Miyamoto
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Miyamoto (宮本 "base of the shrine") is a Japanese surname.
People named Miyamoto include:
- Shigeru Miyamoto, celebrated video game designer for Nintendo, a video game publisher/company
- Kazushi Miyamoto, professional wrestler
- Kenji Miyamoto, socialist
- Miyamoto Musashi, historical swordsman
- Nobuko Miyamoto, actress
- Teru Miyamoto, author, recipient of the Akutagawa Prize
- Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, soccer player, Red Bull Salzburg & Japanese National Team
- Yuriko Miyamoto, author
Fictional Characters
- Miyamoto Usagi, From the comic "Usagi Yojimbo"
- Carlos Miyamoto, a playable character in Final Fight 2
- Miyamoto is also the name of a 16th century village (in present-day Mimasaka, Okayama) which is considered the birthplace of Miyamoto Musashi.