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 Kenji Yamanouchi, eponymous founder of Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co., now part of Astellas Pharma 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, grandson of Fusajiro Yamauchi Goiti Yamauchi, Japanese-Brazilian mixed martial artist Kazunori Yamauchi, creator of the Gran Turismo videogame series Mara Yamauchi, British long-distance runner , Japanese rower , Japanese long-distance runner Wakako Yamauchi, American writer Tetsu Yamauchi, Japanese bass guitarist for the bands Free and The Faces Akihiro Yamauchi, Japanese volleyball player 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. Japanese-language surnames