Surname
Takebayashi
Takebayashi (竹林) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean bamboo + grove, and Wikidata lists 11 notable people with this family name.
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What Takebayashi means
竹
bamboo
林
grove
Where the name comes from
Like most Japanese surnames, Takebayashi describes a place. Its kanji point to bamboo and a grove, the kind of landmark a family was known by when surnames became compulsory for everyone in 1875.