Arata Takebe (born 20 July 1970) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who is serving as a member of the House of Representatives for Hokkaido 12th district since 2012.

Takebe was born in Shari, Hokkaido in 1970 and he later attended Sapporo Minami High School.

[5] In the 2021 election he was elected for a fourth term, after defeating Hideyo Kawarada, a former Abashiri City Council member endorsed by the Constitutional Democratic Party, and Makoto Sugawara, endorsed by the Japanese Communist Party.

[8] On 3 October of the same year, he was appointed Vice Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in the First Ishiba Cabinet.

[10] In the 2012 election, the representative director and managing director of Wakkanai Port Facilities Co., Ltd., who was the deputy secretary-general of Takebe's support group, was arrested on 22 December of the same year on suspicion of violating the Public Offices Election Act (bribery of campaigners).