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Yalo
Yalo is a 2002 novel by the Lebanese writer Elias Khoury, about a young man forced to write his life story under interrogation after the civil war.
Yam Gruel
Yam Gruel (Imogayu) is a 1916 short story by Akutagawa Ryūnosuke about a timid Heian-period samurai whose wish to eat his fill of yam gruel comes true.
Yama (singer)
yama is an anonymous masked Japanese solo singer who debuted in April 2020 with "Haru wo Tsugeru" and became known for anime themes including SPY×FAMILY's "Shikisai" and Gundam: The Witch from Mercury's "slash".
Yama Buddha (अनिल अधिकारी)
Yama Buddha (अनिल अधिकारी) was a Nepalese rapper and songwriter who was a central figure in NepHop. He died in his London apartment in 2017.
Yama Zatdaw
Yama Zatdaw (ရာမဇာတ်တော်) is the Burmese version of the Ramayana, treated as a Jataka story of Theravada Buddhism and regarded as Myanmar's unofficial national epic, with Rama known as Yama and Sita as Thida.
Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches (山田くんと7人の魔女)
Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches (山田くんと7人の魔女), also romanized Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo, is Miki Yoshikawa's 2012-2017 Weekly Shonen Magazine manga, 28 volumes, about Ryu Yamada and Urara Shiraishi swapping bodies by kiss among seven kiss-powered witches, adapted as a 2013 Fuji TV drama and a 2015 LIDENFILMS anime.
Yamadonga
Yamadonga (యమదొంగ), also known as Yama Donga, is a 2007 Telugu fantasy action comedy directed by S. S. Rajamouli, starring N. T. Rama Rao Jr. as a thief who battles Yama, the god of death; it was the highest-grossing Telugu film of 2007.
Yamagata Bantō
Yamagata Bantō (山片蟠桃, 1748–1821) was a Japanese merchant and Confucian scholar of Osaka who wrote Yume no shiro, defending heliocentrism and denying gods and ghosts.
Yamagoshi Amida
Yamagoshi Amida (山越阿弥陀図) is a genre of Japanese Buddhist painting showing Amida Buddha rising from behind a mountain to welcome the dying to the Pure Land.
Yamaha Corporation (ヤマハ株式会社)
Yamaha Corporation (ヤマハ株式会社), formerly Nippon Gakki, is a Japanese musical instrument and audio equipment maker founded in Hamamatsu in 1887 by Torakusu Yamaha; distinct from Yamaha Motor (spun off 1955), listed as TSE 7951.
Yamaha DX7
Yamaha DX7, DX7 II successor, 1983 digital FM synthesizer with six operators, 32 algorithms, 16-voice polyphony, E.PIANO 1 preset on ~60% of 1986 US chart songs, about 160,000 built.
Yamai no sōshi
Yamai no sōshi (病草紙), meaning "Scroll of Diseases," is a late Heian period Japanese handscroll of the 12th century showing tales of unusual diseases, deformities, and treatments.
Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize
The Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize (山本周五郎賞) is an annual Japanese literary prize for works of outstanding narrative quality, established in 1987 and awarded alongside the Mishima Yukio Prize.
Yaman (film)
Yaman (எமன், Lord of Death) is a 2017 Tamil-Telugu political action thriller written and directed by Jeeva Shankar, starring Vijay Antony in a dual role with Miya George and Thiagarajan, released 24 February 2017 by Lyca Productions.
Yamato (男たちの大和/YAMATO)
Yamato (男たちの大和/YAMATO) is a 2005 Toei war film by Jun'ya Satō, based on Jun Henmi's nonfiction, produced by Haruki Kadokawa, about the battleship Yamato's 1945 sinking, with a 600-million-yen full-scale set.
Yamato Kochi (河内大和)
Yamato Kochi (河内大和) is a Japanese actor known for his Shakespeare work and founding G.GARAGE/// in 2013. He won the Newcomer Actor Award for the film Exit 8.
Yamato Monogatari
Yamato Monogatari (大和物語, Tales of Yamato) is a mid-Heian Japanese uta-monogatari of 173 sections built around about 300 waka poems, compiled around 951 and a major work of the genre.
Yamato-e
Yamato-e (大和絵) is a genre of traditional Japanese painting that flourished from the Heian period (794–1185), depicting Japanese literature, seasons, and court life in bright pigments.
Yamazaki Sōkan
Yamazaki Sōkan (山崎宗鑑) was a Japanese renga master and haikai poet of the late Muromachi period, regarded with Arakida Moritake as a founder of haikai; his anthology Inu Tsukuba Shū made haikai an independent genre.
Yambo Ouologuem
Yambo Ouologuem (1940–2017) was a Malian writer whose first novel, Le Devoir de violence, won the 1968 Prix Renaudot, the first awarded to an African writer.
Yamê
Yamê (Emmanuel Sow, born 1993, Cergy-Pontoise) is a French-Cameroonian singer-rapper blending R&B, rap, jazz, and trap; known for "Bécane" (COLORS, 2023), the EP Elowi, the 2025 album ÉBĒM, and the 2024 Victoires de la Musique male revelation award.
Yami Gautam
Yami Gautam (Yami Gautam Dhar), Indian actress born 1988 in Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh; Hindi debut Vicky Donor (2012), turnaround with Uri and Bala (2019), National Award for Article 370, married to Aditya Dhar since 2021.
Yami Safdie
Yami Safdie (Yamila Safdie, born 1997), Argentine Latin pop singer-songwriter signed to Warner Music in 2021; albums Dije Que No Me Iba a Enamorar, SUR, Querida Yo; hits En Otra Vida with Lasso and Querida Yo with Camilo.
Yami Sukehiro (ヤミ・スケヒロ)
Yami Sukehiro (ヤミ・スケヒロ, born Sukehiro Yami 夜見介大) is the Black Bull squad captain in Yūki Tabata's Black Clover, a Hino Country exile wielding rare Dark Magic and Ki-reading swordsmanship.
Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories (闇芝居)
Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories (闇芝居, Yami Shibai) is a Japanese horror anthology anime that premiered on TV Tokyo in July 2013, produced by ILCA, with Kanji Tsuda as the masked storyteller; each roughly four-minute episode adapts urban legends in kamishibai paper-theater style, and the series has reached its 17th season.
Yamla Pagla Deewana (यमला पगला दीवाना)
Yamla Pagla Deewana (यमला पगला दीवाना) is a 2011 Hindi comedy-drama directed by Samir Karnik, starring Dharmendra, Sunny Deol, and Bobby Deol; released 14 January 2011, a hit that spawned two poorly received sequels.
Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 (यमला पगला दीवाना 2)
Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 (यमला पगला दीवाना 2), 2013 Hindi action comedy, sequel to Yamla Pagla Deewana; directed by Sangeeth Sivan, starring Dharmendra, Sunny Deol, and Bobby Deol as con men in Varanasi and London; released 7 June 2013.
Yamla Pagla Deewana: Phir Se
Yamla Pagla Deewana: Phir Se (यमला पगला दिवाना फिर से) is a 2018 Hindi comedy, third Yamla Pagla Deewana film, directed by Navaniat Singh, starring the Deols and Kriti Kharbanda; a box office flop.
Yamuna Sangarasivam
Yamuna Sangarasivam is a Sri Lankan Tamil-American Odissi dancer and anthropologist who danced a 20-second duet with Michael Jackson in the 1991 Black or White video, chosen from over 3,000 dancers; she is now a professor at Nazareth University, Rochester.
Yan An (闫桉) (entertainer)
Yan An (闫桉, 옌안), born 1996, Chinese singer and actor, former PENTAGON member (debuted October 10, 2016 under Cube Entertainment); left Cube in 2023 and PENTAGON in 2026; known for Li Lun in Fangs of Fortune (2024).