Yamada

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Yamada Tarō (山田太郎), the Japanese equivalent of John Smith

Template:Nihongo is the 12th most common Japanese surname.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>

Notable people with the surname

• Template:Nihongo, Japanese model, actress and idol
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese field hockey player
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese illustrator and manga artist
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese rugby union player
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese philosopher
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese politician and samurai
• Alexander Akira Yamada (山田 明, born 1988), Japanese-American actor, writer, and LGBTQ activist.
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese writer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese actress
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese samurai
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese samurai
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese beauty pageant winner
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese writer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese women's footballer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese basketball player
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese general
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese softball player
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese Mahayana Buddhist
• Fernando Yamada (born 1979), Brazilian footballer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese voice actress
• Template:Nihongo, pen name of Seiya Yamada, Japanese writer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese cross-country skier
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer and manager
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese cross-country skier
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese badminton player
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese admiral
• Hiroki Yamada (disambiguation), multiple people
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese chef
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese long jumper
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese politician
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese computer scientist
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese baseball player
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese video game composer
• Template:Nihongo, better known as Knock Yokoyama, Japanese comedian and politician
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese film director
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese actress
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese swordsman
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese manga artist
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese actor
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese women's basketball player
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese long-distance runner
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese conductor
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese classical composer and conductor
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese badminton player
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese voice actor
• Template:Nihongo, better known as Jushin Liger, Japanese professional wrestler
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese politician
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese singer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese manga artist
• Template:Nihongo, better known as Black Buffalo, Japanese professional wrestler
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese long-distance runner
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese golfer
• Kenji Yamada (disambiguation), multiple people
• Kenneth Yamada, American biologist
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese Go player
• Template:Nihongo, better known as Kiyoshi Hikawa, Japanese enka singer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese photographer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese billiards player
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese doctor
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese classical composer and conductor
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese Zen Buddhist
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese shogi player
• Kyle Yamada (born 1983), Canadian soccer player
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese figure skater and coach
• Template:Nihongo, better known as Riona Hazuki, Japanese actress
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese architect
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese mixed martial artist
• Mariko Yamada (born 1950), Japanese American politician
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese actress and gravure idol
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese physicist
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese weightlifter
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese politician
• Masahiro Yamada (disambiguation), multiple people
• Masaki Yamada (disambiguation), multiple people
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer and manager
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese shogi player
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese voice actress
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese rhythmic gymnast
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese politician
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
• Mitsuye Yamada (born 1923), American poet, activist, and professor
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese softball player
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese taekwondo practitioner
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese calligrapher
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese manga artist, writer and poet
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese adventurer, governor of a province of the Ayutthaya Kingdom (Thailand)
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese idol and singer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese manga artist
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese animator and film director
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese volleyball player
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese speed skater
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese politician
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese general
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese manga artist
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese Zen Buddhist
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese singer and actor
• Ryoun Yamada, Japanese Zen Buddhist
• Sachiko Yamada (disambiguation), multiple people
• Template:Nihongo, Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese ski mountaineer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese badminton player
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese motorcycle racer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese politician
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese racing driver
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese musician
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese model, actor and singer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese businessman
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese cross-country skier
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese volleyball player
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese actress and former member idol group NMB48
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese politician
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese metallurgic artist
• Sobin Yamada, Japanese Zen Buddhist
• Tachi Yamada (1945–2021), scientist and gastroenterologist
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese writer and screenwriter
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese rower
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
• Takahiro Yamada (disambiguation), multiple people
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese actor, singer and producer
• Takeshi Yamada (born 1960), American artist
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese Go player
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese singer-songwriter
• Tarzan Yamada (born 1962), Japanese drifting driver
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese actor
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese karateka
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese baseball player
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese ice hockey player
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese politician
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese professional wrestler
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese writer, illustrator and translator
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese feminist
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese boxer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese film director
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese actor and voice actor
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese linguist
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese anime screenwriter
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese mixed martial artist
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese aikidoka
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese model, actress and singer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese actor
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese darts player
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese ski jumper
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese composer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
• Kaede Yamada (山田 楓, born 2005), Japanese singer and dancer, member of tripleS

Fictional characters

• Template:Nihongo, protagonist of the manga series B Gata H Kei
• The Yamadas, characters in the film My Neighbors the Yamadas
• The Yamada Asaemon clan, characters in the manga series Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku
• Template:Nihongo, a character in the manga series Working!!
• Template:Nihongo, a character in the manga series Honey and Clover
• Chi Yamada, protagonist of the manga series Chi's Sweet Home
• Template:Nihongo, a character in the light novel series Eromanga Sensei
• Hanako Yamada, a character in the video game Yandere Simulator
• Template:Nihongo, a character in the manga series Bleach
• Template:Nihongo, a character in the visual novel Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
• Template:Nihongo, a character in the manga series My Hero Academia
• Template:Nihongo, a character from the multimedia project Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle
• Template:Nihongo, a character from the multimedia project Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle
• Template:Nihongo, a character from the multimedia project Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle
• Template:Nihongo, a character in the video game Fatal Fury 2
• Template:Nihongo, a character in the manga series Shaman King
• Template:Nihongo, a character in the light novel series Infinite Stratos
• Template:Nihongo, protagonist of the manga series Kocchi Muite! Miiko
• Template:Nihongo, protagonist of the manga series Mamotte! Lollipop
• Template:Nihongo, a character in the anime series Valvrave the Liberator
• Template:Nihongo, a character in the anime/manga series Bocchi the Rock!
• Template:Nihongo, protagonist of the manga series Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches
• Template:Nihongo, a character in the manga series Sensitive Pornograph
• Template:Nihongo, a character in the anime series Tenchi Muyo! GXP
• Template:Nihongo, protagonist of the manga series Kanpai!
• Template:Nihongo, a character in the anime series Zombie Land Saga
• Taeko Yamada, a character in the video game Yandere Simulator
• Template:Nihongo, a character in the manga series Dokaben
• Taro Yamada, protagonist of the manga series Yamada Taro Monogatari
• Taro Yamada, a character in the video game Yandere Simulator
• Template:Nihongo, a character in the television series Densha Otoko
• Template:Nihongo, a character in the media franchise Pretty Rhythm
• Template:Nihongo, a character in the manga series Kase-san

See also

• Courtney Yamada-Anderson (born 1980), American skeleton racer
• Japanese name