Nishiyama(surname) ( ja, 西山, "western mountain") may refer to:

People with the surname

* Hidetaka Nishiyama, American martial arts exponent and founder of Shotokan *

Kazutaka Nishiyama is a retired Japanese professional baseball player from Kōchi, Japan. Nishiyama was drafted in the 5th round of the 1988 amateur draft by the Lotte Orions, but did not sign with the team. He entered the professional leagues in 1993 as the 3r ...

, Japanese baseball player *

Keiki Nishiyama Keiki Nishiyama (西山慶樹 ''Nishiyama Keiki'', born 19 October 1988) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for JT Marvelous. Profile *She became a volleyball player at 10 years old. *Her elder sister is Yuki Nishiyama. Clubs * Kyo ...

, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese photographer *, Japanese handball player *, Japanese baseball player *

Norio Nishiyama Norio Nishiyama is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He competed in the Flyweight and Bantamweight divisions between 1999 and 2000. Mixed martial arts record , - , Loss , align=center, 2-2-1 , Masaki Nishizawa , Decision (unanimous) , ...

, Japanese mixed martial artist * Rei Nishiyama, Japanese softball player * Reiji Nishiyama, director of the anime ''Pita-Ten'' *, Japanese footballer * Soin Nishiyama, Tokugawa-era poet *, Japanese footballer *

Takahisa Nishiyama is a former Japanese football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where t ...

, Japanese soccer player *

Takashi Nishiyama is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings The name Takashi can have multiple different meanings depending on which kanji is used to write it. Some possible writings of the name include: *江詩 - "estuary , inlet, poem" *隆 - "prospe ...

, Japanese video game developer *

Teppei Nishiyama is a former Japanese football player. Playing career Nishiyama was born in Kashiwa on February 22, 1975. After dropped out from high school, he moved to Brazil and joined Criciúma in 1992. In 1993, he returned to Japan and joined Fujita Indust ...

, Japanese football player * Tomoka Nishiyama, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese architect, city planner and architectural scholar *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese long-distance runner ;Fictional characters: *

Kankuro Nishiyama is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Jun Sadogawa. It was serialized between May 2002 and February 2006 in Akita Shoten's ''Weekly Shōnen Champion'' and was collected in 17 volumes. A continuation titled ''Muteki Kanban Mus ...

, a character in the manga/anime ''Muteki Kanban Musume''

Places

* Nishiyama, Niigata *

Nishiyama Station (disambiguation) Nishiyama Station (西山駅) is the name of two train stations in Japan: * Nishiyama Station (Fukuoka), a station on the Chikuhō Electric Railroad Line * Nishiyama Station (Niigata), a station on the Echigo Line See also * Nishiyama (disamb ...

, name of two different railway stations in Japan

Other uses

Nishiyama Craters Nishiyama(surname) ( ja, 西山, "western mountain") may refer to: People with the surname *Hidetaka Nishiyama, American martial arts exponent and founder of Shotokan *Kazutaka Nishiyama, Japanese baseball player *Keiki Nishiyama, Japanese volleyb ...

, volcanic craters in

Shikotsu-Tōya National Park is a national park in the western part of the island of Hokkaidō, Japan. Named after the volcanic caldera lakes of Lake Shikotsu and Lake Tōya, it has a total area of 993.02 square kilometers. The popular hot spring resort of Noboribetsu is al ...

, Hokkaido * 6745 Nishiyama, an asteroid