Gorō Yamaguchi (山口 五郎; February 26, 1933 – January 3, 1999)[1][2] was a Japanese shakuhachi player who worked in both solo and ensemble performances.

Yamaguchi headed the Chikumeisha shakuhachi guild and became a world-famous Japanese performer and teacher.

In 1967–1968, he was appointed Artist in Residence at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, United States along with Yamada-school koto performers Namino Torii and Yamaguchi Hozomi, his wife.

The record contained sounds and images which had been chosen as examples of the diversity of life and culture on Earth.

[5][6][7] In 1992, the Japanese government designated Yamaguchi a Living National Treasure (Ningen Kokuhô).