Yamamoto, Isoroku Syllabification: (Ya·ma·mo·to, Isoroku)Pronunciation: /ˌyäməˈmōtō/Definition of Yamamoto, Isoroku (1884–1943), Japanese admiral. As commander in chief of the combined fleet (air and naval forces) from 1939, he was responsible for planning the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Yamamoto, Isoroku in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Yamamoto, Isoroku in the British & World English dictionary