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Toyama (surname)

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Toyama (Tōyama, Tooyama, Tohyama or Touyama) is the transliteration of several Japanese surnames.

Notable people with the surname include:

  • Atsuko Toyama (遠山 敦子, born 1938), Japanese karate master
  • Ema Tōyama (遠山 えま, born 1981), Japanese manga artist
  • Haruki Toyama (遠山 悠希, born 2003), Japanese footballer
  • Itsuki Toyama (外山 斎, born 1976), Japanese politician
  • Jiro Barriga Toyama (バリガ 外山 ジロ, born 1995), Panamaian footballer
  • Tōyama Kagemoto (遠山 景元, 1793–1855), a samurai and official of the Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period of Japanese history
  • Kanken Tōyama (遠山 寛賢, 1888-1966), Japanese karate master
  • Kathryn Toyama, pianist
  • Katsuya Toyama (當山 克也, born 1967), Japanese canoeist
  • Kazuhiko Toyama (外山 和彦, born 1956), Japanese composer
  • Keiichiro Toyama (外山 圭一郎, born 1978), Japanese video game designer and creator of the survival horror video game series Silent Hill and Siren
  • Kentaro Toyama, computer scientist
  • Kiichiro Toyama (遠山 喜一郎, 1909–1999), Japanese gymnast
  • Kiyohiko Toyama (遠山 清彦, born 1969), Japanese politician
  • Koichi Toyama (外山 恒一, born 1970), a Japanese street musician and political activist
  • Koto Toyama (遠山 向人), Japanese coach
  • Kyōko Tōyama (遠山景織子, 遠山 景織子) born 1975, Japanese actress; recipient of Blue Ribbon Award for Best Newcomer
  • Kyuzo Toyama (當山 久三, 1868-1910), Okinawan activist
  • Toyama Masakazu (外山正一, 外山 正一) 1848-1900, Japanese sociologist known for writing Battōtai
  • Tōyama Masasuke (遠山 政亮, 1625-1693), 1st daimyō of Yunagaya Domain
  • Tōyama Masanori (遠山 政徳, 1674-1703), 2nd daimyō of Yunagaya Domain
  • Michiko Toyama (1908–2000), Japanese American composer
  • Michiko Tōyama (當山 美智子, born 1996), Japanese singer better known as Michi
  • Toyama Midori and Chidori Toyama, stage names of Kumeko Urabe
  • Tōyama Mitsuru (頭山 満, 1855–1944), nationalist political leader in early 20th-century Japan and founder of the Gen'yōsha nationalist secret society
  • Mori Tōyama (塔山 森), pen name of Naoki Yamamoto (manga artist)
  • Nao Tōyama (東山 奈央, born 1992), Japanese voice actress
  • Seiei Toyama (遠山 正瑛, 1906-2004), recipient of Roman Magsaysay Award
  • Shigeru Toyama (藤山 茂, born 1970), Japanese judoka
  • Shoji Toyama (唐山 翔自, born 2002), Japanese footballer
  • Shuichi Toyama (外山 秀一, born 1954), Japanese archaeologist and historian
  • Tetsuo Toyama (当山 哲夫, 1883–1971), Okinawan journalist
  • Tim Toyama (born 1952), American playwright
  • Tōyama Tomoyoshi (遠山 友禄, 1819-1894), Japanese daimyō
  • Yuichi Toyama (外山 雄一, born 1967), Japanese video game designer
  • Yūsuke Tōyama (遠山 雄亮, born 1979), Japanese professional shogi player
  • Yuzo Toyama (外山 雄三, born 1931), Japanese composer and conductor

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