Yamauchi or Yamanouchi (やまうち or やまのうち, lit. "inside mountains") is a Japanese surname. Either name is written in

kanji are logographic Chinese characters, adapted from Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script, used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are ...

as 山内 while Yamanouchi can also be written as 山ノ内. Notable people with the surname include: *

Yamanouchi Toyoshige Yamauchi Toyoshige , also known as , was a Japanese ''daimyō'' in the Shikoku region in the late Edo period. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"Yamauchi Toyoshige"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 1045. He was usually referred to as Lord Yōdō in We ...

, 15th feudal lord of the Tosa domain *

Yamauchi Kazutoyo , also pronounced Yamanouchi (1545/1546? – November 1, 1605), was a retainer of Oda Nobunaga and later Toyotomi Hideyoshi. His father Yamauchi Moritoyo was a descendant of Fujiwara no Hidesato, a senior retainer of the Iwakura Oda clan (op ...

, first feudal lord of the Tosa domain *Kenji Yamanouchi, eponymous founder of Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co., now part of

Astellas Pharma is a Japanese multinational pharmaceutical company, formed on 1 April 2005 from the merger of and . Astellas is a member of the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFJ) keiretsu. History Early foundations Fujisawa Shoten was started in 1894 ...

* Don Yamauchi, American chef *

Edwin M. Yamauchi Edwin Masao Yamauchi (born 1937 in Hilo, Hawaii) is a Japanese-American historian, (Protestant) Christian apologist, editor and academic. He is Professor Emeritus of History at Miami University, where he taught from 1969 until 2005. He is marr ...

, historian and biblical scholar * Fusajiro Yamauchi, founder of Nintendo **Sekiryo Yamauchi (born

Sekiryo Kaneda , also known as , was the second president of what is now Nintendo Co., Ltd., from 1929 to 1949. He married one of the two daughters of Fusajiro Yamauchi, Tei Yamauchi, and took the Yamauchi surname. Kaneda retired in 1949 after suffering a strok ...

), second president of Nintendo, son-in-law of Fusajiro Yamauchi **

Hiroshi Yamauchi Hiroshi Yamauchi (; 7 November 192719 September 2013) was a Japanese businessman and the third president of Nintendo, joining the company on 25 April 1949 until stepping down on 24 May 2002, being succeeded by Satoru Iwata. During his 53-year t ...

, third president of Nintendo, grandson of Fusajiro Yamauchi *

Goiti Yamauchi is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who competed in the Welterweight division for Bellator MMA and currently competes in the same division for the Professional Fighters League. Background Yamauchi was born in Anjō, Aichi to a Japanese father ...

, Japanese-Brazilian mixed martial artist *

Kazunori Yamauchi , nicknamed "Kaz", is a Japanese game designer and racing driver. He is the CEO of Polyphony Digital and producer of the ''Gran Turismo (series), Gran Turismo'' video game series. Polyphony Digital He became the president of Polyphony Digital a ...

, creator of the ''Gran Turismo'' videogame series *

Mara Yamauchi Mara Rosalind Yamauchi (born Mara Myers 13 August 1973) is a British long-distance running, long-distance track and field, track and road running athlete. She currently holds the fifth fastest time by a British woman over the marathon, behind f ...

, British long-distance runner *, Japanese rower *, Japanese long-distance runner *

Wakako Yamauchi Wakako Yamauchi (, October 23, 1924 – August 16, 2018) was a Japanese Americans, Japanese American playwright and short story writer. Her plays are considered pioneering works in Asian American theatre, Asian-American theater. Biography Yamauc ...

, American writer *

Tetsu Yamauchi is a retired Japanese musician. In the 1970s, he was a member of several popular rock bands, including Free, where he replaced original bassist Andy Fraser before the band's final album '' Heartbreaker'', and Faces, where he replaced Ronnie ...

, Japanese bass guitarist for the bands ''

Free Free may refer to: Concept * Freedom, the ability to act or change without constraint or restriction * Emancipate, attaining civil and political rights or equality * Free (''gratis''), free of charge * Gratis versus libre, the difference betw ...

'' and ''

The Faces Faces are an English rock band formed in London in 1969. They were formed by members of Small Faces after lead singer and guitarist Steve Marriott left to form Humble Pie. The remaining Small Faces; Ian McLagan (keyboards), Ronnie Lane (bass, ...

'' *

Akihiro Yamauchi (born 30 November 1993) is a Japanese male volleyball player. He is part of the Japan men's national volleyball team The Japan men's national volleyball team (), also referred to as Ryujin Nippon (Japanese: 龍神ニッポン; Literal tran ...

, Japanese volleyball player Other uses: *

Yamanouchi, Kamakura is a neighborhood of Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Because of the presence of East Japan Railway Company's (JR) Kita-Kamakura Station, it is better known as Kita-Kamakura. It lies within the Ofuna administrative subdivision of the city o ...

, a neighbourhood in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan *

Yamanouchi, Nagano is a town located in Shimotakai District in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 12,403 in 5020 households, and a population density of 47 persons per km2. The total area of the town is . Yamanouchi, located in th ...

, a town in the Shimotakai District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan *

Yamauchi, Saga was a town located in Kishima District, Saga Prefecture, Japan. On March 1, 2006, Yamauchi, along with the town of Kitagata (also from Kishima District), was merged into the expanded city of Takeo. Geography *Mountains: Mt. Kurokami, Mt. Ji ...

, a former town of Kishima District, Saga Prefecture, Japan *

Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical is a Japanese multinational pharmaceutical company, formed on 1 April 2005 from the merger of and . Astellas is a member of the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFJ) keiretsu. History Early foundations Fujisawa Shoten was started in 1894 ...

, a company acquired by Astellas Pharma

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