Naokazu Takemoto (竹本 直一, Takemoto Naokazu, born November 23, 1940) is a former Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.

A native of Minamikawachi District, Osaka and graduate of the University of Kyoto Faculty of Law and Graduate School of University of California at Berkeley,[1] Takemoto was elected for the first time in 1996.

Since his election to the Diet he has also served as Parliamentary Secretary for Economy, Trade and Industry (Mori Cabinet), Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Labour and Welfare (Koizumi Cabinet), and Senior Vice-Minister of Finance (Koizumi Cabinet).

He became State Minister in charge of Science and Technology Policy on September 11, 2019.

[3] Affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi,[4] Takemoto is a member of the following right-wing groups in the Diet: Takemoto gave the following answers to the questionnaire submitted by Mainichi to parliamentarians in 2012:[5]