Yamaguchi (山口, "mountain entrance/gateway") is the 14th most common Japanese surname.

Notable people with the surname

  • Adam Yamaguchi, American television correspondent and producer
  • , Japanese badminton player
  • , Japanese swimmer
  • , Japanese artist
  • Atsushi Yamaguchi (judge), (born 1953), Japanese judge
  • , Japanese Noh mask carver
  • Eri Yamaguchi (disambiguation), multiple people
  • , Japanese shogi player
  • , Japanese gravure idol
  • , Japanese karateka
  • , Japanese shakuhachi musician
  • , Japanese mob boss
  • Hatsuye Yamaguchi (1911–2005), Japanese-American artist and dollmaker
  • Hideko Yamaguchi, plaintiff foster mother in Sweden v. Yamaguchi, a famous international family law trial
  • , Japanese sumo wrestler
  • , Japanese novelist and essayist
  • , Japanese painter
  • , Japanese footballer
  • , Japanese musician
  • , Japanese actress
  • , Japanese composer
  • Junya Yamaguchi, Japanese musician
  • , Japanese judoka
  • , Japanese actor and voice actor
  • , Japanese painter
  • , Japanese film director
  • Kazuki Yamaguchi (disambiguation), multiple people
  • , Japanese footballer
  • , Japanese sociologist
  • , Japanese footballer
  • , Japanese boxer
  • , Japanese voice actor
  • , Japanese bicycle framebuilder
  • , Japanese long-distance runner
  • Kristi Yamaguchi (born 1971), American figure skater
  • , Japanese volleyball player
  • , Japanese origami artist
  • , Japanese women's footballer
  • , Japanese mixed martial artist
  • , Japanese drummer and record producer known as Mabanua
  • , Japanese rugby sevens player
  • Masa Yamaguchi (born 1974), Australian actor
  • Masakatsu Yamaguchi, plaintiff foster father in Sweden v. Yamaguchi, a famous international family law trial
  • , Japanese manga artist
  • , Japanese anthropologist
  • Masaya Yamaguchi (born 1970), American jazz guitarist and music writer
  • , Japanese scientist
  • , Japanese government official
  • , Japanese voice actress
  • , Japanese voice actress
  • , Japanese mixed martial artist and kickboxer
  • Michael Yamaguchi, American lawyer
  • , Japanese swimmer
  • , Japanese actress
  • , Japanese television personality
  • , Japanese singer, actress and idol
  • , Japanese footballer and manager
  • , Japanese voice actress
  • , Japanese Paralympic swimmer
  • Noboru Yamaguchi (disambiguation), multiple people
  • , Japanese politician
  • , Japanese ultranationalist best known for his assassination of Inejiro Asanuma
  • , Japanese footballer
  • , Japanese voice actress
  • , Japanese voice actress
  • Roy Yamaguchi, Japanese-American chef
  • , Japanese anime screenwriter
  • Satoshi Yamaguchi (disambiguation), multiple people
  • , Japanese parasitologist
  • , Japanese actress
  • , Japanese model and actress
  • , Japanese women's footballer
  • , Japanese aikidoka
  • , Japanese footballer
  • , Japanese artist
  • , Japanese anti–nuclear weapons activist
  • , Japanese actor
  • , Japanese baseball player
  • , Japanese politician
  • , Japanese painter
  • , Japanese Buddhist scholar
  • , Imperial Japanese Navy officer
  • , Japanese politician
  • , Japanese footballer
  • , Japanese architect
  • , Japanese actor
  • Takayuki Yamaguchi (disambiguation), multiple people
  • , Japanese painter
  • , Japanese footballer
  • , Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
  • , Japanese voice actor
  • Tatsuya Yamaguchi (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Tazuo Yamaguchi, American poet and filmmaker
  • , Japanese footballer
  • , Japanese sprint canoeist
  • , Japanese baseball player
  • , Japanese middle-distance runner
  • , Japanese actress and voice actress
  • Tomomi Yamaguchi, Japanese anthropologist
  • , Japanese comedian, actor and voice actor
  • , Japanese footballer
  • , Japanese politician
  • , Japanese manga artist
  • , Japanese national who survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings during the Second World War
  • Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Wally Yamaguchi (1959–1958), also known as Yamaguchi-san, Japanese professional wrestling manager and sports journalist
  • , Japanese video game artist and designer
  • , Japanese lyricist and writer
  • , Japanese film director
  • , Japanese rugby union player
  • , Chinese-born Japanese actress and singer
  • , Japanese politician
  • , Japanese footballer and manager
  • , Japanese film director
  • , Japanese sprinter
  • , Japanese character designer and illustrator
  • , Japanese animator
  • , Japanese voice actress
  • Yuriko Yamaguchi (sculptor) (born 1948), Japanese-American sculptor
  • , Japanese businessman and economist
  • , Japanese Buddhist scholar and Tibetologist

Fictional characters

  • , a character in the manga series Hajime no Ippo
  • , a character in the manga series GA Geijutsuka Art Design Class
  • , a character in the manga series Gokusen
  • , a character in the manga series Haikyu!!

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