Yamanaka

Yamanaka (written: 山中; lit: "middle of mountain") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

* Akira Joe Yamanaka, singer for the Flower Travellin' Band
* Akiko Yamanaka (born 1945), Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party
* Chihiro Yamanaka, Japanese jazz pianist and composer
* Daichi Yamanaka (born 1990), Japanese speed-skater
* Hirofumi Yamanaka (born 1985), professional Japanese baseball player
* Hiroko Yamanaka (born 1978), retired Japanese female mixed martial arts fighter
* Kenichi Yamanaka (born 1943), retired Japanese Yudoka
* Ryuya Yamanaka (born 1995), Japanese boxer
* Lisa Yamanaka, Japanese Canadian actress and voice actress
* Lois-Ann Yamanaka (born 1961), Japanese American poet and novelist from Hawaii
* Miki Yamanaka (born 1990), Japanese jazz pianist working in New York City
* Miwako Yamanaka (born 1978), retired Japanese long-distance runner
* Noriko Yamanaka (山中 教子), Japanese female table tennis player
* Rikiko Yamanaka (山中 理貴子; born 1955), Japanese diver
* Ryosuke Yamanaka (born 1993), Japanese football player
* Ryuya Yamanaka (born 1995), Japanese female boxer
* Sadajirō Yamanaka (1866-1936), Japanese art dealer
* Sadao Yamanaka (1909–1938), Japanese film director and screenwriter
* Sawao Yamanaka (born 1968), the frontman of the bands The Pillows
* Seiko Yamanaka (born 1989), Japanese football player
* Shino Yamanaka (born 1990), Japanese modern pentathlete
* Shinsuke Yamanaka (born 1982), Japanese professional boxer
* Shinya Yamanaka (born 1962), Japanese Nobel Prize-winning stem cell researcher
* Sumire Yamanaka (born 2001), Japanese female boxer
* Takeshi Yamanaka (山中 武司; born 1971), Japanese ice hockey player
* Tsuyoshi Yamanaka (born 1939), Japanese olympic swimmer
* Yamanaka Yukimori (1545–1578), Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period
* Yôko Yamanaka (born 1997), Japanese filmmaker

## Fictional characters

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* Ino Yamanaka, a character in the Naruto Anime and Manga
* Inoichi Yamanaka, a character in the Naruto Anime and Manga
* Sawako Yamanaka, a character in the K-ON! Anime and Manga

## See also

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* Lake Yamanaka, one of the Fuji Five Lakes in Japan
* Yamanaka Onsen, hot spring town in Ishikawa Prefecture
* Yamanaka, Ishikawa, former town located in Enuma District
* Meiden-Yamanaka Station, train station located in Okazaki, Aichi
* Yamanaka factors, regulators in cell reprogramming.

Surname list

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