Yamauchi

Yamauchi or Yamanouchi (やまうち or やまのうち, lit. "inside mountains") is a Japanese surname. Either name is written in kanji as 山内 while Yamanouchi can also be written as 山ノ内.

Notable people with the surname include:

  • Yamanouchi Toyoshige, 15th feudal lord of the Tosa domain
  • Yamauchi Kazutoyo, first feudal lord of the Tosa domain
  • Kenji Yamanouchi, eponymous founder of Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co., now part of Astellas Pharma
  • Don Yamauchi, American chef
  • Edwin M. Yamauchi, historian and biblical scholar
  • Fusajiro Yamauchi, founder of Nintendo
    • Sekiryo Yamauchi (born Sekiryo Kaneda), second president of Nintendo, son-in-law of Fusajiro Yamauchi
    • Hiroshi Yamauchi, third president of Nintendo, grandson of Fusajiro Yamauchi
  • Goiti Yamauchi, Japanese-Brazilian mixed martial artist
  • Kazunori Yamauchi, creator of the Gran Turismo videogame series
  • Mara Yamauchi, British long-distance runner
  • Masakatsu Yamanouchi (山内 政勝, born 1942), Japanese rower
  • Minami Yamanouchi (山ノ内 みなみ, born 1992), Japanese long-distance runner
  • Wakako Yamauchi, American writer
  • Tetsu Yamauchi, Japanese bass guitarist for the bands Free and The Faces
  • Akihiro Yamauchi, Japanese volleyball player

Other uses:

  • Yamanouchi, Kamakura, a neighbourhood in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
  • Yamanouchi, Nagano, a town in the Shimotakai District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
  • Yamauchi, Saga, a former town of Kishima District, Saga Prefecture, Japan
  • Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical, a company acquired by Astellas Pharma

See also

  • Japanese name
  • Special:Prefixindex/Yamauchi - the page gives articles starting with Yamauchi.
  • Special:Prefixindex/Yamanouchi - the page gives articles starting with Yamanouchi.
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