I'm creating this page for those researchers who have an interest in seeing who Yamaguchi signed her name as, especially in her early years. Of course we have no idea of specifically when she signed photos. The signature at top right (below photo) is her Japanese name 山口淑子; you can see the top character of Yama 山 clearly.
below is her Li Xianglan 李香蘭 autograph
above and below: Li Xianglan in traditional Chinese characters 李香蘭 
I think the above autograph says Yamaguchi Yoshiko. The picture is a still from the movie "China Nights" of 1939.
below: Xianglan 香蘭 characters on left, Li 李 on right:
below, her Chinese autograph (if I am not mistaken) with the Li 李 character on right and Xiang Lan 香蘭 on the left:
李香蘭 below
All the above signatures read as Li Xianglan. The below (on the lefthand side) reads as Yamaguchi Yoshiko 山口淑子 : on the right it says Happy New Year (this appeared in a 1950 eiga magazine). 
below: 香蘭 and 李 on left-hand side of picture
lower left-side auto.
below photo courtesy of Hanashobu
the above is a boxed VHS of the movie "My Nightingale", so probably signed about 1980? the autograph says Li Xianglan.
below, signed in Japanese, title page from one of her later books, circa 2005.
the large Chinese character "ai" above is Love. These autographs are in Japanese.
On the right side below, you see the characters 夜来香 "Ye Lai Xiang" from top to bot. This the title of her famous hit song "Evening Primrose".
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