Takaaki is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: Takaaki Ishibashi (石橋 貴明, born 1961) Japanese comedy artist, singer and actor Takaaki Kajita (梶田隆章, born 1959) Japanese physicist, Nobel laureate , Japanese ice hockey player Katō Takaaki (加藤 高明, 1860–1926) politician, 24th Prime Minister of Japan Takaaki Nakagami (中上 貴晶, born 1992) Japanese motorcycle racer Takaaki Suzuki (鈴木 孝明, born 1981) Japanese football player Takaaki Tamura (田村 貴昭), Japanese politician Takaaki Tokushige (徳重 隆明, born 1975) Japanese football player Takaaki Watanabe, (渡辺 高章) pro wrestler, member of New Japan Pro Wrestling Takaaki Yoshimoto (吉本 隆明, 1924–2012) also known as Ryūmei Yoshimoto, Japanese poet, literary critic, and philosopher Japanese masculine given names