Yamauchi
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Yamauchi or Yamanouchi is a common Japanese surname. Either name can be written in kanji as 山内 or 山ノ内.
People named Yamauchi include:
- Yamanouchi Toyoshige - daimyo
- Yamauchi Kazutoyo
- Kenji Yamanouchi, eponymous founder of Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co., now part of Astellas Pharma
- Fusajiro Yamauchi, founder of Nintendo
- Hiroshi Yamauchi, former president of Nintendo
- Kazunori Yamauchi, creator of the Gran Turismo videogame series
- Wakako Yamauchi, American writer
Places of the name in Japan:
- Yamanouchi, Nagano - a town located in Shimotakai District, Nagano.
- Yamanouchi, Kanagawa - a town located in Kanagawa, also known as Kita-Kamakura
Companies include:
- Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co., now part of Astellas Pharma
[edit] See also
- Japanese name
- Yamauchi clan
- Special:Prefixindex/Yamauchi - the page gives articles starting with Yamauchi.
- Special:Prefixindex/Yamanouchi - the page gives articles starting with Yamanouchi.
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