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 敦子, born 1938), Japanese karate master
• Ema Tōyama (遠山 えま, born 1981), Japanese manga artist
• Haruki Toyama (遠山 悠希, born 2003), Japanese footballer
• Itsuki Toyama (外山 斎, born 1976), Japanese politician
• Jiro Barriga Toyama (バリガ 外山 ジロ, born 1995), Panamaian footballer
• Tōyama Kagemoto (遠山 景元, 1793–1855), a samurai and official of the Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period of Japanese history
• Kanken Tōyama (遠山 寛賢, 1888-1966), Japanese karate master
• Kathryn Toyama, pianist
• Katsuya Toyama (當山 克也, born 1967), Japanese canoeist
• Kazuhiko Toyama (外山 和彦, born 1956), Japanese composer
• Keiichiro Toyama (外山 圭一郎, 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 喜一郎, 1909–1999), Japanese gymnast
• Kiyohiko Toyama (遠山 清彦, born 1969), Japanese politician
• Koichi Toyama (外山 恒一, born 1970), a Japanese street musician and political activist
• Koto Toyama (遠山 向人), Japanese coach
• Kyōko Tōyama (遠山景織子, [遠山 景織子] Error: {{nihongo}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1) (help)) born 1975, Japanese actress; recipient of Blue Ribbon Award for Best Newcomer
• Kyuzo Toyama (當山 久三, 1868-1910), Okinawan activist
• Toyama Masakazu (外山正一, [外山 正一] Error: {{nihongo}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1) (help)) 1848-1900, Japanese sociologist known for writing Battōtai
• Tōyama Masasuke (遠山 政亮, 1625-1693), 1st daimyō of Yunagaya Domain
• Tōyama Masanori (遠山 政徳, 1674-1703), 2nd daimyō of Yunagaya Domain
• Michiko Toyama (1908–2000), Japanese American composer
• Michiko Tōyama (當山 美智子, born 1996), Japanese singer better known as Michi
• Toyama Midori and Chidori Toyama, stage names of Kumeko Urabe
• Tōyama Mitsuru (頭山 満, 1855–1944), nationalist political leader in early 20th-century Japan and founder of the Gen'yōsha nationalist secret society
• Mori Tōyama (塔山 森), pen name of Naoki Yamamoto (manga artist)
• Nao Tōyama (東山 奈央, born 1992), Japanese voice actress
• Seiei Toyama (遠山 正瑛, 1906-2004), recipient of Roman Magsaysay Award
• Shigeru Toyama (藤山 茂, born 1970), Japanese judoka
• Shoji Toyama (唐山 翔自, born 2002), Japanese footballer
• Shuichi Toyama (外山 秀一, born 1954), Japanese archaeologist and historian
• Tetsuo Toyama (当山 哲夫, 1883–1971), Okinawan journalist
• Tim Toyama (born 1952), American playwright
• Tōyama Tomoyoshi (遠山 友禄, 1819-1894), Japanese daimyō
• Yuichi Toyama (外山　雄一, born 1967), Japanese video game designer
• Yūsuke Tōyama (遠山 雄亮, born 1979), Japanese professional shogi player
• Yuzo Toyama (外山 雄三, born 1931), Japanese composer and conductor

Fictional characters

• Toyama (戸山), a character in Atashin'chi
• Akira Toyama (外山 晶), a character in the manga series Bamboo Blade
• Asuka Toyama (戸山 明日香), a character in the media franchise BanG Dream!; younger sister of Kasumi Toyama
• Haruka Tōyama (遠山 遥), a character in the manga series Until Death Do Us Part
• Hiroshi Toyama (遠山 博), a character in The Ring (franchise)
• Ippei Toyama (外山 一平), a character in the manga series Whistle!
• Kasumi Toyama (戸山 香澄), a character in the media franchise BanG Dream!
• Kayo Tōyama (遠山 佳代), a character from the manga series Hitohira
• Kazuha Toyama (遠山 和葉), a character in Case Closed
• Tōyama no Kin-san (遠山の金さん), a character based on Tōyama Kagemoto
• Kinji Tōyama (遠山 金次), a character in the novel series Aria the Scarlet Ammo
• Kintaro Toyama (遠山 金太郎), a character in the manga series The Prince of Tennis
• Kintarō Tōyama (遠山 金太郎), a character in the manga series Detective School Q
• Maho Tōyama (遠山 まほ), a character in the manga series The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses
• Mao Toyama (遠山 麻央), a character in the manga series Dark Edge
• Megumi Toyama (遠山 恵), a character in the novel series Boogiepop
• Midori Tōyama (遠山 翠), a character in the novel series Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na
• Riesling Tooyama (リースリング 遠山), a character in the novel Twinkle Crusaders
• Rin Toyama (遠山 りん), a character in the anime series New Game!
• Sachi Toyama (遠山 幸), a character in the anime series Jubei-chan: The Ninja Girl
• Saku Tōyama (遠山 咲), a character in the media franchise Tantei Opera Milky Holmes
• Satoru Toyama (兎山悟), a character in the anime series Wonderful PreCure!
• Shinobu Toyama (外山 忍), a character in the manga series Bamboo Blade; sister of Akira Toyama
• Tadayoshi Tooyama (遠山 忠義), a character in the manga series Rainbow: Nisha Rokubō no Shichinin
• Takeshi Toyama (富山 健), a character in the anime series Re-Main
• Tōjin Tōyama (唐山 陶人), a character in the manga series Oishinbo