Yamaguchi (surname) explained

Yamaguchi (山口, "mountain entrance/gateway") is the 14th most common Japanese surname.^[1]

Notable people with the surname

• Adam Yamaguchi, American television correspondent and producer
• , Japanese badminton player
• , Japanese swimmer
• , Japanese artist
• Atsushi Yamaguchi (disambiguation), multiple people
• , Japanese Noh mask carver
• Eri Yamaguchi (disambiguation), multiple people
• , Japanese shogi player
• , Japanese gravure idol
• , Japanese karateka
• , Japanese shakuhachi musician
• , Japanese mob boss
• Hatsuye Yamaguchi (1911-2005), Japanese-American artist and dollmaker
• Hideko Yamaguchi, plaintiff foster mother in Sweden v. Yamaguchi, a famous international family law trial
• , Japanese sumo wrestler
• , Japanese novelist and essayist
• , Japanese painter
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese musician
• , Japanese actress
• , Japanese composer
• Junya Yamaguchi, Japanese musician
• , Japanese judoka
• , Japanese actor and voice actor
• , Japanese painter
• , Japanese film director
• Kazuki Yamaguchi (disambiguation), multiple people
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese sociologist
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese boxer
• , Japanese voice actor
• , Japanese bicycle framebuilder
• , Japanese long-distance runner
• Kristi Yamaguchi (born 1971), American figure skater
• , Japanese volleyball player
• , Japanese origami artist
• , Japanese women's footballer
• , Japanese mixed martial artist
• , Japanese drummer and record producer known as Mabanua
• , Japanese rugby sevens player
• Masa Yamaguchi (born 1974), Australian actor
• Masakatsu Yamaguchi, plaintiff foster father in Sweden v. Yamaguchi, a famous international family law trial
• , Japanese manga artist
• , Japanese anthropologist
• Masaya Yamaguchi (born 1970), American jazz guitarist and music writer
• , Japanese scientist
• , Japanese government official
• , Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese mixed martial artist and kickboxer
• Michael Yamaguchi, American lawyer
• , Japanese swimmer
• , Japanese actress
• , Japanese television personality
• , Japanese singer, actress and idol
• , Japanese footballer and manager
• , Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese Paralympic swimmer
• Noboru Yamaguchi (disambiguation), multiple people
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese ultranationalist best known for his assassination of Inejiro Asanuma
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese voice actress
• Roy Yamaguchi, Japanese-American chef
• , Japanese anime screenwriter
• Satoshi Yamaguchi (disambiguation), multiple people
• , Japanese parasitologist
• , Japanese actress
• , Japanese model and actress
• , Japanese women's footballer
• , Japanese aikidoka
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese artist
• , Japanese anti–nuclear weapons activist
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese painter
• , Japanese Buddhist scholar
• , Imperial Japanese Navy officer
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese architect
• , Japanese actor
• Takayuki Yamaguchi (disambiguation), multiple people
• , Japanese painter
• , Japanese footballer
• , Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
• , Japanese voice actor
• Tatsuya Yamaguchi (disambiguation), multiple people
• Tazuo Yamaguchi, American poet and filmmaker
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese sprint canoeist
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese middle-distance runner
• , Japanese actress and voice actress
• Tomomi Yamaguchi, Japanese anthropologist
• , Japanese comedian, actor and voice actor
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese manga artist
• , Japanese national who survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings during the Second World War
• Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (disambiguation), multiple people
• Wally Yamaguchi (1959–1958), also known as Yamaguchi-san, Japanese professional wrestling manager and sports journalist
• , Japanese video game artist and designer
• , Japanese lyricist and writer
• , Japanese film director
• , Japanese rugby union player
• , Chinese-born Japanese actress and singer
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese footballer and manager
• , Japanese film director
• , Japanese sprinter
• , Japanese character designer and illustrator
• , Japanese animator
• , Japanese voice actress
• Yuriko Yamaguchi (sculptor) (born 1948), Japanese-American sculptor
• , Japanese businessman and economist
• , Japanese Buddhist scholar and Tibetologist

Fictional characters

• , a character in the manga series Hajime no Ippo
• , a character in the manga series GA Geijutsuka Art Design Class
• , a character in the manga series Gokusen
• , a character in the manga series Haikyu!!

Notes and References

1. 明治安田生命 全国同姓調査 [''Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company - National same family name investigation'']]. Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company. 2008-09-24. 2019-08-31.