Yamaguchi
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Yamaguchi is the 15th most common Japanese
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Japanese
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People bearing the surname Yamaguchi include:- Adam YamaguchiAdam YamaguchiAdam Yamaguchi is an Asian-American television correspondent and producer at Current TV, a cable network founded by former US Vice President Al Gore. He earned economics and communications degrees at UCLA, where he served as editor-in-chief of the Daily Bruin newspaper...
, an American television correspondent and producer at Current TV - Billy Yamaguchi, a famed Feng Shui Hairstylist and creator of hair product line
- Eri YamaguchiEri YamaguchiEri Yamaguchi is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon race.She won the 1999 Tokyo International Women's Marathon and finished seventh at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Her personal best time is 2:22:12 hours. -Achievements:-References:*...
(born 1973), a Japanese long-distance runner - Erina YamaguchiErina Yamaguchiis a Japanese big-breasted glamour model .-Biography:Erina was born October 19, 1985 in Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyūshū island. In 2004, She graduated from in Minami-ku, Fukuoka City, which was known for having adopted sailor fuku for the first time.After graduation, she worked as a hair model in...
, a Japanese gravure idol - Gōgen YamaguchiGogen YamaguchiJitsumi Gōgen Yamaguchi Jitsumi Gōgen Yamaguchi Jitsumi Gōgen Yamaguchi (山口剛玄, Yamaguchi Gōgen; b.20 January 1909 d.20 May 1989. was a world renown Grandmaster of Japanese Karate-dō and founder of the International Karate-dō Gōjū-kai Association; he was one of the most well known of all...
(1909–1989), a Japanese karateka - Gorō YamaguchiGoro YamaguchiGorō Yamaguchi February 26, 1933- January 3, 1999, a Japanese shakuhachi player, was known for his musicality, phrasing, impeccable technique in solo and ensemble performances. He headed the Chikumeisha shakuhachi guild and became a world-famous Japanese performer and teacher...
(1933–1999), a world famous Japanese shakuhachi musician - Hideko Yamaguchi, a plaintiff foster mother in Sweden v. YamaguchiSweden v. YamaguchiSweden v. Yamaguchi, otherwise known as in the matter of Marianne Wilson, or in the matter of Mary Ann Vaughn, is a highly complex decision in international family law which touches on questions in law still unresolved over fifty years later. The formal name of the action was Israel Karl-Gustav...
, a famous international family law trial - Hitomi YamaguchiYamaguchi Hitomiwas a popular novelist and essayist in Shōwa period Japan.-Early life:Yamaguchi was born in the Azabu district of Tokyo to a working class family. He was forced to support himself through college, attending the Kokugakuin University. After graduation, he went to work for the publishing company,...
(1923–1995), a popular Japanese novelist and essayist - Jun YamaguchiJun Yamaguchiis a Japanese composer of contemporary music and musicologist.- Biography :Born in Tokyo, Japan in 1967, He studied piano from age 7. He left the Senzoku-Gakuen College of Music in 1993 before graduating...
(born 1967), a Japanese composer - Kappei YamaguchiKappei Yamaguchi, better known by his stage name of , is a Japanese voice actor and actor from Fukuoka, affiliated with Gokū and 21st Century Fox.He is best known for the roles of Ranma Saotome , Jackson Neil , Tombo , Yattaro , InuYasha , Ryuichi Sakuma , L , Usopp...
, a Japanese voice actor - Kayo Yamaguchi (1899–1984), a Japanese painter
- Keiji Yamaguchi, a creature technical director in Industrial Light & Magic
- Koichi YamaguchiKoichi Yamaguchi- Background :Koichi was trained as a Master framebuilder at the legendary 3Rensho company in Japan, building bicycles for professional Keirin riders ....
, a bicycle framebuilder - Kosuke Yamaguchi, an underwater hockey player/finswimmer
- Kristi YamaguchiKristi YamaguchiKristine Tsuya "Kristi" Yamaguchi-Hedican is an American figure skater. She is the 1992 Olympic Champion in ladies' singles. Yamaguchi also won two World Figure Skating Championships in 1991 and 1992 and a U.S. Figure Skating Championships in 1992. She won one junior world title in 1988 and two...
, a Japanese AmericanJapanese Americanare American people of Japanese heritage. Japanese Americans have historically been among the three largest Asian American communities, but in recent decades have become the sixth largest group at roughly 1,204,205, including those of mixed-race or mixed-ethnicity...
figure skater - Makoto YamaguchiMakoto YamaguchiMakoto Yamaguchi has taken an active part in origami as a professional creator after working with the Nippon Origami Association. In 1989, he opened "Gallery Origami House", a venue to showcase the works of origami creators...
, an origami artist - Masakatsu Yamaguchi, a plaintiff foster father in Sweden v. YamaguchiSweden v. YamaguchiSweden v. Yamaguchi, otherwise known as in the matter of Marianne Wilson, or in the matter of Mary Ann Vaughn, is a highly complex decision in international family law which touches on questions in law still unresolved over fifty years later. The formal name of the action was Israel Karl-Gustav...
, a famous international family law trial - Mayumi YamaguchiMayumi Yamaguchiis a Japanese voice actress from Iwate Prefecture affiliated with Accent.-Television animation:*Bleach *The Law of Ueki *Ojamajo Doremi series *Fighting Beauty Wulong...
(born 1975), a Japanese voice actor - Momoe YamaguchiMomoe Yamaguchiis a former Japanese singer, actress, and idol whose career lasted from 1972 to 1980. In that time, she became one of the most notable singers in Japanese music, and an acclaimed actress. She withdrew from the entertainment business at the peak of her career to marry her frequent costar, fellow...
(born 1959), a former Japanese pop singer, actress and idol - Motohiro Yamaguchi (born 1969), a Japanese football midfielder
- Noboru YamaguchiNoboru Yamaguchiwas the second kumicho, or Godfather, of the Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza gang in Japan.He assumed control of the gang in 1925 upon the death of his father, the gang's founder, Harukichi Yamaguchi. He ruled until the outbreak of World War II in 1942. He was succeeded in 1946 by his protege, Kazuo Taoka....
(1901–1942), the second kumicho, or Godfather, of the Yamaguchi-gumi - Otoya YamaguchiOtoya Yamaguchiwas a Japanese ultranationalist, a member of a right-wing Uyoku dantai group, who assassinated Inejiro Asanuma by wakizashi on October 12, 1960 at Tokyo's Hibiya Hall during a political debate in advance of parliamentary elections...
(1943–1960), a Japanese ultranationalist best known for his assassination of Inejiro Asanuma - Rico Yamaguchi, stage name for Japanese singer and AV actress Rina Nakanishi
- Roy YamaguchiRoy Yamaguchi-Biography:Yamaguchi was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan but now lives in the U.S. State of Hawaii.After graduating from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, he spent time in Los Angeles in apprenticeships at L'Escoffier and L'Ermitage under the late master chef Jean Bertanou....
, a Japanese-American chef - Ryōta YamaguchiRyota Yamaguchiis a Japanese anime screenwriter often associated with Sunrise.He penned a number of scripts for Sunrise's anime TV series The Vision of Escaflowne, as well as writing the movie version, Escaflowne: A Girl in Gaea with director Kazuki Akane....
(born 1969), a Japanese anime screenwriter - Seigo Yamaguchi (1924–1996), a Japanese aikido teacher
- Shigehiro Yamaguchi, a Japanese actor
- Shinji Yamaguchi, a Japanese manga artist
- Takayuki YamaguchiTakayuki Yamaguchiis a Japanese voice actor who works for 81 Produce.-Notable voice roles:*Tom in .hack//Legend Of The Twilight*Kazuki Yotsuga in Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure*Leonhart in Final Fantasy II...
, a Japanese voice actor - Tamon Yamaguchi (1892–1942), a Japanese Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy
- Tomoko YamaguchiTomoko Yamaguchiis a Japanese actress and singer from Tochigi. She is the lead actress for the classic j-drama Long Vacation, which features her starring alongside with Takuya Kimura.She has been married to Toshiaki Karasawa since 1995.-External links:...
(born 1964), a Japanese actress and singer - Taro YamaguchiTaro Yamaguchiis a Japanese voice actor.-Anime roles:*Bleach as Chōjirō Sasakibe; Niidaa Sword; Rudobone*Eureka Seven as Hap*Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex as Borma...
(born 1970), a Japanese voice actor - Tsutomu YamaguchiTsutomu Yamaguchi, was a Japanese national who survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings during World War II. Although at least 160 people are known to have been affected by both bombings, he is the only person to have been officially recognized by the government of Japan as surviving both...
(1916–2010), a Japanese national who survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings during the Second World War - Wally Yamaguchi, a Japanese professional wrestling personality, better known in the U.S. as Yamaguchi-San, the manager of Kai En TaiKai En TaiKai En Tai was a professional wrestling stable made up of Japanese wrestlers Kaz Hayashi, Dick Togo and Mens Teioh, later joined by Sho Funaki and Taka Michinoku. The group was managed by Yamaguchi-San when they were in the WWF....
in World Wrestling EntertainmentWorld Wrestling EntertainmentWorld Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales... - Yoshiko ŌtakaYoshiko Otaka, is a China-born Japanese actress and singer who made a career in China, Japan, Hong Kong, and the United States. By the 1940s, she became one of the Seven great singing stars...
, born and aka Yoshiko Yamaguchi, an actress well-known as during the World War II - Yuki YamaguchiYuki Yamaguchiis a Japanese sprinter.-Achievements:-References:...
, a Japanese sprinter - Yuriko YamaguchiYuriko Yamaguchi (voice actor)is a Japanese voice actress who was born in Osaka. Previously a member of Vi-Vo, Yuriko is currently freelance. She is most known for the roles of Nico Robin and the second voice of Nurse Joy . Her hobby is overtone singing. Her nickname is "Yuruko"...
(born 1965), a Japanese voice actor - Yuriko YamaguchiYuriko Yamaguchi (sculptor)Yuriko Yamaguchi is a Japanese-American sculptor.Yuriko was born in Osaka, Japan. She attended the University of California, Berkeley, graduating in 1975 with a BA. She went on to undertake directed study at Princeton University, and completed a Master of Fine Arts at University of Maryland,...
(born 1948), a Japanese-American sculptor - Yutaka YamaguchiYutaka YamaguchiYutaka Yamaguchi 山口泰 serves as a member of the Group of Thirty, an international body of leading financiers and academics. He is a former Vice Governor of the Bank of Japan , and was promoted to the position in 1998, following 34 years of continuous service...
(born 1940), a Japanese businessman and economist
Fictional characters
- Kumiko "Yankumi" Yamaguchi, a character of Yukie NakamaYukie Nakamais a Japanese actress, singer and former idol. She was born in Okinawa, Japan, in a fisherman's family, the youngest of five siblings.At the start of her career she was a gravure idol and singer , and appeared in bit roles until her career breakthrough playing Sadako in "Ring 0: Birthday ."In 2000,...
in GokusenGokusenis a manga series by Kozueko Morimoto. The story follows Kumiko Yamaguchi, the granddaughter of a Yakuza boss and teacher at an all-male private high school. In 2008, a SP manga was out, featuring some of Yankumi's old students who are by now working adults.In 2002, the manga was adapted into a... - Yamaguchi-sensei, a doctor in the manga/anime series Fighting Spirit