Yamazaki

Yamazaki or Yamasaki (written: lit. "mountain promontory") is the 22nd most common Japanese surname. Less common variants are and . Notable people with the surname include: Amy Yamazaki, British actress Arturo Yamasaki, Peruvian-Mexican football referee , Japanese philosopher and scholar Yamazaki Ben'nei (山崎辨榮, 1859–1920), Japanese Buddhist monk , Japanese-British documentary filmmaker , Japanese voice actress , Japanese voice actress , Japanese voice actress and singer , Japanese kickboxer , Japanese rhythmic gymnast , Japanese actress , Japanese comedian , Japanese photographer , Japanese weightlifter , Japanese field hockey player , Japanese poet , better known as Hōsei Tsukitei, Japanese comedian and rakugo performer , Japanese manga artist , Japanese actor and singer , Japanese professional wrestler , Japanese lawyer, politician and cabinet minister , Japanese television personality , Japanese diplomat , Japanese footballer , Japanese baseball player , Japanese hurdler , Japanese professional wrestler and commentator , Japanese general , Japanese sprinter , Japanese footballer , Japanese actor , Japanese manga artist , Japanese general , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer Kunio Yamazaki, Japanese biologist , Japanese archer Lindsey Yamasaki (born 1980), American women's basketball player , Japanese footballer and manager , Japanese gravure idol and actress , Japanese manga artist Mario Yamasaki, Brazilian mixed martial arts referee , Japanese women's footballer , Japanese politician , Japanese cross-country skier , Japanese writer, literary critic and philosopher , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese musician , Japanese musician , Japanese politician , singer and member of the j-pop girl group Morning Musume , Japanese-American architect , Japanese archaeologist , Japanese writer , Japanese astronaut , Japanese geographer , Japanese footballer , Japanese gymnast , Japanese freestyle skier , Japanese video game composer , Japanese bobsledder , Japanese swimmer Shigueto Yamasaki (born 1966), Brazilian judoka , Japanese water polo player , Japanese inventor , Japanese poet , Shinsengumi officer and spy , Japanese film director, screenwriter and visual effects director , Japanese voice actor , Japanese shogi player , Japanese politician , Japanese karateka and kickboxer Tizuka Yamasaki (born 1949), Brazilian film director , Japanese ice hockey player , Japanese sport wrestler , Japanese artist , Japanese actor , Japanese voice actress , Japanese baseball player Yasutsugu Yamasaki, Japanese engineer designer of the Akashi Bridge , Imperial Japanese Army officer , Japanese essayist and antiquarian , Japanese announcer , Japanese racewalker , Japanese footballer

==Fictional characters== Asami Yamazaki, from the Audition horror film Kaoru Yamazaki, from Welcome to the N.H.K. Linna Yamazaki, from the anime series Bubblegum Crisis Ryuji Yamazaki, a SNK character Sagaru Yamazaki, from the manga series Gintama Sosuke Yamazaki, from the anime series Free! - Eternal Summer Takashi Yamazaki, from Cardcaptor Sakura anime Tamaki Yamazaki, from the manga series Tamayomi Tanpopo Yamazaki, from the manga series Imadoki!