Yamamoto
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Yamamoto (山本 meaning "base of the mountain") is one of the most popular Japanese surnames.
In Mathematics Yamamoto may refer to the Lubell-Yamamoto-Meshalkin inequality, named for Koichi Yamamoto.
[edit] People
- Azumi Yamamoto, voice actress
- Donald Yamamoto, American Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, for African Affairs
- Yamamoto Gonnohyoe, the 16th Prime Minister of Japan
- Hideo Yamamoto, manga artist
- Hiro Yamamoto, bassist
- Hiroshi Yamamoto, archer, Olympic silver medalist
- Isoroku Yamamoto, naval commander during World War II (Admiral)
- Issei Yamamoto, astronomer
- Yamamoto Kansuke, general
- Kenji Yamamoto, video game music composer
- Koichi Yamamoto, mathematician
- Kouji Yamamoto, actor
- Maria Yamamoto, voice actress
- Mariko Yamamoto, member of the Japanese Red Army
- Mayumi Yamamoto, Japanese actress
- Yamamoto Mirai, actress
- Yamamoto Natsumi, actress
- Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto, mixed martial arts fighter
- Sakon Yamamoto, Japanese racecar driver
- Saori Yamamoto, bikini idol
- Yamamoto Seiichi ("Yamamotor"), musician; member of seminal Osaka-based noise/krautrock band Boredoms.
- Shizuka Yamamoto, badminton athlete
- Yamamoto Shūgorō, Japanese novelist
- Takashi Yamamoto, swimmer at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Tatsuo Yamamoto, politician
- Yamamoto Tsunetomo, the author of Hagakure
- Yohji Yamamoto, fashion designer
- Yamamoto Yuriko, voice actor
[edit] Places
[edit] Fictional Characters
- Yamamoto (Spriggan), head of ARCAM's Japanese branch in Spriggan.
- Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai, a general (sotaicho) and 1st division captain (ichibantai-taicho) in the BLEACH manga and anime.
- Aki Yamamoto, a character from the anime Colorful