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

, multiple people *

Hirotoshi Yokoyama is a former Japanese football player. Playing career Yokoyama was born in Kagoshima Prefecture on May 9, 1975. After graduating from Osaka University of Commerce, he joined J1 League club JEF United Ichihara in 1998. He played many matches from ...

(born 1975), Japanese football player * Hokuto Yokoyama (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 (1934–2010), renowned player and teacher of the shakuhachi, a traditional Japanese vertical bamboo flute * Ken Yokoyama (disambiguation), 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 (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 is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. Club career Yokoyama was born in Nagasaki Prefecture on April 10, 1956. After graduating from high school, he joined Japan Soccer League Division 1 club Nippon Steel in 19 ...

(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 (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 (1935-2017), Japanese incidental music composer * Shizuo Yokoyama (1890–1961), Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army * Shōmatsu Yokoyama (1913–1992), Japanese physician * Sodō Yokoyama (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 (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 is a former Japanese football player. Playing career Yokoyama was born in Kochi Prefecture on December 22, 1972. After graduating from Kansai University, he joined newly was promoted to J1 League club, Cerezo Osaka in 1995. He played many match ...

(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. Career On 5 February 2020, FC Gifu Football Club Gifu, abbreviated as is a Japanese football club based in Gifu, Japan. They play in the J3 League, the third tier of Japanese professional football. They al ...

(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 is a five-member Japanese boy band from Japan's Kansai region. They are managed by the multimedia talent agency Johnny & Associates and signed to Infinity Records. The group was formed in 2002 and made their CD debut in 2004 as "Johnny's mode ...

* Yui Yokoyama (born 1992), Japanese idol, member of girl-group AKB48 * Yuji Yokoyama (born 1969), Japanese footballer

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