Yokoyama

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

Akihito Yokoyama (born 1961), Japanese golfer
Chisa Yokoyama (born 1969), Japanese voice actress and singer
Go Yokoyama in fact Tsuyoshi Yokoyama (b. 1983), Japanese kickboxer
Hideo Yokoyama (born 1957), Japanese novelist
Hiroaki Yokoyama (横山泰明, born 1980), Japanese shogi player
Hiroki Yokoyama (disambiguation), multiple people
Hirotoshi Yokoyama (born 1975), Japanese football player
Hokuto Yokoyama (born 1963), Japanese politician (Democratic Party of Japan)
Isamu Yokoyama (1889-1952), general in the Imperial Japanese Army
Juri Yokoyama (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 (born 1943), Japanese football player and coach
Knock Yokoyama (1932–2007), Japanese comedian and politician
Kumi Yokoyama (born 1993), Japanese football striker
Kumiko Yokoyama (横山久美子, born 1972), Japanese cross-country skier
Kunihiko Yokoyama (横山邦彦, born 1947), Japanese basketball player
Marumitsu Yokoyama in fact Okitaka Yokoyama (1780–1854), Japanese late Edo period samurai and founder of the Tōkyūjutsu
Manabu Yokoyama (横山学, born 1974), Japanese pole vaulter
Masafumi Yokoyama (born 1956), Japanese football player
Masami Yokoyama (born 1981), Japanese volleyball player
Matsuo Yokoyama (born 1927), president of Walt Disney Enterprises of Japan
Matsusaburō Yokoyama (1838–1884), pioneering Japanese photographer, artist, lithographer and teacher
Megumi Yokoyama (actress) (横山めぐみ, born 1969), Japanese actress
Megumi Yokoyama (badminton) (横山めぐみ, born 1990), Japanese badminton player
Minehiro Yokoyama (born 1971), Japanese ski mountaineer
Mitsuteru Yokoyama (1934–2004), Japanese manga artist
Naoki Yokoyama (born 1949), Japanese electrical engineer
Olga T. Yokoyama (born 1942), American linguist
Reina Yokoyama (born 2001), Japanese idol and member of girl-group Morning Musume
Sakujirō Yokoyama (1864–1912), early disciple of Kanō Jigorō
Satoshi Yokoyama (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 (née Sumie Yokoyama), women's professional shogi player
Sumiko Yokoyama (born 1974), Japanese cross-country skier
Taikan Yokoyama, pseudonym of Sakai Hidemaro (1868–1958), major figure in pre-WW2 Japanese painting
Takashi Yokoyama (swimmer) (横山隆志, 1913–1945), Japanese swimmer
Takashi Yokoyama (water polo) (横山隆, born 1940), Japanese water polo player
Takayuki Yokoyama (born 1972), Japanese football player
Takuji Yokoyama (横山卓司, born 1990), Japanese footballer
Takuya Yokoyama (born 1985), Japanese footballer
Tomonobu Yokoyama (born 1985), Japanese footballer
You Yokoyama (born 1981), Japanese idol, singer, actor, radio host and lyricist, member of band Kanjani 8
Yui Yokoyama (born 1992), Japanese idol, member of girl-group AKB48
Yuji Yokoyama (born 1969), Japanese footballer

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