Takei (written: ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Emi Takei (born 1993), Japanese actress, fashion model, and singer Esther Takei Nishio (1925–2019), selected as a "test case" as the first World War II internee of Japanese descent to return from camp and enroll in a California university George Takei (born 1937), American actor , Japanese pole vaulter Hiroyuki Takei (born 1972), Japanese manga writer , Japanese dancer Keiji Takei (born 1980), Japanese former rugby player Koji Takei (born 1990), Japanese water polo player , Japanese classical mandolinist , Japanese sculptor Sō Takei (born 1973), Japanese tarento and former track and field athlete Takuya Takei (born 1986), Japanese football player Tokiji Takei (1903–1991), Japanese poet Yasuo Takei (1930–2006), the founder and former chairman of Takefuji Yuta Takei (born 2000), Japanese badminton player
Fictional characters Junko Takei, a character in the media franchise Strike Witches
See also 7307 Takei, a main-belt asteroid