Yamagata 470398 212343011 2008-05-14T13:16:00Z Myasuda 1187538 added Hiro Yamagata '''Yamagata''' is the name of several places in [[Japan]]: *[[Yamagata Prefecture]] *[[Yamagata, Yamagata|Yamagata City]], the capital city of [[Yamagata Prefecture]] **[[Yamagata Astronomical Observatory]], south of the city (IAU code D89) *[[Yamagata, Gifu]], a city in [[Gifu Prefecture]] *[[Yamagata, Nagano|Yamagata]], a [[village]] located in [[Higashichikuma District, Nagano|Higashichikuma District]], [[Nagano Prefecture|Nagano]], [[Japan]]. *[[Yamagata, Iwate]], a village in [[Iwate Prefecture]] *[[Yamagata District, Hiroshima]], a [[districts of Japan|district]] in [[Hiroshima Prefecture]] It is also a Japanese surname. People with the name include: *[[Yamagata Aritomo]] (1838 – 1922), Japanese military leader and politician *[[Hiro Yamagata]] (1964 - ), Japanese author, critic, economist, and translator *[[Rachael Yamagata]] (1977 - ), American singer-songwriter Other uses: * [[Yamagata (Akira)|Yamagata]] could also refer to the [[fictional character]] in the [[anime]] [[Akira (film)|Akira]]. * [[Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival]], a documentary film festival held biennially in [[Yamagata, Yamagata|Yamagata City]] {{disambig}} [[Category:Japanese surnames]] [[de:Yamagata]] [[ko:야마가타]] [[id:Yamagata]] [[nl:Yamagata]] [[ja:山形]] [[pt:Yamagata (desambiguação)]] [[sk:Jamagata]] [[zh:山形]]