Yagi (surname)

Yagi (written: 八木 or 屋宜) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Aki Yagi (八木 あき; 1895–1983), Japanese anarchist writer and activist
  • Akiko Yagi (八木 亜希子; born 1965), Japanese announcer, television presenter, actress
  • Alissa Yagi (八木 アリサ; born 1995), Japanese model and actress
  • Bon Yagi (八木 ボン; born 1948), Japanese-American entrepreneur
  • Hidetsugu Yagi (八木 秀次; 1886–1976), Japanese electrical engineer and professor, developer of the Yagi-Uda antenna
  • Hirokazu Yagi (八木 弘和; born 1959), Japanese ski jumper
  • Hiroshi Yagi (八木 裕; born 1965), Japanese baseball player
  • Jūkichi Yagi (八木 重吉; 1898–1927), Japanese poet
  • Kanae Yagi (八木 かなえ; born 1992), Japanese weightlifter
  • Kazuo Yagi (八木 一夫; 1918–1979), Japanese potter and ceramic artist
  • Kenzō Yagi (八木 健三; 1914–2008), Japanese mineralogist and petrologist
  • Kousei Yagi (八木 光生; born 1930), Japanese voice actor
  • Masao Yagi (八木 正生; 1932–1991), Japanese jazz musician
  • Masumi Yagi (八木 真澄; born 1974), Japanese comedian of the comedy duo Savanna
  • Meitatsu Yagi (八木 明達; born 1944), Japanese karate master and teacher
  • Meitoku Yagi (八木 明徳; 1912–2003), Japanese karate master and teacher
  • Michiyo Yagi (八木 美知依; born 1962), Japanese musician
  • Mieko Yagi (八木 三枝子; 1950–2015), Japanese equestrian
  • Norihiro Yagi (八木 教広; born 1968), Japanese manga writer and artist
  • Rikako Yagi (八木 莉可子; born 2001), Japanese model and actress
  • Ryosuke Yagi (八木 亮祐; born 1990), Japanese baseball player
  • Sadaharu Yagi (八木 禎治), Japanese-born record producer, mixing engineer, recording engineer
  • Seizaburo Yagi (八木 清三郎; born 1937), Japanese swimmer
  • Shogo Yagi (屋宜 照悟; born 1989), Japanese professional baseball player
  • Takayuki Yagi (八木 隆行; born 1975), Japanese wrestler and wrestling referee
  • Takeshi Yagi (八木 毅; born 1967), Japanese TV director and producer
  • Tomoya Yagi (八木 智哉; born 1983), Japanese professional baseball pitcher
  • Yasutarō Yagi (八木 保太郎; 1903–1987), Japanese screenwriter
  • Yoko Yagi (八木 洋子; born 1980), Japanese long-distance runner
  • Yoshinori Yagi (八木 義徳; 1911–1999), Japanese author
  • Yuki Yagi (八木 侑紀), Japanese voice actress and singer
  • Yusei Yagi (八木 勇征; born 1997), Japanese singer and actor, member of Fantastics from Exile Tribe

Fictional characters

  • Haruhiko Yagi (八木 晴彦), a character in the manga/anime series Fighting Spirit
  • Toshinori Yagi/All Might (八木 俊典), a character in the manga/anime series My Hero Academia

See also