Surname
Takehara
Takehara (竹原) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean bamboo + field, and Wikidata lists 14 notable people with this family name.
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What Takehara means
竹
bamboo
原
field, plain
Where the name comes from
Like most Japanese surnames, Takehara describes a place. Its kanji point to bamboo and a plain, the kind of landmark a family was known by when surnames became compulsory for everyone in 1875.