Yamashiro is a Japanese word with ''

kanji are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese ...

'' often meaning ''mountain castle'' (山城). There are however other kanji spellings. *

Yamashiro, Kyoto was a town located in Sōraku District, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The town was named for the old Yamashiro Province. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 8,978 and a density of 366.00 persons per km². The total area was 24.53 km� ...

, former town in Japan *

Yamashiro, Tokushima was a town located in Miyoshi District, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 5,220 and a density of 39.67 persons per km². The total area was 131.59 km². On March 1, 2006, Yamashiro, along with ...

, former town in Japan *

Yamashiro Province was a province of Japan, located in Kinai. It overlaps the southern part of modern Kyoto Prefecture on Honshū. Aliases include , the rare , and . It is classified as an upper province in the ''Engishiki''. Yamashiro Province included Kyoto its ...

, former Japanese province * Japanese battleship ''Yamashiro'', a battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy *

Yamashiro Onsen is a hot spring resort in the city of Kaga, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the largest in the three prefectures which constitute the Hokuriku region of Japan. The ''onsen'' has one hotel and 31 ''ryokan.'' History Yamashiro Ons ...

, an onsen in Kaga, Ishikawa province *

Yamashiro Park Taiyogaoka Stadium Yamashiro Park Taiyogaoka Stadium is an athletic stadium in Uji, Kyoto, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the ...

, an athletic stadium in Uji, Kyoto, Japan * Yamashiro Historic District, a villa, restaurant, and gardens in Los Angeles, California * Yamashiro, or yamajiro, category of Japanese castle in which the main structures are located on a mountain In addition to kanji variation, the word could also be read as ''Yamagusuku'' in the

Ryukyu Islands The , also known as the or the , are a chain of Japanese islands that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Taiwan: the Ōsumi, Tokara, Amami, Okinawa, and Sakishima Islands (further divided into the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands), with Yonaguni ...

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Yamashiro is also a

Japanese surname Officially, among Japanese names there are 291,129 different Japanese surnames, as determined by their kanji, although many of these are Japanese orthography, pronounced and romanization of Japanese, romanized similarly. Conversely, some surnames w ...

. In the

Okinawan language The Okinawan language (, , , ) or Central Okinawan, is a Northern Ryukyuan languages, Ryukyuan language spoken primarily in the southern half of the Okinawa Island, island of Okinawa, as well as in the surrounding islands of Kerama Islands, Ker ...

, the kanji is read Yamagusuku. Notable people with the surname include: *

Prince Yamashiro was the eldest son of one of the most famous figures in Japanese history, Prince Shōtoku. Yamashiro claimed the right to Imperial succession in 628, following the death of Empress Suiko. However, he lost the claim to Prince Tamura who ascended to ...

(d.643) *

Danny Yamashiro Daniel Keauhou Matsu Yamashiro (born December 5, 1967), also known as D. K. M. Yamashiro, is an American clergyman, author, radio and podcast host, researcher, Christian media personality, and a chaplain at MIT who survived a fall from the ridg ...

(1967- ) *

Hiroshi Yamashiro is a professional Go player. Biography Yamashiro grew up with Go, as he became a professional in 1972. He eventually joined the Nagoya branch of the Nihon Ki-in The Nihon Ki-in (), also known as the Japan Go Association, is the main orga ...

(1958- ) *

Junya Yamashiro is a Japanese football player. Club statistics References External links * 1985 births Living people Association football people from Kyoto Prefecture Japanese men's footballers J1 League players J2 League players Japan Football L ...

(1985- ) * Rafael Yamashiro (1963- ) *

Shingo Yamashiro was a Japanese television and film actor. Biography Yamashiro, who was originally from Kyoto, Japan, was born , but used Shingo Yamashiro as his stage name. He made his film acting debut in 1957. Yamashiro starred in the television series '' H ...

(1938–2009) *

Shoji Yamashiro A is a door, window or room divider used in traditional Japanese architecture, consisting of translucent (or transparent) sheets on a lattice frame. Where light transmission is not needed, the similar but opaque ''fusuma'' is used (oshiire ...

, pseudonym for Tsutomu Ōhashi *

Stephen K. Yamashiro Stephen Kei Yamashiro (July 15, 1941 – May 24, 2011) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the former Mayor of Hawaii, Mayor of Hawaii County, Hawaii, Hawaii County from 1992 to 2000. Yamashiro served on the Hawaii County council ...

(1941–2011) *

Mary Yamashiro Otani Mary Yamashiro Otani ( ja, メアリー山城大谷 ''Mearī Yamashiro Ōtani'') (July 5, 1923 in Berkeley, California – August 22, 2005) was a Richmond, California community activist.

(1923–2005) * Augusto Miyashiro Yamashiro (1949- )

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Aoba Yamashiro The manga and anime series features an extensive cast of characters created by Masashi Kishimoto. The series takes place in a fictional universe where countries vie for power by employing ninja who can use superhuman abilities in combat. T ...

Tatsu Yamashiro Katana () is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. First appearing in 1983, Katana is a samurai warrior whose skill with a sword allows her to fight for justice as a superheroine. Her tragic backstory includes th ...

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