Yūzō Matsuyama (松山 祐三, Matsuyama Yūzō, 1 February 1889 – 1 November 1947), was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.

Matsuyama was a native of Aomori Prefecture and a graduate of the 22nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1910.

From 1937 to 1938, Matsuyama was commanding officer of the 19th Independent Defense Battalion.

He was transferred to the 2nd Border Defense Unit of the Kwantung Army in 1938, and became commander of an infantry brigade in the IJA 27th Division.

[1] From 1942 to 1945, Matsuyama succeeded General Masao Watanabe as commander of the IJA 56th Division, in operations in China, Burma and Thailand, and participated in the Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan against the Chinese National Revolutionary Army forces along the Salween River.