Yokoyama (written: ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Akihito Yokoyama is a Japanese professional golfer. Yokoyama played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning three times. He is sponsored by ISPS. Professional wins (4) Japan Golf Tour wins (3) ''*Note: The 1989 Pepsi Ube Kosan Open was shortened to 54 holes due to r ...

(born 1961), Japanese golfer *

Chisa Yokoyama is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer from Tokyo, Japan. She was affiliated with Arts Vision but has since founded her own voice company called Banbina. When she was a high school student, she was an assistant of Jump Broadcasting Stati ...

(born 1969), Japanese voice actress and singer *

Go Yokoyama Tsuyoshi Yokoyama (born June 29, 1983), better known as is a Japanese kickboxer who competes in the welterweight division. He comes from a Seidokaikan karate background and is known for his unorthodox kicks. Biography and career Yamamoto began ...

in fact ''Tsuyoshi Yokoyama'' (b. 1983), Japanese kickboxer *

Hideo Yokoyama is a Japanese novelist. Yokoyama specializes in mystery novels. He repeated his Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! No. 1 ranking in 2013 with '' Six Four'' (64). The English edition of ''Six Four'', translated by Jonathan Lloyd-Davies, was shortlisted ...

(born 1957), Japanese novelist *, Japanese shogi player *

Hiroki Yokoyama (disambiguation) Hiroki Yokoyama may refer to: *Hiroki Yokoyama (baseball) (born 1992), Japanese baseball player *Hiroki Yokoyama (runner), Japanese marathon runner, winner of the Kyoto Marathon in 2014 and 2015 *Hiroki Yokoyama (speed skater) (born 1994), Japanese ...

, multiple people * Hirotoshi Yokoyama (born 1975), Japanese football player *

Hokuto Yokoyama is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Tokyo, he attended Chuo University as an undergraduate and received his Ph.D in political science f ...

(born 1963), Japanese politician (Democratic Party of Japan) *

Isamu Yokoyama was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, commanding Japanese ground forces in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War and Pacific War. Biography Yokoyama was born in Chiba Prefecture as the son of a colonel in the Imperial Japanese Army; h ...

(1889-1952), general in the Imperial Japanese Army *

Juri Yokoyama Juri Yokoyama (横山樹理 ''Yokoyama Juri'', born March 9, 1955, in Kitakyushu) is a former volleyball player from Japan, who was a member of the Japan Women's National Team that won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics. National team ...

(born 1955), Japanese volleyball player *

Katsuya Yokoyama was a Japanese musician who played the ''shakuhachi'', a traditional vertical bamboo flute. Early life He was born in Shizuoka Prefecture in 1934 and studied Kinko-ryu and Azuma styles of music with his father, Rampo Yokoyama, and grandfather, ...

(1934–2010), renowned player and teacher of the shakuhachi, a traditional Japanese vertical bamboo flute *

Ken Yokoyama (disambiguation) Ken Yokoyama may refer to: * Ken Yokoyama (横山健), member of the punk bands Hi-Standard and BBQ Chickens, founder of the punk record label, Pizza of Death Records * Ken Yokoyama (横山剣), member of the funk and pop Crazy Ken Band , also ref ...

, multiple people *

Kenzo Yokoyama is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for, and then managed, the Japanese national team. Club career Yokoyama was born in Saitama on January 21, 1943. After graduating from Kawaguchi High School and Rikkyo University, he ...

(born 1943), Japanese football player and coach *

Knock Yokoyama was a Japanese politician and comedian. Born Isamu Yamada (山田勇 ''Yamada Isamu'') in Kobe, he adopted his current stage name while directing the ''Manga Trio'' manzai troupe from 1959 to 1968. Following his comedy years, he went into the c ...

(1932–2007), Japanese comedian and politician *

Kumi Yokoyama is a Japanese footballer who plays as a forward for NJ/NY Gotham FC and the Japan women's national team. Yokoyama goes by ''he/him'' and ''singular they'' pronouns. Club career Yokoyama was born in Tama, Tokyo, on 13 August 1993. After gradua ...

(born 1993), Japanese football striker *, Japanese cross-country skier *, Japanese basketball player * Marumitsu Yokoyama in fact ''Okitaka Yokoyama'' (1780–1854), Japanese late Edo period samurai and founder of the Tōkyūjutsu *, Japanese pole vaulter * Masafumi Yokoyama (born 1956), Japanese football player *

Masami Yokoyama Masami Yokoyama (横山雅美 ''Yokoyama Masami'', born December 12, 1981) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Igtisadchi Baku. Clubs *Bunkyojoshi univ. Junior High → Seitoku Gakuen High School → Kaetujoshi college → Denso Airyb ...

(born 1981), Japanese volleyball player *

Matsuo Yokoyama is a Japanese politician who was the president of Walt Disney Enterprises of Japan from 1989 to 1994. As a merchandise representative in the early 1960s he was responsible for establishing the enforcement of Disney's intellectual property righ ...

(born 1927), president of Walt Disney Enterprises of Japan * Matsusaburō Yokoyama (1838–1884), pioneering Japanese photographer, artist, lithographer and teacher *, Japanese actress *, Japanese badminton player *

Minehiro Yokoyama is a Japanese ski mountaineer. Yokoyama finished third at the 2007 Asian Championship of Ski Mountaineering The 2007 Asian Championship of Ski Mountaineering ( ja, 山岳スキー競技アジア選手権大会) was the first edition of an Asia ...

(born 1971), Japanese ski mountaineer *

Mitsuteru Yokoyama was a Japanese manga artist born in Suma Ward of Kobe City in Hyōgo Prefecture. His personal name was originally spelled , with the same pronunciation. His works include ''Tetsujin 28-go'', ''Giant Robo'', ''Akakage'', ''Babel II'', ''Sally t ...

(1934–2004), Japanese manga artist *

Naoki Yokoyama (March 28, 1949 - ) is a Japanese electrical engineer, active in the fields of nanotechnology and electronic and photonic devices, best known for his success in fabricating hot-electron transistors and invention of resonant-tunneling transisto ...

(born 1949), Japanese electrical engineer * Olga T. Yokoyama (born 1942), American linguist * Sakujirō Yokoyama (1864–1912), early disciple of Kanō Jigorō *

Satoshi Yokoyama is a former Japanese football player. Playing career Yokoyama was born in Hirao, Yamaguchi on February 14, 1980. After dropped out from Waseda University, he joined J2 League club Omiya Ardija in 2001. He debuted in May 2001 and play many m ...

(born 1980), Japanese footballer *

Seiji Yokoyama was a Japanese incidental music composer from Hiroshima. He graduated from the Kunitachi College of Music in 1957. Yokoyama is best known for his work on the anime series ''Saint Seiya'' and ''Space Pirate Captain Harlock'', and for his symp ...

(1935-2017), Japanese incidental music composer *

Shizuo Yokoyama was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II, who is noted for his role in the Battle of Manila during the final days of World War II. Biography Yokoyama was born in Fukuoka Prefecture as the eldest son of a village ma ...

(1890–1961), Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army * Shōmatsu Yokoyama (1913–1992), Japanese physician *

Sodō Yokoyama was a Japanese Sōtō Zen teacher of the 20th century. Also known as the , he was famous for residing in a public park in Komoro in Nagano Prefecture where he practiced zazen and played songs for travelers by whistling on a leaf. He had resided ...

(1907-1980), Japanese zen priest *

Sumie Ishitaka Sumie Ishitaka (石高澄恵 ''Ishitaka Sumie'', née Sumie Yokoyama 横山由紀, born September 27, 1966) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 2-dan. Promotion history Ishitaka's promotion history is as follows. * Women's ...

(née Sumie Yokoyama), women's professional shogi player *

Sumiko Yokoyama is a Japanese cross country skier who competed from 1993 to 2008. Her best World Cup finish was fifth in a 4 x 5 km relay in Switzerland in 2003. Yokoyama also competed in four Winter Olympics, earning her best finish of tenth in the 4 x 5 ...

(born 1974), Japanese cross-country skier *

Taikan Yokoyama was the art-name of a major figure in pre-World War II Japanese painting. He is notable for helping create the Japanese painting technique of ''Nihonga''. Early life Yokoyama was born in Mito city, Ibaraki Prefecture, as the eldest son of Sa ...

, pseudonym of ''Sakai Hidemaro'' (1868–1958), major figure in pre-WW2 Japanese painting *, Japanese racing driver *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese water polo player * Takayuki Yokoyama (born 1972), Japanese football player *, Japanese footballer *

Takuya Yokoyama is a former Japanese football player. Club statistics References External links * 1985 births Living people Japanese men's footballers J1 League players J2 League players Urawa Red Diamonds players Montedio Yamagata players Ehim ...

(born 1985), Japanese footballer *

Tomonobu Yokoyama is a retired Japanese footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian r ...

(born 1985), Japanese footballer *

You Yokoyama is a Japanese idol, singer, actor, scriptwriter, radio host and lyricist. Yokoyama is also a member of Kanjani Eight, which is under the management of Johnny & Associates. His image color in the group is black. Career Yokoyama entered Johnny ...

(born 1981), Japanese idol, singer, actor, radio host and lyricist, member of band Kanjani 8 *

Yui Yokoyama Yui may refer to: People *Yui (name), a Japanese name *Yui (singer) (born 1987), Japanese singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and actress *Yui people or Ibi, a Timucuan-speaking people in what now is Georgia, United States Places *Yui, Shizu ...

(born 1992), Japanese idol, member of girl-group

AKB48 AKB48 (pronounced ''A.K.B. Forty-Eight'') is a Japanese idol girl group named after the Akihabara (''Akiba'' for short) area in Tokyo, where the group's theater is located. AKB48's producer, Yasushi Akimoto, wanted to form a girl group with it ...

Yuji Yokoyama is a former Japanese football player and manager. Playing career Yokoyama was born in Saitama on July 6, 1969. After graduating from Chuo University, he joined Hitachi (later ''Kashiwa Reysol'') in 1992. He played many matches as offensive mid ...

(born 1969), Japanese footballer

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