Yamamoto (?? meaning "base of the mountain") is one of the most popular Japanese surnames. In Mathematics Yamamoto may refer to the Lubell-Yamamoto-Meshalkin inequality, named for Koichi Yamamoto et al. By far the most famous Yamamoto, however, is Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. People · Azumi Yamamoto, voice actress · Azusa Yamamoto, gravure idol and actress · Donald Yamamoto, American Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, for African Affairs · Yamamoto Gonnohyoe, the 16th Prime Minister of Japan · Hideo Yamamoto, manga artist · Hiro Yamamoto, bassist · Hiroshi Yamamoto, archer, Olympic silver medalist · Hisashi Yamamoto, Professor of Chemistry, The University of Chicago · Hisaye Yamamoto, author · Isoroku Yamamoto, naval commander during World War II (Admiral) · Issei Yamamoto, astronomer · Yamamoto Kansuke, general · Kenji Yamamoto, vide