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匠
たくみ
Takumi
tah-KOO-mee · a male name
“Master artisan”
Masterful · Devoted · Understated
The story of Takumi
One kanji, one calling — the artisan's Takumi.
Takumi is the everyday Japanese word for a master artisan. As a name it honors patience, skill and the beauty of things made by hand.
Kanji by kanji
artisan, master craftsman
A single kanji depicting a carpenter's square inside a box — the mark of one who shapes things with skill.
How it feels
The full story
About 匠
匠 is the purest maker's name in Japanese. It carries the ethic of the workshop: speak little, practice long, and let the work itself be beautiful.
Popularity in Japan
Takumi held a firm place in the top 20 through the 1990s and 2000s and never feels dated.
Through the decades
A craftsman-spirit name that rose alongside Japan's renewed pride in monozukuri — the art of making things.
Deep dive
Japan reveres its artisans: sword smiths, carpenters, potters who spend decades perfecting one skill. Naming a child Takumi places him in that lineage of quiet mastery, where excellence is devotion made visible.
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