Takenaga is a Japanese surname and masculine given name. It can be written with a few different kanji, for example bamboo–eternal (竹永) and martial–chief (武長).

People with the surname edit

  • Barbara Takenaga (born 1949), abstract painter
  • Takenaga Hayato (竹永 隼人), founder of the Yagyū Shingan-ryū martial arts tradition
  • Masaharu Takenaga, commander of the World-War-II Japanese battalion that surrendered in the Takenaga incident

Fictional characters with the given name edit

  • Takenaga Oda (織田 武長), character in the manga The Wallflower