| Minoru Yanagida | |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Office: | Minister of Justice |
| Primeminister: | Naoto Kan |
| Term Start: | 17 September 2010 |
| Term End: | 22 November 2010 |
| Predecessor: | Keiko Chiba |
| Successor: | Yoshito Sengoku |
| Office1: | Member of the House of Councillors |
| Constituency1: | Hiroshima at-large |
| Term Start1: | 26 July 1998 |
| Term End1: | 25 July 2022 |
| Predecessor1: | Kimiko Kurihara |
| Successor1: | Eri Mikami |
| Office2: | Member of the House of Representatives |
| Constituency2: | Hiroshima 3rd |
| Term Start2: | 19 February 1990 |
| Term End2: | 27 September 1996 |
| Birth Date: | 6 November 1954 |
| Birth Place: | Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan |
| Party: | DPP |
| Otherparty: | DSP NFP DPJ DP |
| Alma Mater: | University of Tokyo |
is a former Japanese politician of the Democratic Party For the People who served as member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Kagoshima, Kagoshima and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1998 after serving in the House of Representatives for two terms since 1990.[1]