Though other video games bearing the names of Japanese celebrities had been developed prior to Takeshi no Chōsenjō, comedian-turned actor and film director Takeshi Kitano (Beat Takeshi) was the first celebrity to actively contribute to the video game's development.
Takeshi Kitano | Takeshi Okada | Takeshi's Castle | Takeshi Obata | Takeshi Kaneshiro | Takeshi Yoshida | Takeshi Terauchi | Takeshi Okumura | Takeshi Mori (voice actor) | Takeshi Morishima | Takeshi Kimura | Takeshi Yamamoto | Takeshi Ueda | Takeshi Tsuruno | Takeshi Kato | Takeshi Ito | Takeshi Araki | Takarabe Takeshi |