Yamashita (written: lit. "under the mountain") is the 29th most common Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Akihiko Yamashita (born 1966), Japanese animator * Ayaka Yamashita (disambiguation), multiple people *

Bruce Yamashita Bruce I. Yamashita was a Japanese American lawyer and a former officer in the United States Marine Corps Reserves. His successful legal case against institutional racial discrimination at the Officer Candidate School of the Marine Corps became ...

, U.S. military lawyer *, Japanese handball player *

Yamashita Gentarō Baron was an admiral in the early Imperial Japanese Navy. Biography Early career Yamashita was the second son of a samurai in the service of the Yonezawa Domain and was born in the castle town of Yonezawa, Dewa Province (present day Yamagata pr ...

(Gentarō Yamashita) (1863–1931), Japanese admiral *

Gota Yamashita is a Japanese mixed martial artist currently competing in Pancrase's welterweight division. He is a former welterweight King of Pancrase. Mixed martial arts career Early career Yamashita started his professional career in 2010. Except for his ...

(born 1989), Japanese mixed martial artist *

Haruhiro Yamashita is a Japanese gymnast, who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics. He won two gold medals, in the vault and team combined exercises. After marriage he changed his last name from Yamashita to Matsuda (松田), adopting his aunt's surname, who took ...

(born 1938), Japanese gymnast *, Japanese model and beauty pageant winner *, Japanese ice hockey player *

Hiroko Yamashita (disambiguation) Hiroko Yamashita may refer to: * Hiroko Yamashita (actress) (born 1963), Japanese actress * Hiroko Yamashita (athlete) (born 1951), Japanese long jumper {{hndis, Yamashita, Hiroko ...

, multiple people *

Iris Yamashita Iris Yamashita is a Japanese-American screenwriter. She was hired by Clint Eastwood to write the Japanese side of the story of the Battle of Iwo Jima, once rumored to be titled ''Lamps Before the Wind'', then called ''Red Sun, Black Sand'', bef ...

, U.S. screenwriter *, Japanese sprinter *

Karen Tei Yamashita Karen Tei Yamashita ( ja, 山下てい ; born January 8, 1951) is a Japanese-American writer. Early life Yamashita was born on January 8, 1951, in Oakland, California. Career Yamashita is Professor of Literature at the University of Calif ...

(born 1951), Japanese-American writer * Keigo Yamashita (born 1978), Japanese Go player *

Kazuhito Yamashita is a Japanese classical guitarist and husband of the composer Keiko Fujiie. His technique and expression are highly acclaimed. By the age of 32, Yamashita had already released 52 albums, including repertoires for solo guitar, guitar concertos, cha ...

(born 1961), Japanese classical guitarist *

Kinuyo Yamashita is a Japanese composer and musician known for her contributions in video games. Her best known soundtrack is Konami's '' Castlevania'', which was also her debut work. She was co-credited with Satoe Terashima under the pseudonym James Banana for ...

, Japanese composer * Kumi Yamashita (born 1968), artist * Kyle Yamashita (born 1959), American politician *

Maki Yamashita Aurora Gonin Musume (オーロラ5人娘, ''Aurora's five daughters'') was a short-lived J-Pop group, that made their debut on 7 April 1993 with the single "Cool Love" (クールな恋). The group's members were Chiemi Chiba, Reiko Chiba, Ichi ...

(born 1974), Japanese pop musician *

Michinori Yamashita Michinori Yamashita (born 1953 in Japan) is a professor ( Japanese mathematician) at the Rissho University. He studied at the Sophia University Sophia University (Japanese: 上智大学, ''Jōchi Daigaku''; Latin: ''Universitas Sedis Sapienti ...

(born 1953), Japanese mathematician *, Japanese rower * Mizuki Yamashita (born 1999), Japanese idol and actress * Norifumi Yamashita (born 1962), Japanese triple jumper * Reiko Yamashita (born 1973), Japanese pop musician *, Japanese painter *, Japanese footballer * Sachiko Yamashita (born 1964), Japanese long-distance runner *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese ice hockey player * Yamashita Shintaro (山下新太郎, 1881-1966), Japanese painter * Stomu Yamashta or Yamashita Tsutomu (born 1947), Japanese percussionist, keyboardist and composer * Tadashi Yamashita (born 1942), Japanese-born American martial artist * Takuji Yamashita (1874-1959), Japanese-American civil rights pioneer * Tatsuro Yamashita (born 1953), Japanese musician and record producer *

Tokuo Yamashita was a Japanese politician. Life Born in Imari, and a graduate of Fukuoka Middle School (present-day Fukuoka Prefectural Fukuoka High School), he studied law first at Meiji University and then at Senshu University, graduating in 1944. After h ...

(1919–2014), Japanese politician * Tomohisa Yamashita (born 1985), Japanese pop musician *, Japanese sport shooter *

Tomoyuki Yamashita was a Japanese officer and convicted war criminal, who was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Yamashita led Japanese forces during the invasion of Malaya and Battle of Singapore, with his accomplishment of conquering ...

(1885-1946), Japanese general * Toru Yamashita (born 1988), Japanese guitarist * Yasuhiro Yamashita (born 1957), Japanese judoka *

Yoshiteru Yamashita is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. Club career Yamashita was born in Fukuoka on November 21, 1977. After graduating from Higashi Fukuoka High School in 1996, he joined J1 League side Avispa Fukuoka. He m ...

(born 1977), Japanese footballer *

Yamashita Yoshitsugu Yamashita Yoshitsugu (山下義韶, February 16, 1865 – October 26, 1935), also known as Yamashita Yoshiaki, was a Japanese judoka. He was the first person to have been awarded 10th degree red belt ('' jūdan'') rank in Kodokan judo, althou ...

(1865-1935), Japanese Judo exponent * Yosuke Yamashita (born 1942), Japanese jazz musician *

Sachio Yamashita Sachio Yamashita (1933–2009) was a Japanese-American artist primarily known as the creator of more than 100 public murals throughout the Midwest between 1968 and 1982, and later as an abstract painter and muralist in the San Francisco Bay Area. A ...

, Japanese-American artist, abstract painter and muralist

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Mari Yamashita is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yukiya Sakuragi. It started in Shueisha's ''seinen'' manga magazine '' Weekly Young Jump'' on September 22, 2004, and was later transferred to ''Monthly Young Jump'' on August 18, 2009, ...

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