Yamato

Not to be confused with Yamamoto or Daiwa.

Yamato (Japanese: 大和) was originally the area around today's Sakurai City in Nara Prefecture of Japan, which became Yamato Province and by extension a name for the whole of Japan.

Yamato is also the dynastic name of the ruling Imperial House of Japan.

Japanese history

• Yamato people, the dominant ethnic group of Japan
• Yamato period, when the Japanese Imperial court ruled from Yamato Province
• Yamato clan, clan active in Japan since the Kofun period
• Yamato-damashii, the "Japanese spirit", or Yamato-gokoro, the "Japanese heart/mind"
• Yamato nadeshiko, the ideology of the perfect Japanese woman
• Yamato Takeru, a legendary Japanese prince of the Yamato dynasty
• Yamato-e, classical Japanese painting
• Yamato-uta, alternative term for waka (poetry)
• Yamatai, ancient geographical term that may be associated with Yamato
• Daiwa (disambiguation) is spelled using the same kanji as Yamato

People

• YAMATO, ring name of wrestler Masanori Toguchi (born 1948)
• YAMATO, ring name of wrestler Masato Onodera (born 1981)
• Ami Yamato, Japanese YouTuber
• Hiroshi Yamato (born 1983), professional wrestler
• Yamato Ganeko (born 1984), a singer of the band Orange Range
• Yamato Gō (born 1969), a former sumo wrestler from Hawaii
• Yamato Maeda (born 1987), baseball player
• Tetsu Yamato (大和 哲, born 1978), Japanese footballer
• Waki Yamato (born 1948), a manga author
• Yūga Yamato (born 1977), the current top star of Takarazuka Revue
• Yūki Yamato (山戸 結希, born 1989), Japanese screenwriter and director

Geography

Japan

• Yamato Province, Japan, former province, present-day Nara Prefecture
• Yamato, Fukuoka, a town in Fukuoka Prefecture
• Yamato, Fukushima, a town in Fukushima Prefecture
• Yamato, Gifu, former town now part of Gujo City, Japan
• Yamato, Ibaraki, a village in Ibaraki Prefecture
• Yamato, Kagoshima, a village in Kagoshima Prefecture
• Yamato, Kanagawa, a city in Kanagawa Prefecture
• Yamato, Kumamoto, a town in Kumamoto Prefecture
• Yamato, Niigata, former town now part of the city of Minamiuonuma
• Yamato, Saga, a town in Saga Prefecture
• Yamato, Yamaguchi, former town now part of Hikari
• Yamato, Yamanashi, a village in Yamanashi Prefecture
• Yamato River, a river in Nara and Osaka Prefecture
• Yamato Town, later renamed Wakō, Saitama
• Yamato Village, later renamed Higashiyamato, Tokyo

United States

• Yamato Colony, California, Japanese-American agricultural community
• Yamato Colony, Florida, former Japanese farm settlement

Antarctica

• Yamato Glacier
• Yamato Mountains

Meteorites

• Yamato 691, 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite
• Yamato 791197, lunar meteorite found on Earth
• Yamato 000593, Martian meteorite found on Earth

Ships

• Yamato (ship), several Japanese ships of this name
  • Yamato-class battleship
    • Japanese battleship Yamato
  • Japanese corvette Yamato
  • Yamato 1

Companies

• Yamato Life Insurance Company, Japan
• Yamato Transport, Japan, delivery service

Animals

• Caridina multidentata (Yamato shrimp)

Language

• Yamato kotoba, native Japanese language vocabulary

Entertainment

• Wadaiko Yamato, Japanese musical group
• Yamato (film), about the World War II battleship Yamato
• Space Battleship Yamato (2010 film), Japanese live action film
• Yamato Man, a robot boss in Nintendo Mega Man 6 and in megaman battle network 3
• Takeshi Yamato, alter ego of Ultraman 80's TV show
• Yamato, the signature sword wielded by Vergil in the Devil May Cry franchise
• The Ark of Yamato, an area in the video game Ōkami
• The Yamato Perpetual Reactor, a particle accelerator from Shin Megami Tensei IV
• Yamato, a battlecruiser cannon from the StarCraft franchise
• Yamato Kazakiri, a character in Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger

Anime and manga

• Space Battleship Yamato (disambiguation), Japanese TV, film and game series; Star Blazers in the West
• Yamato Takeru (anime)
• Yamato Takeru (film)
• Kira Yamato, a TV character in the anime Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
• Yamato Minazuki, a character in the manga Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne
• Yamato Delgado, character in the Battle B-Daman anime and manga series
• Yamato "Matt" Ishida, character in the anime and manga series Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02
• Yamato (Naruto), a character in the manga and anime Naruto
• Yamato Akitsuki, character in manga and anime Suzuka
• Yamato Kotobuki, character in the manga and anime Gals!
• Yamato Sora, Yamato Tokio and Dr. Yamato, characters in the original Japanese dub of Flint the Time Detective
• Shiroi Senshi Yamato (Yamato, the White Fighter), a manga by Yoshihiro Takahashi
• Takeru Yamato, character in the Eyeshield 21 manga
• Yamato Nakano, a character from Loveless (manga)
• Swordmaster Yamato, a character in Gag Manga Biyori
• Yamato Agari, main character in Karakuri Dôji Ultimo
• Yamato Naoe, character in Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai! (Majikoi ~ Oh! Samurai Girls)
• Yamato, a character in the manga One Piece

See also

• An Investigation of Global Policy with the Yamato Race as Nucleus
• Yamoto (disambiguation)

Yamato is usually written as "大和", but these two characters can also be read as "Daiwa" or "Taiwa".

Yamato may erroneously refer to the identically-written:

• Daiwa, Hiroshima, now part of the city of Mihara, Japan
• Daiwa, Shimane, now part of the town of Misato, Japan
• Taiwa, Miyagi, a town in Miyagi Prefecture
• Daiwa Bank, now a part of Resona Holdings