Oyama
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Oyama may refer to:
- Oyama, Tochigi, a city in Japan
- Ōyama, Ōita, a town in Japan
- Oyama, Shizuoka, a town in Japan
- Oyama, British Columbia, a small town located in the municipality of Lake Country, British Columbia, Canada, with an estimated population of 1644. It was named after a Japanese general.
- Kana Oyama (born 1984), a Japanese volleyball player
- Field-Marshal and Prince Oyama, commander of the Japanese forces in the Battle of Mukden.
- Kyokushin Martial Artist Masutatsu Oyama.
- Shungo Oyama, a Japanese Mixed Martial Artist
- A male actor who plays female parts in kabuki.
- Oyama Industries - a bicycle manufacturer, specialising in folding bicycles.
- Ōyama (大山), roughly translating to "big mountain," is the name of many mountains throughout Japan. Unfortunately for non-native speakers, the similar-sounding name oyama (小山), without the stressed "o", has the opposite meaning of "small mountain".
- Ōyama, Kanagawa, 1,252m