Yamaguchi may refer to:

People

Yamaguchi (surname) Yamaguchi ( 山口, "mountain entrance/gateway") is the 14th most common Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adam Yamaguchi, American television correspondent and producer *, Japanese badminton player *, Japanese swimmer *, ...

, the 14th most popular Japanese surname.

Places

Yamaguchi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Yamaguchi Prefecture has a population of 1,377,631 (1 February 2018) and has a geographic area of 6,112 km2 (2,359 sq mi). Yamaguchi Prefecture borders Shimane Prefecture t ...

, the westernmost prefecture of Honshū island of Japan **

Yamaguchi (city) is the capital city of Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on April 10, 1929. As of February 1, 2010, the city had an estimated population of 198,971 and a population density of 194.44 persons per km². The total area is 1,023.31 ...

, capital of Yamaguchi Prefecture ***

Yamaguchi Station (Yamaguchi) is operated by JR West in Yamaguchi City, and is served by the Yamaguchi Line, which connects the station to Shin-Yamaguchi Station, a stop of the Sanyō Shinkansen. And the limited express '' Super Oki'' and the rapid sightseeing train ''SL Y ...

, a JR West railway station, located in the center of Yamaguchi-shi ***

Shin-Yamaguchi Station is a railway station operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) in Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi, and is a stopping point for the Sanyō Shinkansen and the Sanyō Main Line, and serves as termini of Yamaguchi Line and Ube Line. It is also the start ...

, a railway station in Yamaguchi-shi (Sanyō Shinkansen line) *

Yamaguchi, Nagano was a village located in Kiso District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 2052 and a population density of 83.18 persons per km². The total area was 24.67 km². On February 13, 2005, Yamaguchi, ...

, a village in Nagano Prefecture

Fiction

*Kumiko "Yankumi" Yamaguchi, the character played by

Yukie Nakama is a Japanese actress, singer and former idol. History Biography She was born in Urasoe, Okinawa, Japan, into a fisherman's family, the youngest of five siblings. At the start of her career she was a gravure idol and singer (her debut single ...

in ''

Gokusen is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kozueko Morimoto. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''You'' from 2000 to 2007, with its chapters collected in fifteen '' wideban'' volumes. The story follows Kumiko Yamaguchi, the grandd ...

'', a Japanese TV show *Yamaguchi-sensei, a doctor in the manga/anime series '' Fighting Spirit'' *U.S.S. ''Yamaguchi'', an ''Ambassador Class'' Federation starship in the ''Star Trek'' franchise *Yamaguchi Digital Pets, a fictional digital pets company mentioned in ''

Fanboy & Chum Chum ''Fanboy & Chum Chum'' is an American computer-animated television series created by Eric Robles for Nickelodeon. It is based on ''Fanboy'', an animated short created by Robles for Nickelodeon Animation Studio and Frederator Studios, which was b ...

'' *Yamaguchi Tadashi, a member of the Karasuno volleyball club in the manga/anime series ''

Haikyu!! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Haruichi Furudate. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine '' Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from February 2012 to July 2020, with its chapters collected in 45 '' tank� ...

People

Kristi Yamaguchi Kristine Tsuya Yamaguchi (born July 12, 1971) is an American former figure skater. In ladies' singles, Yamaguchi is the 1992 Olympic champion, a two-time World champion (1991 and 1992), and the 1992 U.S. champion. In 1992, she became the first ...

, American figure skater *

Otoya Yamaguchi was a Japanese right-wing ultranationalist youth who assassinated Inejirō Asanuma, chairman of the Japan Socialist Party, on 12 October 1960. Yamaguchi rushed the stage and stabbed Asanuma with a wakizashi short sword while Asanuma was partic ...

, Japanese political assassin

Other uses

Yamaguchi Bank The is a regional bank in Japan, primarily in the Yamaguchi Prefecture. It has 156 branches and offices in Japan and four overseas offices. The bank's history dates back to 1878 when its predecessor, the Hyakuju (110th) National Bank was founde ...

, a major regional bank in Japan, primarily in the Yamaguchi prefecture *

Yamaguchi Bicycles Yamaguchi Bicycles is a custom bike frame builder in Rifle, Colorado Rifle is a home rule municipality in and the most populous community of Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The population was 10,437 at the 2020 census. Rifle is a r ...

, a custom bike frame builder in Rifle, Colorado *

Yamaguchi Broadcasting Yamaguchi Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (山口放送 later named KRY) is a Japanese television and radio broadcasting company serving the city of Yamaguchi and Yamaguchi Prefecture. The initials come from K. K. Radio Yamaguchi. Network TV * Nipp ...

(later named KRY), a Japanese television and radio broadcasting company *

Yamaguchi Dam (China) The Haba River Shankou Dam (, Haba River Shankou Hydroelectric Station) is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the Haba River, a tributary of the Irtysh. It is located in Habahe County of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China. The primary ...

, a dam in northwest China *

Yamaguchi Dam (Nagano) Yamaguchi Dam ( ja, 山口ダム) is one of a dozen or so dam A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for ac ...

, a dam in Nagano Prefecture, Japan *

Yamaguchi Prefectural University is a public university in Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi, 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 west by the Sea of ...

Yamaguchi Ube Airport is a domestic airport located southeast of Ube-Shinkawa Station, Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is the westernmost airport on the island of Honshu, and is marketed as an alternative to the New Kitakyushu Airport for Yamaguchi prefectur ...

Yamaguchi University is a national university in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It has campuses at the cities of Yamaguchi and Ube. History The root of the university was , a private school founded by Ueda Hōyō (, 1769–1853) in 1815. In 1863 the school became a ...

Yamaguchi-gumi is Japan's largest '' yakuza'' organization. It is named after its founder Harukichi Yamaguchi. Its origins can be traced back to a loose labor union for dockworkers in Kobe before World War II. It is one of the largest criminal organizations i ...

, a yakuza group * 15841 Yamaguchi, an asteroid named for the Japanese prefecture * Sweden v. Yamaguchi *

Yamaguchi esterification The Yamaguchi esterification is the chemical reaction of an aliphatic carboxylic acid and 2,4,6-trichlorobenzoyl chloride (TCBC, Yamaguchi reagent) to form a mixed anhydride which, upon reaction with an alcohol in the presence of stoichiometric a ...

, a chemical reaction {{disambiguation, geo