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'''Yamaguchi''' ([[wikt:山口|山口]], "mountain entrance/gateway") is the 15th most common [[Japan]]ese [[surname]]. It can refer to:
==Real people==
*[[Adam Yamaguchi]] American television correspondent and producer at Current TV
*[[Billy Yamaguchi]] Famed Feng Shui Hairstylist and creator of hair product line.
*[[Eri Yamaguchi]] (born 1973), Japanese long-distance runner
*[[Erina Yamaguchi]] Japanese [[gravure idol]]
*[[Gogen Yamaguchi]] (1909 - 1989), Japanese [[karateka]]
*[[Goro Yamaguchi]] (1933 - 1999), world famous Japanese [[shakuhachi]] musician
*[[Sweden v. Yamaguchi|Hideko Yamaguchi]], plaintiff foster mother in ''[[Sweden v. Yamaguchi]]'', a famous international family law trial.
*[[Yamaguchi Hitomi|Hitomi Yamaguchi]] (1923 – 1995), popular Japanese novelist and essayist
*[[Jun Yamaguchi]], (born 1967) Japanese composer
*[[Kappei Yamaguchi]], Japanese seiyū
*[[Yamaguchi Kayo|Kayo Yamaguchi]] (1899 - 1984), Japanese painter
*[[Keiji Yamaguchi]], (creature technical director: [[Industrial Light & Magic|ILM]])
*[[Koichi Yamaguchi (bicycle framebuilder) | Koichi Yamaguchi]], bicycle framebuilder
*[[Kosuke Yamaguchi]], underwater hockey player/finswimmer
*[[Kristi Yamaguchi]], [[Japanese American]] figure skater
*[[Makoto Yamaguchi]] ([[origami]] artist)
*[[Sweden v. Yamaguchi|Masakatsu Yamaguchi]], plaintiff foster father in ''[[Sweden v. Yamaguchi]]'', a famous international family law trial.
*[[Mayumi Yamaguchi]] (born 1975), Japanese seiyū
*[[Momoe Yamaguchi]] (born 1959), former Japanese pop singer, actress and idol
*[[Motohiro Yamaguchi]] (born 1969), Japanese football midfielder
*[[Noboru Yamaguchi]] (1901 - 1942), second kumicho, or Godfather, of the Yamaguchi-gumi
*[[Otoya Yamaguchi]] (1943 - 1960), Japanese [[ultranationalist]] best known for his assassination of [[Inejiro Asanuma]]
*[[Roy Yamaguchi]], Japanese-American chef
*[[Ryōta Yamaguchi]] (born 1969), Japanese anime screenwriter
*[[Seigo Yamaguchi]] (1924 - 1996), Japanese [[aikidoka]]
*[[Shigehiro Yamaguchi]], Japanese actor
*[[Shinji Yamaguchi]], Japanese [[mangaka]]
*[[Takayuki Yamaguchi]], Japanese seiyū
*[[Tamon Yamaguchi]] (1892 - 1942), Japanese Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy
*[[Tomoko Yamaguchi]] (born 1964), Japanese actress and singer
*[[Taro Yamaguchi]] (born 1970), Japanese seiyū
*[[Wally Yamaguchi]], Japanese professional wrestling personality, better known in the U. S. as the manager of [[Kai En Tai]] in [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]
*[[Yuki Yamaguchi]], Japanese sprinter
*[[Yuriko Yamaguchi (voice actor)|Yuriko Yamaguchi]] (born 1965), Japanese seiyū
*[[Yuriko Yamaguchi (sculptor)|Yuriko Yamaguchi]] (born 1948), Japanese-American sculptor
*[[Yutaka Yamaguchi]] (born 1940), Japanese businessman and economist
==Places==
*[[Yamaguchi Prefecture]], westernmost prefecture of [[Honshū]] island of [[Japan]]
*[[Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi|Yamaguchi]]-shi, city, capital of [[Yamaguchi Prefecture]]
*[[Yamaguchi, Nagano|Yamaguchi]]-mura, village in [[Nagano Prefecture]]
*[[Yamaguchi Station (Yamaguchi)|Yamaguchi Station]], [[West Japan Railway Company|JR West]] railway station located in Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
==Fictional characters==
*Kumiko "Yankumi" Yamaguchi, character of [[Yukie Nakama]] in [[Gokusen]]
*Yamaguchi-sensei, doctor in the manga/anime series [[Fighting Spirit (anime)|Fighting Spirit]]
==Other==
*[[Yamaguchi Bank]], major regional bank in Japan, primarily in the Yamaguchi prefecture
*[[Yamaguchi Broadcasting Co.]], (later named KRY) Japanese television and radio broadcasting company serving the city of Yamaguchi and Yamaguchi Prefecture.
*[[Yamaguchi-gumi]], [[yakuza]] group
*[[Sweden v. Yamaguchi]], a highly complex decision in international [[family law]] which touches on questions in law still unresolved over fifty years later.
==See also==
* [[Japanese name]]
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