Takk Yamaguchi
Licensed Real Estate Salesperson | Licensed as Takeshi Yamaguchi
Social Media
Follow Takk on Instagram.
Follow The Takk Team on Facebook.
Connect with Takk on Linkedin.
Follow Takk on YouTube.
Real Takk Apple Podcast
Real Takk Spotify Podcast
Real Takk Podbean Podcast
Follow The Takk Team on Facebook.
Connect with Takk on Linkedin.
Follow Takk on YouTube.
Real Takk Apple Podcast
Real Takk Spotify Podcast
Real Takk Podbean Podcast
Revenue
Takk exclusively represents more than $200 million in New York City real estate properties, ranging from co-ops, condos, Townhouses, multi-family, and commercial mixed-use assets.
Takk transacts about 130 deals on average per year.
Takk transacts about 130 deals on average per year.
Awards
Ranked Top 1.5% of Realtors Nationally Verified by Real Trends 2026
Ranked Top 1.5% of Realtors Nationally Verified by Real Trends 2025
Ranked Top 1.5% of Realtors Nationally Verified by Real Trends 2024
Ranked Top 1.5% of Realtors Nationally Verified by Real Trends 2023
Ranked Top 1.5% of Realtors Nationally Verified by Real Trends 2022
Ranked Top 1.5% of Realtors Nationally Verified by Real Trends 2021
Ranked Top 1.5% of Realtors Nationally Verified by Real Trends 2020
Press
Takk's expertise in both renting and selling in New York have led to him being quoted and featured in articles such as:
New York Times, "Serial Renters in New York City"
AM New York, "Apartment Search Countdown"
Brokers Weekly, "Hot shot who always crosses the finish line: Takeshi Yamaguchi",
6SQFT, "For $345K, a Tudor City studio with views of the park"
Curbed, "What $675,000 buys in NYC right now"
New York Times, "Serial Renters in New York City"
AM New York, "Apartment Search Countdown"
Brokers Weekly, "Hot shot who always crosses the finish line: Takeshi Yamaguchi",
6SQFT, "For $345K, a Tudor City studio with views of the park"
Curbed, "What $675,000 buys in NYC right now"
Specialties
Language: Fully Bi-Lingual in Japanese
Education
B.A. in International Relations and Economics from Lehigh University and double minors in Asian/Japanese Studies.
Charity
Takk is an active donor and volunteer of several organizations. He is a proud Host Committee Member Project Renewal, a New York City nonprofit organization that helps homeless and low-income men and women who often have a drug addiction or mental illness, as well as an active volunteer & donor New Yorks Habitat Humanity. He also frequently volunteers at the Madison Square Park Conservancy, helping to host free public events children.
About Takk
Born in the suburbs of Tokyo Japan, Takk moved to the Washington DC area at the age of seven. Soon after completing his undergraduate degree at Lehigh University, he moved to New York City to pursue a career in real estate.
Takk exclusively represented more than $200 million in real estate assets during his career, ranging from co-ops, condos, townhouses, and multi-family properties. He brokered over 100 transactions per year and represented investors, buyers, sponsors, sellers, and tenants in every submarket in New York City. Takk is also fully bi-lingual in Japaanese, having represented some of the largest Japanese real estate buyers & investors from Japan.
Takk's specialities also include consulting investors from the initial advising stage to the acquisition and leasing, 1031 Exchanges, and listing-side sales and rentals of investment assets.
Takk is a member and guest speaker of The Real Estate Board of New York and been the recipient of several industry awards in recent years, including Top Rental Agent of the Year in 2009 and 2010, Rookie of the Year Award in 2009, and Top Rental Lister of the Year of 2010. An avid sports fan who founded Lehigh University’s Snowboarding Club and played on the Lehigh Lacrosse team, he is also an accomplished musician who currently performs with the New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra in New York City. Takk resides in Domino Park (Williamsburg, Brooklyn).
Follow his monthly newsletter here:
Real Takk May 26 feat. Podcast with Brandon Polakoff of Avison Young
Real Takk April 2026 AI in Real Estate & Saving Your Building from Energy Costs
Real Takk March 26 AI in Real Estate & Guest Pod on Managing Manhattan ☘️
Real Takk February 2026 Historical Cold Month for NYC Real Estate ☃️
Real Takk January 2026 Happy New Year Real Takk 2026 Outlook ❄️
Real Takk December 2025 End of Year Wrap Up ✨
Real Takk November 2025 🦃 feat Pod. with Rachel Hausman Masse of Boise
Real Takk October 2025 feat. Pod with Commercial RE CEO Chris Okada 🎃
Real Takk Sept 2025 $1.6B Compass Acquisition + Pod with Tanya Delahoz of Breckenridge, CO 💥
Real Takk August 2025 End of Summer Note & Pod with Cheryl Foote, Steamboat Springs, CO 🏔️
Real Takk July 2025 FARE Act Results, & Jessica Northrop of Denver CO ⛰️
Real Takk June 2025 feat. Pod with Kenny Burgos, ex State Assembly & CEO of the New York Apartment Association
Real Takk May 2025 Are Coop Board Rejections A Real Thing?
Real Takk April 2025 feat. Pod with Noddy Khan of Compass
Real Takk March 2025 feat. Pod with Sarah Patton of Compass New Dev 🌸
Takk Yamaguchi’s Transactions
Past Sales
Listing Courtesy of Corcoran Group
Listing Courtesy of Serhant LLC
Listing Courtesy of Douglas Elliman Real Estate
$2,650,000
- 5
- Bedrooms
- 3
- Bathrooms
190 Clermont Ave
Fort Greene
Listing Courtesy of CAUKUS CONSULTING LLC
Listing Courtesy of Halstead dba Brown Harris Stevens Residential Sales LLC
Listing Courtesy of O Kane Realty
Listing Courtesy of Elliman
Listing Courtesy of Corcoran Group
$1,500,000
- 2
- Bedrooms
- 2
- Bathrooms
345 E 93rd St, Unit 25CD
$1,350,000
- 2
- Bedrooms
- 2.5
- Bathrooms
90 N 5th St, Unit PH5C
Williamsburg
$1,225,000
- 13
- Bedrooms
- 6
- Bathrooms
1315 Findlay Ave
Concourse
Past Rentals
Listing Courtesy of TOWN Residential, LLC.
