Yamato
Yamato (大和) was originally the area around today's Sakurai City in Nara Prefecture of Japan. Later the term was used as the name of the province and also as an ancient name of Japan. The term was semantically extended to mean "Japan" or "Japanese" in general.
Japanese history
- Yamato people, the dominant ethnic group of Japan
- Yamato period, when the Japanese Imperial court ruled from Yamato Province
- Yamato-damashii, the nationalistic "Japanese spirit"
- 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 is spelled using the same kanji as Yamato.
People
| Yamato | |
|---|---|
| Family name | |
| Pronunciation | Yamato |
| Region of origin | Japanese |
| Footnotes: [1] | |
- YAMATO, ring name of wrestler Masato Onodera (born 1981)
- YAMATO, ring name of wrestler Masanori Toguchi (born 1948)
- Yamato Ganeko, a singer of the band Orange Range
- Yamato Gō (born 1969), a former sumo wrestler from Hawaii
- Hiroshi Yamato (born 1983), professional wrestler
- Yamato Maeda (born 1987), baseball player
- Yūga Yamato, the current top star of Takarazuka Revue
Geography
Japanese geography
- Yamato Province, Japan, former province, present-day Nara Prefecture
- Yamato, Kanagawa, a city in Kanagawa Prefecture
- Yamato, Fukuoka, a town in Fukuoka Prefecture
- Yamato, Fukushima, a town in Fukushima Prefecture
- Yamato, Saga, a town in Saga Prefecture
- Yamato, Kumamoto, a town in Kumamoto Prefecture
- Yamato, Ibaraki, a village in Ibaraki Prefecture
- Yamato, Kagoshima, a village in Kagoshima Prefecture
- Yamato, Yamanashi, a village in Yamanashi Prefecture
- Yamato, Gifu, former town now part of Gujo City, Japan
- Yamato, Niigata, former town now part of the city of Minamiuonuma
- Yamato, Yamaguchi, former town now part of Hikari
- Yamato Town, later renamed Wakō, Saitama
- Yamato Village, later renamed Higashiyamato, Tokyo
United States geography
- Yamato Colony, California, Japanese-American agricultural community
- Yamato Colony, Florida, former Japanese farm settlement
Antarctic geography
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) lists several ships of this name, including a significant WWII battleship.
Companies
- Yamato Transport, Japan, delivery service
- Yamato Life Insurance Company, Japan
Animals
- Caridina multidentata (Yamato shrimp)
Language
- Yamato kotoba, native Japanese language vocabulary
Entertainment
- Wadaiko Yamato, Japanese musical group
- Yamato (film), about the WWII battleship Yamato
- Space Battleship Yamato (2010 film), Japanese live action film
- USS Yamato (NCC-71807), fictional Star Trek Galaxy class starship
- Yamato Man, a robot boss in Nintendo Mega Man 6#Plot
- Takeshi Yamato, alter ego of Ultraman 80 in TV show
- Yamato, sword in Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening
- The Ark of Yamato, an area in the video game Ōkami
Anime and manga
- Space Battleship Yamato (disambiguation), Japanese TV, film and game series; Star Blazers in the West
- Kira Yamato, TV character
- 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), character in the manga and anime Naruto
- Yamato Akitsuki, character in manga/anime Suzuka
- Waki Yamato, a manga author
- Yamato Kotobuki, character in the manga/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)
See also
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
References
See also
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