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'''Yamato''' ([[wikt:大和|大和]]) is an ancient [[names of Japan|name of Japan]]. The term was [[extension (semantics)|semantically extended]] to mean “Japan” or “Japanese” in general. As such, the [[Ryukyuans]] sometimes use this name in contrasting mainland Japan with [[Okinawa Prefecture]], and in the [[Okinawan language]], Yamato is called "Yamatu". The term is thus a name for many things, and due to these, it is occasionally a point of contention.
==Japanese history==
* [[Yamato people]], the dominant ethnic group of Japan
* [[Yamato period]], which is the period of Japanese history when the Japanese Imperial court ruled from Yamato Province
* [[Yamato-damashii]], the nationalistic "Japanese spirit"
* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]], The ideology of the perfect Japanese woman, used as propaganda in World War II.
* [[Yamato Takeru]], a legendary Japanese prince of the Yamato dynasty
* [[Yamato-e]], classical Japanese painting
==Ships==
* [[Yamato 1]], the first working prototype of a ship with a magnetohydrodynamic drive
===Imperial Japanese Navy===
* [[Yamato class battleship|''Yamato'' class battleship]], the largest naval vessel of World War II and the largest, heaviest battleship ever constructed.
** [[Japanese battleship Yamato|Japanese battleship ''Yamato'']], nameship of the aforementioned class, named after the Yamato Province
* ''Yamato'', [[corvette]] of the ''Katsuragi'' class, launched in 1885 and sunk on [[September 18]], [[1945]] [http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/e/stc0615.htm]
==Japanese geography==
* [[Yamato Province]], a former province of Japan that covered the part of Honshu that is present-day Nara Prefecture
* [[Yamato, Kanagawa]], a city in Kanagawa Prefecture
* [[Yamato, Fukuoka]], a town in Fukuoka Prefecture
* [[Yamato, Fukushima]], a town in Fukushima Prefecture
* [[Yamato, Saga]], a town in Saga Prefecture
* [[Yamato, Kumamoto]], a town in Kumamoto Prefecture
* [[Yamato, Ibaraki]], a village in Ibaraki Prefecture
* [[Yamato, Kagoshima]], a village in Kagoshima Prefecture
* [[Yamato, Yamanashi]], a village in Yamanashi Prefecture
* [[Yamato, Gifu]], a former town in Gifu Prefecture, which on 1 March 2004 became a part of Gujo City, Japan
* [[Yamato, Niigata]], a former town in Niigata, Japan, which on 1 November 2004 merged with the town of Muika, Japan forming the city of Minamiuonuma, Japan
* [[Yamato, Yamaguchi]], a former town in Yamaguchi Prefecture, which on 4 October 2004 merged into Hikari, Japan
* Yamato Town (as it was named upon its establishment in 1943), which changed its name to [[Wako, Saitama]] on [[31 October]] [[1970]]
* Yamato Village (as it was named upon its establishment on 1 November 1919), which changed its name to [[Higashi-yamato, Tokyo]] on [[1 October]] [[1970]]
==Japanese organizations==
* [[Yamato (movement)]], a western Japanese movement for its independense<ref>an article at Wikinfo: [http://www.wikinfo.org/index.php/Yamato Yamato]</ref>
==United States geography==
* [[Yamato Colony, California]], a Japanese-American agricultural community in California
* [[Yamato Colony, Florida]], a Japanese farm settlement in South Florida in the first half of the twentieth century
* [[Yamato Colony, Texas]], a Japanese-American owned sugar cane plantation in Texas
==Antarctic geography==
* [[Yamato Glacier]]
==Companies==
* [[Yamato Transport]], Japan's largest door-to-door delivery service company
* Yamato Motor Co. Ltd., the producer of boats and motors for [[Kyōtei]]
==Entertainment==
* [[Wadaiko Yamato]], a Japanese musical group which performs Taiko music
* [[USS Yamato|USS ''Yamato'']] (NCC-71807), a Galaxy Class starship in the Star Trek fictional universe which was a sister ship of the USS ''Enterprise''
* ''[[Otoko-tachi no Yamato]]'', a 2005 Japanese World War II film about the ''Yamato'' Japanese battleship
* Yamato Man, A [[Robot Master#041-048 .28Mega Man 6.29|Robot Master]] from the video game ''Mega Man VI''
* Yamato Cannon, a powerful weapon of [[Terran (StarCraft)|Terran]] Battlecruisers in the popular PC game, ''[[StarCraft]]'' .
* The katana of [[Vergil (Devil May Cry)|Vergil]], a character from the ''[[Devil May Cry]]'' series of video games
* The name of a legendary ark in ''[[Ōkami]]''
* Two [[military science fiction]] novels by [[Ken Kato]], both set in the 24th Century: [[Yamato: A Rage In Heaven]]; and [[Yamato 2: The Way Of the Warrior]]. Both were written during the early-to-mid-1990's; the paperback versions of each were published in a pair of separate installments, while the hardcover versions were published in a single installment.
* Yamato, one of the Alliance Fleet ships that carried the squadron "Ronin" and later "Tigers" on the PC and [[Dreamcast]] title ''[[StarLancer]]''
==Anime and Manga==
* ''[[Space Battleship Yamato]]'', a Japanese science fiction anime series created by [[Leiji Matsumoto]] and the name of its [[Space Battleship Yamato (spaceship)|eponymous space craft]]; called ''Star Blazers'' in the West
* [[Kira Yamato]], the protagonist of the television anime series ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED]]'' and an important character in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny]]''
* Minazuki Yamato, a character in the manga ''[[Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne]]''
* [[Yamato Delgado]] ("Daiwa" in the Japanese version), the main character in the ''Battle B-Daman'' anime and manga series
* [[Yamato Ishida]] ("Matt" in the English dub), a fictional character in the anime and manga series [[Digimon Adventure]] and [[Digimon Adventure 02]]
* [[Yamato (Naruto)|Yamato]], a fictional character in the manga and anime [[Naruto]]
* Yamato Akitsuki, a fictional character in manga/anime ''[[Suzuka (manga)|Suzuka]]''
* [[Waki Yamato]], a manga author
* [[Yamato Kotobuki]], a fictional character in the anime/manga ''[[Super Gals!]]''
* ''[[Shiroi Senshi Yamato]] (Yamato, the White Fighter)'', a manga by [[Yoshihiro Takahashi]]
* Yamato, a big battleship headed by [[Isoroku Yamamoto]] in the anime [[Zipang (anime)|Zipang]] (the anime's depiction of the real battleship).
==Animals==
*[[Yamato shrimp]], an [[invertebrate]] frequently used in the planted [[freshwater aquarium]], known for eating [[algae]]
==People==
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*[[Yamato Gō]], a former [[sumo]] wrestler from [[Hawaii]]
*[[Yūga Yamato]], the current top star of [[Takarazuka Revue]]
*[[Yamato Manwa]], a composer of [[Koto (musical instrument)|koto]] music
*YAMATO, the ring name of Japanese professional wrestler [[Masato Onodera]].
*[[Yamato, Ganeko]], a singer of the band [[ORANGE RANGE]]<ref>an article at the Asian pop wiki [[Wiki.ThePPN]]: [http://wiki.theppn.org/YAMATO YAMATO]</ref>
==See also==
Yamato is usually written as "大和", but these two characters can also be read as "Daiwa" or "Taiwa."
'''Yamato''' may erroneously refer to:
* [[Daiwa, Hiroshima]], a former town in Hiroshima Prefecture, which on 22 March 2005 merged with two other towns to form the city of Mihara, Japan
* [[Daiwa, Shimane]], a former village in Shimane Prefecture, which on 1 October 2004 merged with Ochi, Shimane to form the town of Misato, Japan
* [[Taiwa, Miyagi]], a town in Miyagi Prefecture
* Daiwa Bank, now a part of [[Resona Holdings, Inc.]], which was part of a bond scandal in 1995
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