Aoyama (surname)

Aoyama (written: 青山 literally "blue mountain") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Akira Aoyama (青山 士), Japanese civil engineer
 * Ayari Aoyama (青山 綾里), Japanese former butterfly swimmer
 * Gosho Aoyama (青山 剛昌), Japanese manga artist (birthname: Yoshimasa Aoyama)
 * Hikaru Aoyama (青山 ひかる), Japanese gravure idol and tarento
 * Hiroshi Aoyama (青山 博一), Japanese motorcycle racer
 * Jun Aoyama (青山 隼), Japanese footballer
 * Aoyama Kagemichi (青山 景通), Japanese samurai
 * Kei Aoyama (青山 景), Japanese manga artist
 * Mitsuko Aoyama (青山 みつこ), one of the first Japanese people to immigrate to Europe
 * Nagisa Aoyama (青山 なぎさ), Japanese voice actress and singer
 * Nanae Aoyama (青山 七恵), Japanese writer
 * Naoaki Aoyama (青山 直晃), Japanese footballer
 * Shinji Aoyama (青山 真治), Japanese film director
 * Shuhei Aoyama (青山 周平), Japanese motorcycle racer
 * Shuko Aoyama (青山 修子), Japanese tennis player
 * Aoyama Tanemichi (青山 胤通), Japanese medical scientist and doctor
 * Thelma Aoyama (青山 テルマ), Japanese pop singer
 * Tōko Aoyama (青山 桐子), Japanese voice actress
 * Yoshino Aoyama (青山 吉能), Japanese voice actress
 * Yutaka Aoyama (青山 穣), Japanese voice actor
 * Zakuro Aoyama, born 1990, Japanese artist

Fictional characters

 * Hajime Aoyama, character in Ghost Stories (anime)
 * Masaya Aoyama of Tokyo Mew Mew
 * Motoko Aoyama of Love Hina
 * Otaki Aoyama, character in the anime/manga series Oh My Goddess!
 * Shigeharu Aoyama, the main character in the Japanese film, Audition (film)
 * Shougo Aoyama of Toei Animation's Yu-Gi-Oh! movie (not the movie aired in North America)
 * Tessan Aoyama, a samurai in a folk version of a Japanese ghost story titled Banchō Sarayashiki
 * Yuki Aoyama, character in Chance Pop Session
 * Saborou Aoyama, The Blue Ranger from the 1982 Super Sentai Series Goggle V
 * Yuga Aoyama, character in My Hero Academia