What is "yokoi"

Yokoi is Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Gunpei Yokoi, designer of the Game Boy and other Nintendo products
• Hirotaka Yokoi, professional mixed martial arts fighter
• Shoichi Yokoi, soldier and celebrity
• Shonan Yokoi, political reformer
• Mitsuo Yokoi, a Japanese voice actor (known as "Tesshō Genda")
• Yokoi Yayū, 18th-century poet