title: Aoyama (surname)
text: # Aoyama (surname)
  
  Aoyama (written: 青山 literally "blue mountain") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Akira Aoyama (青山 士, 1878–1963), Japanese civil engineer
  * Ayari Aoyama (青山 綾里, born 1982), Japanese former butterfly swimmer
  * Gosho Aoyama (青山 剛昌, born 1963), Japanese manga artist (birthname: Yoshimasa Aoyama)
  * Hikaru Aoyama (青山 ひかる, born 1993), Japanese gravure idol and tarento
  * Hiroshi Aoyama (青山 博一, born 1981), Japanese motorcycle racer
  * Jun Aoyama (青山 隼, born 1988), Japanese footballer
  * Aoyama Kagemichi (青山 景通, 1819–1891), Japanese samurai
  * Kei Aoyama (青山 景, 1979–2011), Japanese manga artist
  * Mitsuko Aoyama (青山 みつこ, 1874–1941), one of the first Japanese people to immigrate to Europe
  * Nagisa Aoyama (青山 なぎさ, born 1998), Japanese voice actress and singer
  * Nanae Aoyama (青山 七恵, born 1983), Japanese writer
  * Naoaki Aoyama (青山 直晃, born 1986), Japanese footballer
  * Shinji Aoyama (青山 真治, 1964–2022), Japanese film director
  * Shuhei Aoyama (青山 周平, born 1984), Japanese motorcycle racer
  * Shuko Aoyama (青山 修子, born 1987), Japanese tennis player
  * Aoyama Tanemichi (青山 胤通, 1859–1917), Japanese medical scientist and doctor
  * Thelma Aoyama (青山 テルマ, born 1987), Japanese pop singer
  * Tōko Aoyama [ja] (青山 桐子, born 1976), Japanese voice actress
  * Yoshino Aoyama (青山 吉能, born 1996), Japanese voice actress
  * Yutaka Aoyama (青山 穣, born 1965), Japanese voice actor
  * Zakuro Aoyama, born 1990, Japanese artist
  
  ## Fictional characters
  
  * Hajime Aoyama, character in Ghost Stories (anime)
  * Masaya Aoyama of Tokyo Mew Mew
  * Motoko Aoyama of Love Hina
  * Otaki Aoyama, character in the anime/manga series Oh My Goddess!
  * Shigeharu Aoyama, the main character in the Japanese film, Audition (film)
  * Shougo Aoyama of Toei Animation's Yu-Gi-Oh! movie (not the movie aired in North America)
  * Tessan Aoyama, a samurai in a folk version of a Japanese ghost story titled Banchō Sarayashiki
  * Yuki Aoyama, character in Chance Pop Session
  * Saborou Aoyama, The Blue Ranger from the 1982 Super Sentai Series Goggle V
  * Yuga Aoyama, character in My Hero Academia
  