Takayanagi

Takayanagi (written: 高柳 lit "tall willow") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Issei Takayanagi (高柳 一誠?) (born 1986), Japanese footballer
• Kenjiro Takayanagi (高柳 健次郎?) (1899–1990), Japanese television pioneer
• Masayuki Takayanagi (高柳 昌行?) (1932–1991)), Japanese jazz musician
• Shigehito Takayanagi (高柳 滋仁?), Japanese anime director
• Shoko Takayanagi (高柳 昌子?) (born 1954), Japanese volleyball player
• Yuko Takayanagi (born 1965), Japanese fencer

Fictional characters:

• Masataka Takayanagi (高柳 雅孝?), character in the manga series Tenjho Tenge