Yamamoto

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.

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
*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

Places

*Yamamoto, town in Kagawa Prefecture
*Yamamoto, town in Miyagi Prefecture
*Yamamoto, town in Akita Prefecture
*Yamamoto, district in Akita Prefecture

Fictional Characters

* Yamamoto, head of ARCAM's Japanese branch in Spriggan.
* Yamamoto, general (sotaicho) and 1st division captain (ichibantai-taicho) in anime/manga Bleach.