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

• Yamamoto, Kagawa
• Yamamoto, Miyagi
• Yamamoto, Akita
• Yamamoto District, Akita

[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
• Lt. Commander Yamamoto, the first officer in the anime series, The Irresponsible Captain Tylor
• Yamamoto Yoko, a character from the anime Starship Girl Yamamoto Yoko