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People

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

, the 14th most popular Japanese surname, including a list of people.

Places

Yamaguchi Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, 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 Square kilometre, km2 (2,359 Square mile, sq mi). ...

, the westernmost prefecture of Honshū island of Japan **

Yamaguchi (city) 270px, Yamaguchi City Hall 270px, Aerial photograph of central Yamaguchi is the capital city of Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 191,470 in 88,799 households and a population density of 190 persons per km2 ...

, capital of Yamaguchi Prefecture *** Yamaguchi Station (Yamaguchi), a JR West railway station, located in the center of Yamaguchi-shi *** Shin-Yamaguchi Station, a railway station in Yamaguchi-shi (Sanyō Shinkansen line) * Yamaguchi, Nagano, a village in Nagano Prefecture

Fiction

*Kumiko "Yankumi" Yamaguchi, the character played by

Yukie Nakama is a Japanese actress, singer and former idol. 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 "Moonli ...

in ''

Gokusen is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by . It was serialized in Shueisha's ''You'' from 2000 to 2007, with its chapters collected in 15 volumes. The story follows Kumiko Yamaguchi, the granddaughter of a yakuza boss and tea ...

'', 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 animated comedy 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, that was bro ...

'' *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 manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from February 2012 to July 2020, with its chapters collected in 45 volumes. The story f ...

Other uses

Yamaguchi Bank The is a Japanese regional bank, 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 found ...

, 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. Its population was 10,437 at the 2020 census. Rifle is ...

, a custom bike frame builder in Rifle, Colorado *

Yamaguchi Broadcasting is a Japanese television and radio broadcasting company serving the city of Shūnan and Yamaguchi Prefecture. The initials come from K. K. Radio Yamaguchi. History In 1953, the mayors of Tokuyama City, Shimotatsu City, and Hikari City in Yam ...

(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 () is one of a dozen or so dams on the Kiso River in the Nagano Prefecture, Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on t ...

, a dam in Nagano Prefecture, Japan *

Yamaguchi Prefectural University is a public university in Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi, Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends fr ...

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 Kitakyushu Airport for Yamaguchi prefecture r ...

Yamaguchi University is a Japanese national university, national university in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It has campuses at the cities of Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi and Ube, Yamaguchi, Ube. History The root of the university was , a private school founde ...

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 longshoreman, dockworkers in Kobe before World War II. It is one of the largest organized cr ...

, a yakuza group * 15841 Yamaguchi, an asteroid named for the Japanese prefecture * Sweden v. Yamaguchi * Yamaguchi esterification, a chemical reaction * Shankou (disambiguation), the Chinese equivalent {{disambiguation, geo