Takehara (surname)
# Takehara (surname)

Takehara (written: 竹原 or 嵩原) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

* Takehara An'i (嵩原 親方 安依, 1651–1697), Ryukyuan bureaucrat
* Takehara Anshitsu (嵩原 親方 安執, 1756–1811), Ryukyuan bureaucrat
* Kinya Takehara (竹原 欣也, born 1974), Japanese footballer
* Naotaka Takehara (竹原 直隆, born 1980), Japanese baseball player
* Shinji Takehara (竹原 慎二, born 1972), Japanese boxer
