Yamauchi

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 as 山内 while Yamanouchi can also be written as 山ノ内.

Notable people with the surname include:


 * Yamanouchi Toyoshige, 15th feudal lord of the Tosa domain
 * Yamauchi Kazutoyo, first feudal lord of the Tosa domain
 * Kenji Yamanouchi, eponymous founder of Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co., now part of Astellas Pharma
 * Don Yamauchi, American chef
 * Edwin M. Yamauchi, historian and biblical scholar
 * Fusajiro Yamauchi, founder of Nintendo
 * Sekiryo Yamauchi (born Sekiryo Kaneda), second president of Nintendo, son-in-law of Fusajiro Yamauchi
 * Hiroshi Yamauchi, third president of Nintendo, grandson of Fusajiro Yamauchi
 * Goiti Yamauchi, Japanese-Brazilian mixed martial artist
 * Kazunori Yamauchi, creator of the Gran Turismo videogame series
 * Mara Yamauchi, British long-distance runner
 * Masakatsu Yamanouchi (山内 政勝), Japanese rower
 * Minami Yamanouchi (山ノ内 みなみ), Japanese long-distance runner
 * Wakako Yamauchi, American writer
 * Tetsu Yamauchi, Japanese bass guitarist for the bands Free and The Faces
 * Akihiro Yamauchi, Japanese volleyball player

Other uses:
 * Yamanouchi, Kamakura, a neighbourhood in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
 * Yamanouchi, Nagano, a town in the Shimotakai District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
 * Yamauchi, Saga, a former town of Kishima District, Saga Prefecture, Japan
 * Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical, a company acquired by Astellas Pharma