Yokoyama

Yokoyama (横山) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Akihito Yokoyama (b. 1961), Japanese golfer
• Chisa Yokoyama (b. 1969), Japanese voice actress and singer
• Go Yokoyama in fact Tsuyoshi Yokoyama (b. 1983), Japanese kickboxer
• Hideo Yokoyama (b. 1957), Japanese novelist
• Hirotoshi Yokoyama (b. 1975), Japanese football player
• Hokuto Yokoyama (b. 1963), Japanese politician (Democratic Party of Japan)
• Isamu Yokoyama (1889-1952), general in the Imperial Japanese Army
• Juri Yokoyama (b. 1955), Japanese volleyball player
• Katsuya Yokoyama (1934–2010), renowned player and teacher of the shakuhachi, a traditional Japanese vertical bamboo flute
• Ken Yokoyama (横山健) is the founder of the punk record label, Pizza of Death Records.
• Ken Yokoyama (横山剣) is a member of Crazy Ken Band.
• Kenzo Yokoyama (b. 1943), Japanese football player and coach
• Knock Yokoyama (1932–2007), Japanese comedian and politician
• Kumi Yokoyama (b. 1993), Japanese football striker
• Marumitsu Yokoyama in fact Okitaka Yokoyama (1780–1854), Japanese late Edo period samurai and founder of the Tōkyūjutsu
• Masafumi Yokoyama (b. 1956), Japanese football player
• Masami Yokoyama (b. 1981), Japanese volleyball player
• Matsuo Yokoyama (b. 1927), president of Walt Disney Enterprises of Japan
• Matsusaburō Yokoyama (1838–1884), pioneering Japanese photographer, artist, lithographer and teacher
• Minehiro Yokoyama (b. 1971), Japanese ski mountaineer
• Mitsuteru Yokoyama (1934–2004), Japanese manga artist
• Naoki Yokoyama (b. 1949), Japanese electrical engineer
• Sakujirō Yokoyama (1864–1912), early disciple of Kanō Jigorō
• Satoshi Yokoyama (b. 1980), Japanese football player
• Seiji Yokoyama (b. 1935), Japanese incidental music composer
• Shizuo Yokoyama (1890–1961), Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army
• Shōmatsu Yokoyama (1913–1992), Japanese physician
• Sumiko Yokoyama (b. 1974), Japanese cross-country skier
• Taikan Yokoyama, pseudonym of Sakai Hidemaro (1868–1958), major figure in pre-WW2 Japanese painting
• Takayuki Yokoyama (b. 1972), Japanese football player
• Takashi Yokoyama (1913–194?), Japanese swimmer
• Takuya Yokoyama (b. 1985), Japanese football player
• Tomonobu Yokoyama (b. 1985), Japanese footballer
• You Yokoyama (b. 1981),Japanese idol, singer, actor, radio host and lyricist
• Yui Yokoyama (b. 1992), Japanese idol, member of girl-group AKB48
• Yuji Yokoyama (b. 1969), Japanese football player

See also

• Yokoyama Dam, dam in Ibigawa, in the Gifu Prefecture of Japan
• Yokoyama Station (disambiguation), name of several Japanese train stations
• Yokoyama Mitsuteru Sangokushi, Japanese anime series