List of Famous people with last name Yamashita

Yasuhiro Yamashita is a Japanese judoka. He currently works as an instructor or advisor for numerous organizations, including Tokai University, the International Judo Federation, and the All Japan Judo Federation. He retired from competitive judo on June 17, 1985 after a remarkable career where he won five gold medals in international competitions and marked 203 consecutive victories until his retirement. He received the Japanese National Prize of Honor on October 9, 1984.

Mako Yamashita is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2018 Skate Canada silver medalist and a two-time medalist at the ISU Challenger Series. On the junior level, she is the 2018 World Junior bronze medalist, a four-time medalist on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, and the 2017–18 Japanese junior national silver medalist.

Sumito Yamashita is a Japanese playwright and writer.

Kazumi Yamashita is a Japanese manga artist. Although she writes primarily older shōjo manga, she is best known for The Life of Genius Professor Yanagizawa, which was published in the seinen magazine Morning, and for which she received the 2003 Kodansha Manga Award for general manga.

Daisuke Yamashita was a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player.

Sachiko Yamashita is a Japanese former long-distance runner, who won the silver medal in the women's marathon at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo.

Nobuhiro Yamashita is a Japanese film director.

Keita Yamashita is a Japanese football player for Sagan Tosu.

Akihiko Yamashita is a Studio Ghibli animator who is famous for Howl's Moving Castle and Giant Robo (OVA).

Yōsuke Yamashita is a Japanese jazz pianist, composer and writer. He is praised by critics for his unique piano style, which is influenced by free jazz, modal jazz and soul jazz.