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Yamaguchi is the capital and Shimonoseki is the largest city of Yamaguchi Prefecture, with other major cities including Ube, Shūnan, and Iwakuni. [3] Yamaguchi Prefecture is located at the western tip of Honshu with coastlines on the Sea of Japan and Seto Inland Sea, and separated from the island of Kyushu by the Kanmon Straits.
Yamaguchi (山口市, Yamaguchi-shi) is the capital city of Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 July 2023 [update] , the city had an estimated population of 191,470 in 88,799 households and a population density of 190 persons per km 2 . [ 1 ]
In 2005, Yamaguchi was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame, and in 2008, she became the celebrity champion in the sixth season of Dancing with the Stars. Yamaguchi is an author and has published five books. Dream Big, Little Pig!, for which she received the Gelett Burgess Children's Book Award, appeared on The New York Times Best Seller ...
Wally Yamaguchi (1959–1958), also known as Yamaguchi-san, Japanese professional wrestling manager and sports journalist; Yasushi Yamaguchi (山口 恭史), Japanese video game artist and designer; Yoko Yamaguchi (山口 洋子, 1937–2014), Japanese lyricist and writer; Yorifusa Yamaguchi (山口 頼房, born 1959), Japanese film director
Tamon Yamaguchi (山口 多聞, Yamaguchi Tamon, 17 August 1892 – 5 June 1942) was a rear admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy who served during the Second Sino-Japanese War, and in the Pacific War during World War II. Yamaguchi′s carrier force was part of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Kumiko "Yankumi" Yamaguchi, the character played by Yukie Nakama in Gokusen, a Japanese TV show; Yamaguchi-sensei, a doctor in the manga/anime series Fighting Spirit; U.S.S. Yamaguchi, an Ambassador Class Federation starship in the Star Trek franchise
Tsutomu Yamaguchi (山口 彊, Yamaguchi Tsutomu) (16 March 1916 – 4 January 2010) was a Japanese marine engineer who survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings during World War II. Although at least 160 people are known to have been affected by both bombings, [ 1 ] he is the only person to have been officially recognized by the ...
Jitsumi Gōgen Yamaguchi (山口剛玄; January 20, 1909 – May 20, 1989), also known as Gōgen Yamaguchi, was a Japanese martial artist and student of Gōjū-ryū Karate under Chōjun Miyagi. [6] He was one of the most well-known karate-dō masters from Japan and he founded the International Karate-dō Gōjū Kai Association .