One of Ping Pong Clubs two 'pretty boys'. Takeda has a bowl haircut with short bangs, and he is also the crush of female character Kiyoko. He even has a whole episode devoted to him fondling her breasts (in which Maeno, Izawa, and Tanaka are all hiding naked in a locker). 

Inaho Jr. High's Boys Ping Pong Club has only 6 members, the club minimum. Takeda is your average nice guy. Kinoshita is good looking and popular with girls. Unfortunately, the rest are branded as losers. Tanabe is too foreign, while Tanaka is petite and perverse. Maena and Izawa are truly deviant, and their crazed antics have earned the team some powerful enemies. In spite of their differences, the team needs to work together to retain their practice room and club status.
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(Source: Anime News Network)

__Chronology:__ (1994) B.A. from Williams College, Theater; (1997) M.F.A. from OHC School of the Arts, Columbia University 
__Favorites:__ 
- Anime Character Played: Tsume from _Wolf's Rain_ 
- Anime Character: Allen Schezar 
- Anime Series: _Laputa: Castle in the Sky_, _Macross Plus_, _Princess Mononoke_ (and most all Studio Ghibli films), _The Vision of Escaflowne_ 
- Authors: Hayao Miyazaki, J.R.R. Tolkein, Joseph Campbell, Marshall McLuhan, Osamu Tezuka, Shakespeare, William Gibson 
- Foods: Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream, Chicago Style Pizza, sushi 
- Hobbies: computers, mythology, radio theater, Sony Playstation, sound design