Yanagi (written: ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
, Japanese actor Keishiro Yanagi (born 1941), Japanese tennis player , Japanese writer , Japanese actor , Japanese tennis player , Japanese actress and model , Japanese photographer , Japanese singer , Japanese voice actor , Japanese mathematician, hydrographer, politician , Japanese artisan , Japanese art critic and philosopher , Japanese industrial designer , Japanese footballer , Japanese actor and model , Japanese field hockey player , Japanese footballer , Japanese contemporary artist , Japanese actor , Japanese virologist , Japanese footballer , Japanese baseball player