Katayama

Katayama (片山) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Entertainers

 * Sayuri Katayama (片山 沙有里), Japanese stage actress
 * Hitomi Katayama (片山 瞳), Japanese film actress
 * Haruka Katayama (片山 陽加), Japanese film actress and singer, former AKB48 member

Politicians

 * Sen Katayama (片山 潜), Japanese-born member of the American Communist Party
 * Tetsu Katayama (片山 哲), 46th Prime Minister of Japan
 * Toranosuke Katayama (片山 虎之助), Japanese Osaka Ishin no Kai politician
 * Yoshihiro Katayama (片山 善博), Democratic Party of Japan politician, former Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications
 * Satsuki Katayama (片山 さつき), Japanese Liberal Democratic Party politician, former Minister of Finance

Sportspeople

 * Toshikazu Katayama (片山 敏一), Japanese figure skater
 * Hiroshi Katayama (片山 洋), Japanese football defender
 * Yoshimi Katayama (片山 義美), Japanese professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and auto racer
 * Misako Katayama (片山 美佐子), Japanese javelin thrower
 * Takazumi Katayama (片山 敬済), Japanese Grand Prix motorcycle road racing world champion
 * Ukyo Katayama (片山 右京), Japanese racing driver
 * Mizuho Katayama (片山 満津芳), synchronized swimming coach in Japan, Olympic competitor for South Korea
 * Shingo Katayama (片山 晋呉), Japanese golfer
 * Tatsuki Katayama (片山 立規), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Rie Katayama (片山 梨絵), Japanese cross-country mountain biker
 * Katayama Shinji (片山 伸次), Japanese sumo wrestler
 * Shosuke Katayama (片山 奨典), Japanese football defender (J2 League)
 * Masato Katayama (片山 真人), Japanese football forward (J2 League)
 * Hiroshi Katayama (baseball) (片山 博視), Japanese baseball pitcher
 * Eiichi Katayama (片山 瑛一), Japanese football forward (J2 League)
 * Raibu Katayama (片山 來夢), Japanese snowboarder
 * Nobuaki Katayama, Japanese racing driver and automative engineer

Writers

 * Katayama Hiroko (片山 広子), Japanese poet and translator
 * Elizabeth Kata (full name Elizabeth Colina Katayama; 1912–1998), Australian novelist
 * Kyoichi Katayama (片山 恭一), Japanese novelist best known for Crying Out Love, In the Centre of the World
 * Kentarō Katayama (片山 憲太郎), Japanese author of light novels

Other

 * Katayama Tōkuma (片山 東熊), Japanese architect who designed the original buildings for the Imperial Nara Museum and Kyoto Imperial museum
 * Yutaka Katayama (片山 豊), Japanese automotive executive best known as the long-time president of Nissan's US operations
 * Masamichi Katayama (片山 正通), Japanese interior designer
 * Akio Katayama (片山 章雄), Japanese historian of Inner Asia
 * Fred Katayama (born 1960), American television journalist of Japanese descent
 * Kazuyoshi Katayama (片山 一良), Japanese animator and director
 * Katayama Yōkoku (片山楊谷), Japanese artist