The name Takeshi has two meanings:
1. The name means "brave" in Japanese.
2. According to another theory, the initial meaning of this name was "unbendable or unbreakable as a bamboo tree".
Famous bearers
Bearers include Takeshi Kitano (born 1947), a Japanese actor, film director, author, poet, and painter;
Takeshi Kaneshiro (born 1973), a Japanese actor and model.
