Toyama (surname)

Toyama (Tōyama, Tooyama, Tohyama or Touyama) is the transliteration of several Japanese surnames.

Notable people with the surname include:

• Atsuko Toyama (遠山とおやま 敦子あつこ, born 1938), Japanese karate master
• Ema Tōyama (遠山とおやま えま, born 1981), Japanese manga artist
• Haruki Toyama (遠山とおやま 悠ゆう希のぞみ, born 2003), Japanese footballer
• Itsuki Toyama (外山とやま 斎ひとし, born 1976), Japanese politician
• Jiro Barriga Toyama (バリガ 外山とやま ジロ, born 1995), Panamaian footballer
• Tōyama Kagemoto (遠山とおやま 景元かげもと, 1793–1855), a samurai and official of the Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period of Japanese history
• Kanken Tōyama (遠山とおやま 寛ひろし賢けん, 1888-1966), Japanese karate master
• Kathryn Toyama, pianist
• Katsuya Toyama (當山とうやま 克也かつや, born 1967), Japanese canoeist
• Kazuhiko Toyama (外山とやま 和彦かずひこ, born 1956), Japanese composer
• Keiichiro Toyama (外山とやま 圭けい一郎いちろう, born 1978), Japanese video game designer and creator of the survival horror video game series Silent Hill and Siren
• Kentaro Toyama, computer scientist
• Kiichiro Toyama (遠山とおやま 喜一郎きいちろう, 1909–1999), Japanese gymnast
• Kiyohiko Toyama (遠山とおやま 清彦きよひこ, born 1969), Japanese politician
• Koichi Toyama (外山とやま 恒一つねかず, born 1970), a Japanese street musician and political activist
• Koto Toyama (遠山とおやま 向こう人ひと), Japanese coach
• Kyōko Tōyama (遠山とおやま景織子きょうこ, 遠山とおやま 景織子きょうこ) born 1975, Japanese actress; recipient of Blue Ribbon Award for Best Newcomer
• Kyuzo Toyama (當山とうやま 久三きゅうぞう, 1868-1910), Okinawan activist
• Toyama Masakazu (外山とやま正一しょういち, 外山とやま 正一しょういち) 1848-1900, Japanese sociologist known for writing Battōtai
• Tōyama Masasuke (遠山とおやま 政まさし亮あきら, 1625-1693), 1st daimyō of Yunagaya Domain
• Tōyama Masanori (遠山とおやま 政徳まさのり, 1674-1703), 2nd daimyō of Yunagaya Domain
• Michiko Toyama (1908–2000), Japanese American composer
• Michiko Tōyama (當山とうやま 美智子みちこ, born 1996), Japanese singer better known as Michi
• Toyama Midori and Chidori Toyama, stage names of Kumeko Urabe
• Tōyama Mitsuru (頭山とうやま 満みつる, 1855–1944), nationalist political leader in early 20th-century Japan and founder of the Gen'yōsha nationalist secret society
• Mori Tōyama (塔山とうやま 森もり), pen name of Naoki Yamamoto (manga artist)
• Nao Tōyama (東山ひがしやま 奈央なお, born 1992), Japanese voice actress
• Seiei Toyama (遠山とおやま 正ただし瑛あきら, 1906-2004), recipient of Roman Magsaysay Award
• Shigeru Toyama (藤山ふじやま 茂しげる, born 1970), Japanese judoka
• Shoji Toyama (唐山からやま 翔しょう自じ, born 2002), Japanese footballer
• Shuichi Toyama (外山とやま 秀一ひでかず, born 1954), Japanese archaeologist and historian
• Tetsuo Toyama (当山とうやま 哲夫てつお, 1883–1971), Okinawan journalist
• Tim Toyama (born 1952), American playwright
• Tōyama Tomoyoshi (遠山とおやま 友とも禄ろく, 1819-1894), Japanese daimyō
• Yuichi Toyama (外山とやま　雄一ゆういち, born 1967), Japanese video game designer
• Yūsuke Tōyama (遠山とおやま 雄つよし亮あきら, born 1979), Japanese professional shogi player
• Yuzo Toyama (外山とやま 雄三ゆうぞう, born 1931), Japanese composer and conductor

Fictional characters

• Toyama (戸山とやま), a character in Atashin'chi
• Akira Toyama (外山とやま 晶あきら), a character in the manga series Bamboo Blade
• Asuka Toyama (戸山とやま 明日香あすか), a character in the media franchise BanG Dream!; younger sister of Kasumi Toyama
• Haruka Tōyama (遠山とおやま 遥はるか), a character in the manga series Until Death Do Us Part
• Hiroshi Toyama (遠山とおやま 博ひろし), a character in The Ring (franchise)
• Ippei Toyama (外山とやま 一平いっぺい), a character in the manga series Whistle!
• Kasumi Toyama (戸山とやま 香澄かすみ), a character in the media franchise BanG Dream!
• Kayo Tōyama (遠山とおやま 佳代かよ), a character from the manga series Hitohira
• Kazuha Toyama (遠山とおやま 和かず葉は), a character in Case Closed
• Tōyama no Kin-san (遠山とおやまの金きむさん), a character based on Tōyama Kagemoto
• Kinji Tōyama (遠山とおやま 金次きんじ), a character in the novel series Aria the Scarlet Ammo
• Kintaro Toyama (遠山とおやま 金太郎きんたろう), a character in the manga series The Prince of Tennis
• Kintarō Tōyama (遠山とおやま 金太郎きんたろう), a character in the manga series Detective School Q
• Maho Tōyama (遠山とおやま まほ), a character in the manga series The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses
• Mao Toyama (遠山とおやま 麻央まお), a character in the manga series Dark Edge
• Megumi Toyama (遠山とおやま 恵めぐみ), a character in the novel series Boogiepop
• Midori Tōyama (遠山とおやま 翠みどり), a character in the novel series Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na
• Riesling Tooyama (リースリング 遠山とおやま), a character in the novel Twinkle Crusaders
• Rin Toyama (遠山とおやま りん), a character in the anime series New Game!
• Sachi Toyama (遠山とおやま 幸みゆき), a character in the anime series Jubei-chan: The Ninja Girl
• Saku Tōyama (遠山とおやま 咲さき), a character in the media franchise Tantei Opera Milky Holmes
• Satoru Toyama (兎うさぎ山やま悟さとる), a character in the anime series Wonderful PreCure!
• Shinobu Toyama (外山とやま 忍しのぶ), a character in the manga series Bamboo Blade; sister of Akira Toyama
• Tadayoshi Tooyama (遠山とおやま 忠義ただよし), a character in the manga series Rainbow: Nisha Rokubō no Shichinin
• Takeshi Toyama (富山とみやま 健けん), a character in the anime series Re-Main
• Tōjin Tōyama (唐山からやま 陶すえ人じん), a character in the manga series Oishinbo