Aoyama (written: 青山 literally "blue mountain") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Ayari Aoyama is a retired Japanese female butterfly swimmer. She represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta ( ) is the capital city, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populou ...

, born 1982, Japanese former butterfly swimmer *

Gosho Aoyama is a Japanese manga artist best known for his manga series ''Detective Conan'' (1994–present), also known as ''Case Closed'' in some English-speaking countries. As of 2017, his various manga series had a combined 250 million copies in print wo ...

, born 1963, Japanese manga artist (birthname: Yoshimasa Aoyama) *

Hikaru Aoyama is a Japanese gravure idol and ''tarento''. She is represented by the talent agency 01familia. Career Aoyama debuted as a gravure idol in 2013. In April of the same year, she won the first "Jigadoru" Contest Grand Prix ( Lily Franky Award) and ...

, born 1993, Japanese gravure idol and ''

tarento Television personalities in Japan, known as in Japanese, are celebrities who regularly appear in mass media in Japan, especially as panelists on variety shows. During the Golden Age of Hollywood, bankable stars in America were described as " ...

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Hiroshi Aoyama is a Japanese retired Grand Prix motorcycle road racer, and current team principal of Honda Team Asia. Aoyama is best known for winning the 2009 250cc World Championship title. He is the older brother of former 250cc and World Superbike rider ...

, Japanese motorcycle racer *

Jun Aoyama is a former Japanese football player. Club career Aoyama was born in Sendai on 3 January 1988. He joined Nagoya Grampus Eight (later ''Nagoya Grampus'') from youth team in 2006. However he could hardly play in the match and he moved to J2 Leag ...

, Japanese footballer *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese writer *

Naoaki Aoyama is a Japanese retired football player. His playing position is centre-back. He has previously played for Japanese sides Shimizu S-Pulse, Yokohama F. Marinos and Ventforet Kofu as well as Thailand's Muangthong United. Club career After gr ...

, Japanese footballer *

Shinji Aoyama was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, composer, film critic, and novelist. He graduated from Rikkyo University. He won two awards at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival for his film '' Eureka''. Biography Shinji Aoyama was born in Kitakyushu, ...

, born 1964, Japanese film director *

Shuhei Aoyama Shuhei Aoyama (born December 5, 1984, in Ichihara, Chiba) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He is the younger brother of MotoGP rider Hiroshi Aoyama. He rode in the All-Japan Road Racing Championship until 2005, when he won the 250 ...

, Japanese motorcycle racer *

Shuko Aoyama is a Japanese tennis player. Aoyama became a professional tennis player after graduating from Waseda University. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 182, on 9 February 2015, and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4, ...

, Japanese tennis player *

Thelma Aoyama is a Japanese pop and R&B singer. She is part Afro-Trinidadian and Japanese. She is known for her collaboration song with SoulJa, "Koko ni Iru yo" and her answer song "Soba ni Iru ne". In September 2008, the Guinness World Records certified ...

, born 1987, Japanese pop singer * Tōko Aoyama, born 1976, Japanese voice actress *

Yoshino Aoyama is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with 81 Produce. Some of her noteworthy roles include Yoshino Nanase in '' Wake Up, Girls!'', Guri in '' Love Tyrant'', Makoto in '' Shachibato! President, It's Time for Battle!'', and Hitori Go ...

, born 1996, Japanese voice actress *

Yutaka Aoyama is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator. Biography Aoyama became interested on films, while attending elementary school. He did not have the film study group in high school. He joined Bearer's group with a yearning. It has forty female m ...

, Japanese voice actor * Zakuro Aoyama, born 1990, Japanese artist

Fictional characters

*Hajime Aoyama, character in ''Ghost Stories'' (anime) * Masaya Aoyama of ''Tokyo Mew Mew'' *Motoko Aoyama of ''

Love Hina is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ken Akamatsu. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from October 1998 to October 2001, with the chapters collected into 14 ''tankōbon'' volumes by Kodansha. The ...

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Otaki Aoyama The following are characters in the '' Oh My Goddess!'' manga and anime series: Main characters Keiichi Morisato is a student of the Nekomi Institute of Technology and a member of the NIT Motor Club. One day Keiichi accidentally dials the Go ...

, 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! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuki Takahashi. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' magazine between September 1996 and March 2004. The plot follows the story of a boy named Yugi Mutou, w ...

'' movie (not the movie aired in North America) *Tessan Aoyama, a samurai in a folk version of a Japanese ghost story titled ''

Banchō Sarayashiki is a Japanese ghost story (kaidan) of broken trust and broken promises, leading to a dismal fate. Alternatively referred to as the tradition, all versions of the tale revolve around a servant, who dies unjustly and returns to haunt the living ...

'' *Yuki Aoyama, character in ''

Chance Pop Session , also known as ''Chance: Pop Session'', is a 2001 anime produced by Madhouse. The series aired from May 21 to August 27, 2001 and ran for 13 episodes. Three young girls—Akari, Yuki, and Nozomi—meet at a concert and set out to follow in t ...

'' *Saborou Aoyama, The Blue Ranger from the 1982 Super Sentai Series

Goggle V is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. It was the sixth installment in Toei Company's Super Sentai metaseries of tokusatsu television dramas. It aired on TV Asahi from February 6, 1982 to January 29, 1983, replacing '' Taiyo Sentai Sun Vul ...

*Yuga Aoyama, character in ''

My Hero Academia is a Japanese superhero manga series written and illustrated by Kōhei Horikoshi. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine '' Weekly Shōnen Jump'' since July 2014, with its chapters additionally collected i ...

Fictional characters

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