voice actor
• Takuma Takewaka (竹若 拓磨, born 1971), Japanese voice actor
• Takuma Terashima (寺島 拓篤, born 1983), Japanese voice actor and singer
• Takuma Tsuda (津田 琢磨, born 1980), Japanese footballer
• Takuma Ueda (上田 拓馬, born 1989), Japanese badminton player
• Takuma Yasui (安井 琢磨, 1909–1995), Japanese economist

Fictional characters:

• Takuma Tsurugi (剣 琢磨), a character in the film series The Street Fighter
• Takuma Sakazaki (坂崎 拓馬), Kyokugen Karate instructor in the "Art of Fighting" video games
• Takuma Mamizuka (狸塚 拓馬), a character from the manga and anime School Babysitters, and the twin brother of Kazuma Mamizuka

Takuma (written: 宅間) is also a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Mamoru Takuma (宅間 守, 1963–2004), Japanese mass murderer