Minoru Takase (Japanese: 高勢実乗, Hepburn: Takase Minoru, 13 December 1890 – 19 November 1947) was a Japanese comedian and actor.

Born in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Takase moved to Tokyo in 1905 and began acting in shinpa theater.

[1] He moved to Nikkatsu in 1928, often playing villains, but changed to comedy after appearing in Mansaku Itami's Kokushi Musō (1932).

Sadao Yamanaka used him in such a role in The Million Ryo Pot (1935).

After moving to Toho in 1937, his comic persona involved appearing in strange clothes and spouting odd phrases.