Sugiyama (written: 杉山, lit. "Japanese cedar, mountain") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Sport and martial arts

Ai Sugiyama is a Japanese former tennis player. She reached the world No. 1 ranking in women's doubles on the WTA Tour and had a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8, achieved on February 9, 2004. In her career, she won six singles and 38 doubles ...

, Japanese professional tennis player *, Japanese footballer *

Kento Sugiyama is a retired Japanese professional baseball player from Numazu, Shizuoka, Japan. He played for the Seibu Lions, Hanshin Tigers, Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes, and Yokohama BayStars during his 10-year career in the Japanese professional leagues. Sug ...

, Japanese baseball player * Kota Sugiyama, Japanese football player *

Marcos Sugiyama Marcos Sugiyama (born Marcos Almeida Esteves, 16 November 1973) is a Brazilian and former Japanese volleyball player. He played for the Japanese volleyball team, Sakai Blazers, Suntory Sunbirds and Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza. He obtained his Japane ...

, Brazilian Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese mixed martial artist * Ryuichi Sugiyama, Japanese football player * Sachiko Sugiyama, Japanese volleyball player *, Shotokan karate instructor *

Susumu Sugiyama Susumu Sugiyama (; 10 April 1932 – 10 April 2025) was a Japanese alpine skier. He competed in three events at the 1956 Winter Olympics The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as ...

(杉山進, 1932–2025), Japanese alpine skier *, Japanese basketball player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese sport wrestler

Science

Kozo Sugiyama was a Japanese computer scientist and graph drawing researcher. Biography Sugiyama was born on September 17, 1945, in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. He did both his undergraduate and graduate studies at Nagoya University, earning a doctorate in 1974. H ...

, a researcher in graph layout, author of Sugiyama algorithm. * Linda Sugiyama, American plasma physicist

Arts and entertainment

Heiichi Sugiyama was a Japanese poet, film critic, and film theorist. Career Born the son of a wealthy engineer in Fukushima Prefecture, Sugiyama studied art history at the University of Tokyo, and it was at that time that he was discovered by the poet Tatsuji Mi ...

, Japanese poet and film critic *

Kazuko Sugiyama , known by her stage name , is a Japanese actress and Voice acting in Japan, voice actress who was born in Nagoya and works for Aoni Production. In February 2010, she received a "Merit Award" from the 4th Seiyu Awards. Filmography Anime *Hanak ...

, Japanese voice actress * Kira Sugiyama, Japanese photographer *

Kiyotaka Sugiyama is a Japanese singer-songwriter known for being the lead vocalist of S. Kiyotaka & Omega Tribe. Debuting in 1983 with the band, Sugiyama began his solo career in 1986 after the band's disbandment the previous year. As the lead singer of S. Kiyo ...

, Japanese singer-songwriter *

Koichi Sugiyama was a Japanese composer, conductor, and orchestrator. He was best known for composing for the ''Dragon Quest'' franchise, along with several other video games, anime, film, television shows, and pop songs. Classically trained, Sugiyama was c ...

, Japanese composer and council member of JASRAC *

Noriaki Sugiyama is a Japanese voice actor and narrator. He voiced Uryū Ishida in ''Bleach'', Sasuke Uchiha in ''Naruto'', and Shirō Emiya in ''Fate/stay night''. Filmography Anime ;2002 * ''Naruto'' ( Sasuke Uchiha) * '' Beyblade: V-Force'' (Blader DJ) * ' ...

, Japanese voice actor *

Riho Sugiyama is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Mausu Promotion. Biography After graduating from high school, Sugiyama attended the , where she trained to become a voice actor. She joined the talent agency Yu-rin Pro in 2013, and later moved to ...

, Japanese voice actress *

Yasushi Sugiyama was a Japanese painter of the Shōwa and Heisei eras, who practiced the nihonga style of watercolour painting. Biography Sugiyama was born in 1909 in Asakusa, the eldest son of the owner of a stationery shop. In 1928, Sugiyama enrolled in t ...

, Japanese watercolor painter

Military history

*Sugiyama Gengo, another name for Japanese samurai

Ishida Shigenari was a Japanese samurai of the early Edo era. He was also known as . The son of Ishida Mitsunari, Shigenari served as a retainer of the Tsugaru clan of Hirosaki is a Cities of Japan, city located in western Aomori Prefecture, Japan. , the cit ...

Hajime Sugiyama was a Japanese field marshal and one of Japan's military leaders for most of the Second World War. As Army Minister in 1937, Sugiyama was a driving force behind the launch of hostilities against China in retaliation for the Marco Polo Brid ...

, Japanese World War II field marshal

Other

Akiko Sugiyama Akiko C. Bedor Sugiyama is a Palauan politician, and widow of Palauan senator Peter Sugiyama. As late as 1995, she was the only woman who had ever been elected to the Palau National Congress. In 2005, she was elected governor of Ngardmau in a spec ...

, Palauan politician *

, Japanese computer scientist and graph drawing researcher *

Peter Sugiyama Peter Lawrence Naoya Sugiyama (19 April 1943–10 June 2007) was a Palauan politician. Personal life Sugiyama's father was a Japanese immigrant. He moved to Koror in 1914 at the invitation of his uncle, after the Japanese Empire seized cont ...

(1943–2007), Palauan politician * Shinsuke J. Sugiyama, Japanese diplomat

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