Takaya (name)

Takaya is both a Japanese surname and a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Hiroyuki Takaya (高谷 裕之; born 1977), a Japanese mixed martial artist
• Natsuki Takaya (高屋 奈月; born 1973), the pen name of a Japanese manga artist best known for creating the series Fruits Basket
• Yoshiki Takaya (高屋 良樹; born 1960), a Japanese manga artist best known for creating the series Guyver

• Takaya Imamura, co-director of the Nintendo 3DS game Tank Troopers
• Takaya Ishikawa (石川 昂弥; born 2001), Japanese baseball player
• Takaya Kamikawa (上川 隆也; born 1965), a Japanese actor
• Kotofuji Takaya (琴富士 孝也; born 1964, as Takaya Kobayashi), a former Japanese sumo wrestler
• Takaya Kuroda (黒田 崇矢; born 1965), a Japanese actor and voice actor
• Takaya Kurokawa (黒河 貴矢; born 1981), a retired Japanese football player who last played for Albirex Niigata and who was part of the Japanese 2004 Olympic football team
• Takaya Osanai (小山内 貴哉; born 1993), Japanese footballer
• Takaya Tsubobayashi (坪林隆也; born 1971), a Japanese race car driver

• Takaya Aiba, the main character of the anime series Tekkaman Blade (released as Teknoman in the United States and Australia, with the character's name changed to "Nick Carter")
• Takaya Mizushima, a character in the manga and anime series Shadow Star (known as Narutaru in Japan)
• Takaya Sakaki, an antagonist in Persona 3
• Noriko Takaya, one of the main female character of Gainax series Gunbuster