Yamada

Yamada Tarō (山田太郎), the Japanese equivalent of John Smith

Yamada (山田, "mountain ricefield") is the 12th most common Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Arinaga Yamada, retainer of Shimazu clan, son of Yamada Arinobu
• Arinobu Yamada (1544–1609), retainer of Shimazu clan
• Akira Yamada (1922–2008), philosopher
• Daiji Yamada (山田 大治, born 1981), Japanese basketball player
• Eizo Yamada (1889–?), general
• Futaro Yamada (1922–2001), author
• Hidetaka Yamada (born 1976), badminton player
• Hiroshi Yamada (born 1958), Japanese politician
• Isamu Yamada, a.k.a. Knock Yokoyama, comedian, politician
• Isuzu Yamada (born 1917), actress
• Keiichi Yamada, professional wrestler
• Keiko Yamada (born 1972), singer
• Keiko Yamada (manga artist), a manga artist
• Keisuke Yamada (born 1974), professional wrestler
• Koji Yamada, billiards player
• Kosaku Yamada (1886–1965), composer
• Kiyoshi Yamada, a.k.a. Kiyoshi Hikawa
• Mai Yamada, a.k.a. Riona Hazuki
• Mitsuye Yamada (born 1923), poet, activist, and professor
• Naoko Yamada (born 1984), animator and director
• Yamada Nagamasa (1590–1630), adventurer, governor of a province of the Ayutthaya Kingdom (Thailand)
• Otsuzo Yamada (1881–1965), general
• Ryosuke Yamada (born 1993), Japanese singer and actor
• Seiji Yamada (b. 1966), Japanese ski mountaineer
• Seiko Yamada (born 1978), badminton player
• Shinya Yamada (born 1970), musician
• Tachi Yamada (born 1945), scientist and gastroenterologist
• Takayuki Yamada (born 1983), actor
• Takuya Yamada (born 1974), footballer
• Tarzan Yamada (born 1962), drifting driver
• Toshiyo Yamada (born 1970), Japanese pro-wrestler
• Yoji Yamada (born 1931), film director
• Yoshimitsu Yamada (born 1938), aikidoka
• Yasuo Yamada (1932–1995), a Japanese voice actor
• Yoshio Yamada (1873–1958), linguist
• Yu Yamada (born 1984), model
• Yuki Yamada (山田 裕貴, born 1990), Japanese actor

Fictional characters

• The Yamadas from the Studio Ghibli movie, My Neighbors the Yamadas
  • Takashi Yamada
  • Matsuko Yamada
  • Noboru Yamada
  • Nonoko Yamada
  • Shige Yamada
  • Pochi Yamada
• Yamada (rock), Chiaki Minami's adopted friend in Minami-ke
• Aoi Yamada, of Working!!
• Ayumi Yamada, of Honey and Clover
• Chi Yamada, of Chi's Sweet Home
• Hanatarō Yamada, of Bleach
• Jubei Yamada, from the game Fatal Fury 2
• Kouji Yamada from Shaman King
• Miiko Yamada from Kocchi Muite! Miiko
• Nina Yamada, from Mamotte! Lollipop
• Ryū Yamada of Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches
• Seiji Yamada, of Sensitive Pornograph
• Seina Yamada, of Tenchi Muyo! GXP
• Shintaro Yamada (born 1986), of Kanpai!
• Taro Yamada, of Dokaben
• Taro Yamada, of Yamada Taro Monogatari
• Tsuyoshi Yamada, from the Japanese series Densha Otoko
• Yamada, of B Gata H Kei
• Hifumi Yamada, from the visual novel Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
• Yamada Hiro from the anime Haré+Guu.

See also

• Japanese name