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Yamauchi or Yamanouchi (やまうち or やまのうち, 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 the surname include:

• Yamanouchi Toyoshige, 15th feudal lord of the Tosa domain
• Yamauchi Kazutoyo, first feudal lord of the Tosa domain
• Yamauchi Tokuryũ, Japanese philosopher.
• Kenji Yamanouchi, eponymous founder of Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co., now part of Astellas Pharma
• Akihiro Yamauchi, Japanese volleyball player
• Don Yamauchi, American chef
• Edwin M. Yamauchi, historian and biblical scholar
• Fusajiro Yamauchi, founder of Nintendo
  • Sekiryo Yamauchi (born Sekiryo Kaneda), second president of Nintendo, son-in-law of Fusajiro Yamauchi
  • Hiroshi Yamauchi, third president of Nintendo, great-grandson of Fusajiro Yamauchi
• Goiti Yamauchi, Japanese-Brazilian mixed martial artist
• Joe Yamauchi, Canadian footballer
• Kazunori Yamauchi, creator of the Gran Turismo videogame series
• Mara Yamauchi, British long-distance runner
• Masakatsu Yamanouchi (山内 政勝; born 1942), Japanese rower
• Minami Yamanouchi (山ノ内 みなみ; born 1992), Japanese long-distance runner
• Tetsu Yamauchi (1946–2025), Japanese bass guitarist for the bands Free and The Faces
• Wakako Yamauchi, American writer

Other uses:

• Yamanouchi, Kamakura, a neighbourhood in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
• Yamanouchi, Nagano, a town in the Shimotakai District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
• Yamauchi, Saga, a former town of Kishima District, Saga Prefecture, Japan
• Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical, a company acquired by Astellas Pharma

See also

• Japanese name
• Special:Prefixindex/Yamauchi - the page gives articles starting with Yamauchi.
• Special:Prefixindex/Yamanouchi - the page gives articles starting with Yamanouchi.