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 , Japanese rower , 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.