People

• Takeshi Kaga (born 1950), actor
• Takeshi Kaneshiro, actor
• Takeshi Kitano (Beat Takeshi), filmmaker and star of Takeshi's Castle
• Takeshi Konomi, mangaka
• Takeshi Kusao (born 1965), voice actor
• Takeshi Morishima, professional wrestler
• Takeshi Okumura, pocket billiards player
• Takeshi So, long-distance runner
• Takeshi Ueda, musician
• Takeshi Utsumi, education expert

Fictional Characters

• Takeshi Kovacs, a fictional character in many books by Richard Morgan
• Takeshi Momoshiro, a Prince of Tennis character
• Takeshi Yamamoto, a character from Reborn!
• Takeshi, a fictional organization in Kamen Rider Hibiki

Media

• Takeshis', a 2005 movie by, and starring, Japanese filmmaker Takeshi Kitano.