Yanagida is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:Hideaki Yanagida , Japanese wrestler and Olympic champion in freestyle wrestling Mai Yanagida , Japanese international cricketer Masahiro Yanagida , Japanese volleyball player Masaru Yanagida , Japanese sport shooter Masataka Yanagida , Japanese racing driver Minoru Yanagida , Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan Mitsuhiro Yanagida , Japanese molecular biologist Nobuaki Yanagida , Japanese footballer and manager Shigeo Yanagida , Japanese baseball player Toshio Yanagida , Japanese biophysicist Toshio Yanagida (baseball) , Japanese baseball player Tsutomu Yanagida , Japanese particle physicist