Yamanaka
Yamanaka is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Akira Joe Yamanaka, singer for the Flower Travellin' Band
- Akiko Yamanaka, Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party
- Chihiro Yamanaka, Japanese jazz pianist and composer
- Daichi Yamanaka, Japanese speed-skater
- Hirofumi Yamanaka, professional Japanese baseball player
- Hiroko Yamanaka, retired Japanese female mixed martial arts fighter
- Lisa Yamanaka, Japanese Canadian actress and voice actress
- Lois-Ann Yamanaka, Japanese American poet and novelist from Hawaii
- Miwako Yamanaka, retired Japanese long-distance runner
- Noriko Yamanaka, Japanese female table tennis player
- Norio Yamanaka
- Rikiko Yamanaka, Japanese diver
- Ryoji Yamanaka, former Japanese football player
- Ryosuke Yamanaka, Japanese football player
- Ryujiro Yamanaka, Japanese footballer
- Ryuya Yamanaka, Japanese boxer
- Sadajirō Yamanaka, Japanese art dealer
- Sadao Yamanaka, Japanese film director and screenwriter
- Sawao Yamanaka, the frontman of the bands The Pillows
- Seiko Yamanaka, Japanese football player
- Shino Yamanaka, Japanese modern pentathlete
- Shinsuke Yamanaka, Japanese professional boxer
- Shinya Yamanaka, Japanese Nobel Prize-winning stem cell researcher
- Takeshi Yamanaka, Japanese ice hockey player
- Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, Japanese olympic swimmer
- Yamanaka Yukimori, Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period
Fictional characters
- 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
