title: Yamato (surname)
text: # Yamato (surname)
  
  Yamato (大和, 山戸) is a Japanese surname.
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * Ami Yamato, Japanese YouTuber
  * Yamato Gō (大和 剛, born 1969), a former sumo wrestler from Hawaii
  * Hiroshi Yamato (born 1983), professional wrestler
  * Tetsu Yamato (大和 哲, born 1978), Japanese footballer
  * Waki Yamato (大和 和紀, born 1948), a manga author
  * Yūga Yamato (大和 悠河, born 1977), the current top star of Takarazuka Revue
  * Yūki Yamato (山戸 結希, born 1989), Japanese screenwriter and director
  
  ## Fictional characters
  
  * Kansuke Yamato (大和 敢助), a police officer character in Detective Conan (Case Closed in English title)
  * Kira Yamato (キラ・ヤマト), a TV character in the anime Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
  * Takeshi Yamato (矢的 猛), a TV character in the tokusatsu Ultraman 80
  * Swordmaster Yamato, a character in Gag Manga Biyori
  