Yamato is a character from the anime and manga series Naruto. According to the search results, there are different events that happened to Yamato in different parts of the Naruto story:

• At the end of the Fourth Great War, Yamatos body was used to power up the Ten-Tails, but he survived and emerged from the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• In Naruto Gaiden: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring, which takes place several years later, Yamato appears and is seen alive.
• In the anime, Yamato was kidnapped by Orochimaru and forced to keep an eye on him by the totalitarian Leaf Village.
• In the real world, the Yamato was a Japanese battleship that sank during World War II.

Therefore, it seems that Yamato survived the events of the Naruto story and appeared in later parts of the series.