Tamura (surname)

Tamura (usually written 田村) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Akihide Tamura (born 1947), Japanese photographer
• Akira Tamura (田村 明, 1926–2010), Japanese city planner
• Atsushi Tamura (born 1973), Japanese comedian
• Eriko Tamura (born 1973), Japanese actress and singer
• George T. Tamura (1927–2010), American artist
• Hajime Tamura (1924–2014), Japanese politician
• Hirotaka Tamura, Japanese engineer
• Hoju Tamura (1874–1940), better known as Hon'inbō Shūsai, Japanese Go player
• Kiyoshi Tamura (born 1969), Japanese wrestler
• Kōsuke Tamura, Japanese Japanese shogi player
• Masakazu Tamura (born 1943), Japanese actor
• Meimi Tamura (born 1998), Japanese singer and member of girl group S/mileage
• Minoru N. Tamura 20th century Japanese botanist
• Misako Tamura (田村 美佐子, born 1934), Japanese swimmer
• Mutsumi Tamura (born 1987), Japanese voice actress
• Nao Tamura (田村 奈央), Japanese voice actress
• Naomi Tamura (born 1963), Japanese singer
• Naoya Tamura (田村 直也, born 1984), Japanese footballer
• Naoya Tamura (speed skater) (田村 直也, born 1979), Japanese speed skater
• Nobuyoshi Tamura (1933–2010), Japanese aikido trainer
• Norihisa Tamura (田村 憲久, born 1964), Japanese politician
• Ryō Tamura (born 1946), Japanese actor
• Ryō Tamura (comedian) (born 1972), Japanese comedian and television presenter
• Ryoko Tamura, Japanese female judoka and politician
• Takaaki Tamura, Japanese politician
• Takashi Tamura (田村 孝, born 1961), Japanese sailor
• Tamura Ryuichi (1923–1998), Japanese writer
• Sakae Tamura (photographer) (1906–1987), Japanese photographer
• Sakae Tamura (nature photographer) (1910–2003), Japanese magazine editor and photographer of nature
• Shigeru Tamura (photographer) (1909–1987), Japanese photographer
• Shigeru Tamura (illustrator), Japanese illustrator
• Tamura Toshiko (1884–1945), pen-name of Japanese writer Toshi Satō
• Tatsuhiro Tamura (田村 龍弘, born 1994), Japanese baseball player
• Tomoya Tamura (田村 朋也, born 1992), Japanese sprinter
• Yoshiko Tamura (born 1976), Japanese professional wrestler
• Yukari Tamura (born 1976), Japanese singer and voice actress
• Yu Tamura (born 1989), Japanese rugby union player
• Yu Tamura (footballer) (born 1992), Japanese footballer
• Yuki Tamura (田村 祐基, born 1985), Japanese footballer
• Yusuke Tamura (田村 友佑, born 1998), Japanese long-distance runner

Fictional characters

• Manami Tamura (田村 麻奈実), a character in the light novel series Oreimo