Possible writings

• 武夫, "warrior, man"
• 武雄, "warrior, brave"
• 猛雄, "fierce, brave"
• 健男, "health, man"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

Real people

• Takeo Ando (武夫), a professional Go player
• Takeo Arishima (武郎), a Japanese novelist
• Takeo Doi (健郎), a Japanese psychoanalyst
• Takeo Fukuda (赳夫), the 67th Prime Minister of Japan
• Takeo Fukui (威夫), the president and CEO of Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
• Takeo Hatanaka (武夫), a Japanese astronomer
• Takeo Hirose (武夫), an officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy
• Takeo Itō (武夫), a general in the Imperial Japanese Army
• Takeo Kajiwara (武雄), a Japanese professional Go player
• Takeo Kanade (武雄), a Japanese researcher in Computer Vision
• Takeo Kawamura (丈夫), a Japanese professional baseball player
• Takeo Kawamura (建夫), a Japanese politician
• Takeo Kikuchi (武夫), a Japanese industrial and fashion designer
• Takeo Komatsu (太計雄), a Japanese photographer
• Takeo Kurita (健男), a vice-admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy
• Takeo Miki (武夫), the 66th Prime Minister of Japan
• Takeo Miratsu (健雄), a Japanese video game and Anime composer
• Takeo Nishioka (武夫), a Japanese politician
• Takeo Otsuka (武生), a Japanese professional wrestler
• Takeo Spikes, an American football linebacker
• Takeo Takagi (武雄), an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy
• Takeo Takahashi (丈夫), a Japanese animation director
• Takeo Uesugi, a Japanese-American landscape architect
• Takeo Yasuda (武雄), a general in the Imperial Japanese Army
• Takeo Yoshikawa (猛夫), a Japanese spy

Fictional characters

• Takeo Saeki (剛雄), a character in the Ju-on/The Grudge saga