Yokoyama

Yokoyama (written: 横山) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Akihito Yokoyama (born 1961), Japanese golfer
  • Chisa Yokoyama (born 1969), Japanese voice actress and singer
  • Go Yokoyama in fact Tsuyoshi Yokoyama (b. 1983), Japanese kickboxer
  • Hideo Yokoyama (born 1957), Japanese novelist
  • Hiroaki Yokoyama (横山 泰明, born 1980), Japanese shogi player
  • Hiroki Yokoyama (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Hirotoshi Yokoyama (born 1975), Japanese football player
  • Hokuto Yokoyama (born 1963), Japanese politician (Democratic Party of Japan)
  • Isamu Yokoyama (1889-1952), general in the Imperial Japanese Army
  • Juri Yokoyama (born 1955), Japanese volleyball player
  • Katsuya Yokoyama (1934–2010), renowned player and teacher of the shakuhachi, a traditional Japanese vertical bamboo flute
  • Ken Yokoyama (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Kenzo Yokoyama (born 1943), Japanese football player and coach
  • Knock Yokoyama (1932–2007), Japanese comedian and politician
  • Kumi Yokoyama (born 1993), Japanese football striker
  • Kumiko Yokoyama (横山 久美子, born 1972), Japanese cross-country skier
  • Kunihiko Yokoyama (横山 邦彦, born 1947), Japanese basketball player
  • Marumitsu Yokoyama in fact Okitaka Yokoyama (1780–1854), Japanese late Edo period samurai and founder of the Tōkyūjutsu
  • Manabu Yokoyama (横山 学, born 1974), Japanese pole vaulter
  • Masafumi Yokoyama (born 1956), Japanese football player
  • Masami Yokoyama (born 1981), Japanese volleyball player
  • Matsuo Yokoyama (born 1927), president of Walt Disney Enterprises of Japan
  • Matsusaburō Yokoyama (1838–1884), pioneering Japanese photographer, artist, lithographer and teacher
  • Megumi Yokoyama (actress) (横山 めぐみ, born 1969), Japanese actress
  • Megumi Yokoyama (badminton) (横山 めぐみ, born 1990), Japanese badminton player
  • Minehiro Yokoyama (born 1971), Japanese ski mountaineer
  • Mitsuteru Yokoyama (1934–2004), Japanese manga artist
  • Naoki Yokoyama (born 1949), Japanese electrical engineer
  • Olga T. Yokoyama (born 1942), American linguist
  • Reina Yokoyama (born 2001), Japanese idol and member of girl-group Morning Musume
  • Sakujirō Yokoyama (1864–1912), early disciple of Kanō Jigorō
  • Satoshi Yokoyama (born 1980), Japanese footballer
  • Seiji Yokoyama (1935-2017), Japanese incidental music composer
  • Shizuo Yokoyama (1890–1961), Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army
  • Shōmatsu Yokoyama (1913–1992), Japanese physician
  • Sodō Yokoyama (1907-1980), Japanese zen priest
  • Sumie Ishitaka (née Sumie Yokoyama), women's professional shogi player
  • Sumiko Yokoyama (born 1974), Japanese cross-country skier
  • Taikan Yokoyama, pseudonym of Sakai Hidemaro (1868–1958), major figure in pre-WW2 Japanese painting
  • Takashi Yokoyama (swimmer) (横山 隆志, 1913–1945), Japanese swimmer
  • Takashi Yokoyama (water polo) (横山 隆, born 1940), Japanese water polo player
  • Takayuki Yokoyama (born 1972), Japanese football player
  • Takuji Yokoyama (横山 卓司, born 1990), Japanese footballer
  • Takuya Yokoyama (born 1985), Japanese footballer
  • Tomonobu Yokoyama (born 1985), Japanese footballer
  • You Yokoyama (born 1981), Japanese idol, singer, actor, radio host and lyricist, member of band Kanjani 8
  • Yui Yokoyama (born 1992), Japanese idol, member of girl-group AKB48
  • Yuji Yokoyama (born 1969), Japanese footballer

See also

  • Yokoyama Dam, a dam in Ibigawa, in the Gifu Prefecture of Japan
  • Yokoyama Station (disambiguation), multiple Japanese railway stations
Surname list
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