Aoyama

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"Aoyama" is a transliteration of 青山. For other transliterations, see 青山.

Aoyama (青山 "blue mountain") can refer to:

Contents 1 Places 2 Real people 3 Fictional characters 4 Other 5 See also

[edit] Places

• Aoyama, Tokyo (青山), Tokyo, Japan.
  • Aoyama Gakuin University (青山学院大学), famous university located in Aoyama, Tokyo
  • Aoyama-itchōme Station (青山一丁目駅), a railway station in Minato, Tokyo, Japan
• Aoyama, Mie (青山町), formerly a town in Naga District, but now part of the city of Iga, Mie Prefecture, Japan
• Aoyama Station (Iwate) (青山駅), a railway station located in Takizawa, Iwate, Japan

[edit] Real people

• Aoyama clan (青山氏), a Japanese clan which came to prominence during the Sengoku period, and is the namesake of the Aoyama neighborhood in Tokyo
  • Tadanari Aoyama (青山 忠成), 1551-1613, eldest son of Aoyama Tadakado who became Daimyo of the Musashi Province in 1600
• Gosho Aoyama (青山 剛昌), born 1963, Japanese mangaka (birthname: Yoshimasa Aoyama)
• Hiroshi Aoyama (青山 博一), Japanese motorcycle racer
• Shinji Aoyama (青山 真治), born 1964, Japanese film director
• Shuhei Aoyama (青山 周平), Japanese motorcycle racer
• Tōko Aoyama (青山 桐子), born 1976, Japanese voice actress
• Yōichi Aoyama (青山 陽一), male Japanese popular music artist

[edit] Fictional characters

• Hajime Aoyama, character in Ghost Stories (anime)
• Masaya Aoyama (青山 雅也) of Tokyo Mew Mew
• Motoko Aoyama of Love Hina
• Otaki Aoyama (青山 大滝), character in the anime/manga series Oh My Goddess!
• Shigeharu Aoyama, the main character in the Japanese film, Audition (film)
• Shougo Aoyama of Toei Animation's Yu-Gi-Oh! movie (not the movie aired in North America)
• Tessan Aoyama, a samurai in a folk version of a Japanese ghost story titled Banchō Sarayashiki

[edit] Other

• Aoyama Harp (青山ハープ), a Japanese harp manufacturer.

[edit] See also

• Japanese name