Editing Noboru Takeshita (section)

==Personal life==
Takeshita was twice married, and survived by three daughters (his only son, Rikidō, died one month after his birth in 1954) and several grandchildren,<ref name="economist" /> including singer [[Daigo (musician)|Daigo]] (formerly known as Daigo☆Stardust)<ref>[http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment/view/musician-daigo-an-y85-million-man-for-a-day Musician Daigo an Y85 million man for a day]</ref> and manga artist [[Eiki Eiki]].<ref>[[:ja:影木栄貴]]</ref>{{Circular reference|date=August 2019}}

His younger half-brother, [[Wataru Takeshita|Wataru]] (b. 1946-2021) was a reporter with [[NHK]], who then began working for Noboru as an aide in 1985.<ref>{{cite news |date= 18 September 2021|title= Japan ruling LDP faction chief Wataru Takeshita dies at 74|url= https://asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Obituaries/Japan-ruling-LDP-faction-chief-Wataru-Takeshita-dies-at-74 |website=Nikkei Asia |access-date= 18 September 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210918075348/https://asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Obituaries/Japan-ruling-LDP-faction-chief-Wataru-Takeshita-dies-at-74 |archive-date=  18 September 2021 }}</ref> Wataru entered politics in 2000 and served as leader of his old Takeshita faction (now known as the Heisei Kenkyūkai faction) from 2018 until his death in September 2021.<ref>{{cite news |date= 18 September 2021|title= Japan ruling party faction boss Wataru Takeshita dies at 74|url= https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/09/be27a6b3931e-ldp-faction-boss-takeshita-dies-at-74.html |website=Kyodo News |access-date= 18 September 2021}}</ref> Takeshita also had two more younger half-siblings, Saburō (born 1948) and Sakae.