Yamauchi

Yamauchi or Yamanouchi (やまうち 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 this 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
  • Edwin M. Yamauchi, historian and biblical scholar
  • Fusajiro Yamauchi, founder of Nintendo
  • Hiroshi Yamauchi, former president of Nintendo
  • Kazunori Yamauchi, creator of the Gran Turismo videogame series
  • Mara Yamauchi, British long-distance runner
  • Wakako Yamauchi, American writer

Other uses:

  • Yamauchi, Saga is a former town of Kishima District, Saga Prefecture, Japan