Kitamura

Kitamura (written: 北村, lit. "northern village") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Akihiro Kitamura (born 1979), Japanese actor and director
• Akira Kitamura, game director
• Eiji Kitamura (born 1929), Japanese jazz clarinetist
• Eiki Kitamura (born 1981), Japanese actor
• Eri Kitamura (born 1987), Japanese voice actress and singer
• Harue Kitamura (born 1928), Mayor of Ashiya, Hyogo
• Kazuki Kitamura (born 1969), Japanese film and television actor
• Kōichi Kitamura (1931–2007), Japanese voice actor
• Kusuo Kitamura (1917–1996), Japanese swimmer who competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics
• Kyoko Kitamura, musician residing in New York City
• Ryuhei Kitamura (born 1969), Japanese filmmaker
• Ryuji Kitamura (born 1981), Japanese football player
• Satoshi Kitamura, renowned children's picture book author and illustrator
• Sayo Kitamura (1900–1967), founder of the Tensho Kotai Jingukyo
• Seigo Kitamura (born 1947), Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party
• Shigeo Kitamura (born 1945), Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party
• Siro Kitamura (1906–2002), Japanese botanist
• Kitamura Takumi (北村匠海, born 1997), Japanese singer, model, and actor.
• Tatsuo Kitamura (北村 辰夫; born 1940), Japanese cross-country skier
• Kitamura Tokoku (1868–1894), poet, essayist and one of the founders of the modern Japanese romantic literary movement in late Meiji period Japan
• Tomotaka Kitamura (born 1982), Japanese football player
• Yasuo Kitamura (北村 康雄; born 1932), Japanese swimmer

See also

• Kita, Hokkaidō (Kita-mura), a village located in Sorachi District, Sorachi, Japan
• Reticulate acropigmentation of Kitamura, linear palmar pits and pigmented macules 1 to 4 mm in diameter on the volar and dorsal aspects of the hands and feet
• Kitamura-gumi, a yakuza gang who committed the Ōmuta murders