Tsuyoshi Yamanaka

was a Japanese freestyle swimmer. He won a total of five Olympic medals, four silvers and a bronze. He won medals at the 1956 (Melbourne), 1960 (Rome) and 1964 Summer Olympics (Tokyo). He was born in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture.
Yamanaka died from pneumonia on 10 February 2017 in Tokyo, at the age of 78.