While carrying on the family business in Sakai, Jōō, whose common name was Shingorō (新五郎), did religious duty as an attendant at the Honganji temple in the Yamashina region of Kyoto.
Ōnishiki Ittetsu (1953-) sumo wrestler, former komusubi and present Yamashina-oyakata, see Sanshō (sumo)
Tadashi Yamashina is the former Team Principal of the Toyota F1 Racing operation, having taken over from Tsutomu Tomita in June 2007.
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Toyota withdrew from Formula One at the end of the 2009 season but Yamashina remains chairman of Toyota Motorsport GmbH.