Yamaguchi (family name)

Yamaguchi ( Japanese 山口 ) is a Japanese family name . It is the fourteenth most common family name in Japan .

Origin and meaning

Yamaguchi is either an abode or an origin name . As a residence name, it goes back to the meaning of the Japanese characters 山 (German mountain ) and 口 (German access ); So he referred to people who lived at the foot of a mountain or on the edge of a forest on a mountain . The name of origin was named after the settlement name Yamaguchi (several times in Japan).

Name bearer

• Akane Yamaguchi (* 1997), Japanese badminton player
• Akihiro Yamaguchi (* 1994), Japanese swimmer
• Atsushi Yamaguchi (* 1980), Japanese football player
• Eri Yamaguchi (athlete) (* 1973), Japanese marathon runner
• Eri Yamaguchi (cricket player) (* 1992), Japanese cricket player
• Yamaguchi Gōgen (1909–1989), Japanese master of karatedō
• Gorō Yamaguchi (1933–1999), Japanese musician
• Yamaguchi Harukichi (1881–1938), founder, namesake and first Kumicho of Yamaguchi-gumi
• Yamaguchi Hitomi (1923-1995), Japanese writer
• Yamaguchi Hōshun (1893–1971), Japanese painter
• Hotaru Yamaguchi (* 1990), Japanese football player
• Ichirō Yamaguchi (* 1947), Japanese philosopher
• Isao Yamaguchi , Japanese chemist
• Kaori Yamaguchi (* 1964), Japanese judoka
• Yamaguchi Kaoru (1907–1968), Japanese painter
• Kappei Yamaguchi (* 1965), Japanese voice actor (Seiyū)
• Kazuki Yamaguchi (soccer player, 1986) (born 1986), Japanese soccer player
• Kazuki Yamaguchi (soccer player, 1995) (born 1995), Japanese soccer player
• Kazuma Yamaguchi (* 1996), Japanese football player
• Yamaguchi Kayō (1899-1984), Japanese painter
• Kei Yamaguchi (born 1983), Japanese football player
• Keiji Yamaguchi (* 1974), Japanese boxer
• Koichi Yamaguchi , American bicycle frame builder and entrepreneur
• Kōsei Yamaguchi (* 1991), Japanese long-distance and obstacle runner
• Kristi Yamaguchi (* 1971), American figure skater
• Louis Yamaguchi (* 1998), Japanese football player
• Mabumi Yamaguchi (* 1946), Japanese jazz musician
• Mai Yamaguchi (* 1983), Japanese volleyball player
• Mami Yamaguchi (* 1986), Japanese soccer player
• Mie Yamaguchi (1960–2012), Japanese news anchor
• Mizuki Yamaguchi (* 1993), Japanese ski jumper
• Momoe Yamaguchi (* 1958), Japanese singer, actress and Japanese idol
• Motohiro Yamaguchi (* 1969), Japanese football player
• Natsuo Yamaguchi (* 1952), Japanese MP
• Yamaguchi Noboru (Yakuza) (1902–1942), Yakuza and second Kumicho from Yamaguchi-gumi
• Noboru Yamaguchi (Author) (1972–2013), Japanese author of light novels and computer game scenarios
• Otoya Yamaguchi (1943-1960), Japanese assassin
• Paul Aijirō Yamaguchi (1894–1976), Japanese Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church
• Renshi Yamaguchi (* 1992), Japanese football player
• Satoshi Yamaguchi (soccer player, 1959) (born 1959), Japanese soccer player
• Satoshi Yamaguchi (soccer player, 1978) (born 1978), Japanese soccer player
• Sayoko Yamaguchi (1950–2007), Japanese mannequin and actress
• Sayuri Yamaguchi (* 1966), Japanese soccer player
• Seigo Yamaguchi (1924–1996), Japanese Aikidoka
• Yamaguchi Seishi (1901-1994), Japanese haiku poet
• Yamaguchi Seison (1892–1988), Japanese haiku poet and mining scientist
• Seiya Yamaguchi (* 1993), Japanese football player
• Yamaguchi Sekkei (1644–1732), Japanese painter
• Senji Yamaguchi (* 1930), Japanese anti-nuclear weapons activist, see Nihon Hidankyō
• Shinji Yamaguchi (* 1996), Japanese football player
• Shun'ichi Yamaguchi (* 1950), Japanese MP
• Yamaguchi Soken (1759-1818), Japanese painter
• Yamaguchi Susumu (1897–1983), Japanese woodblock artist
• Taimei Yamaguchi (* 1948), Japanese MP
• Takahiro Yamaguchi (* 1984), Japanese football player
• Takayuki Yamaguchi (Mangaka) (* 1966), Japanese mangaka
• Takayuki Yamaguchi (soccer player) (born 1973), Japanese soccer player
• Takayuki Yamaguchi (voice actor) (born 1975), Japanese voice actor
• Yamaguchi Takeo (1902–1983), Japanese painter
• Takeshi Yamaguchi (* 1979), Japanese football player
• Yamaguchi Tamon (1892–1942), Japanese admiral
• Tatsuya Yamaguchi (actor) (born 1972), Japanese actor and musician
• Tatsuya Yamaguchi (racing driver) (* 1976), Japanese motorcycle racer
• Tatsuya Yamaguchi (soccer player) (* 2000), Japanese soccer player
• Tetsuharu Yamaguchi (* 1977), Japanese football player
• Toshihiro Yamaguchi (* 1971), Japanese football player
• Tsutomu Yamaguchi (1916–2010), Japanese survivor of the atomic bombing
• Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (politician) (* 1954), Japanese politician
• Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (curler) (* 1984), Japanese curler
• Yasuko Yamaguchi (* 1969), Japanese composer
• Yoshitada Yamaguchi (* 1944), Japanese football player
• Yūichirō Yamaguchi (* 1956), Japanese musical performer and actor
• Yuki Yamaguchi (* 1984), Japanese sprinter
• Yuriko Yamaguchi (* 1948), American sculptor

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 明 治安 田 生命 全国 同姓 調査 ( National same family name investigation ). Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company, September 24, 2008, accessed June 10, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Digital dictionary of surnames in Germany (DFD): Yamaguchi