Yamaguchi 477786 224187419 2008-07-07T18:46:26Z ChrisRuvolo 77508 move places above fictional characters '''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]] {{disambig}} [[Category:Japanese surnames]] [[de:Yamaguchi (Begriffsklärung)]] [[fr:Yamaguchi]] [[ko:야마구치]] [[nl:Yamaguchi]] [[ja:山口]] [[pt:Yamaguchi (desambiguação)]] [[sk:Jamaguči]] [[uk:Ямаґуті]] [[zh:山口 (消歧义)]]