Kimura

Kimura (written: Template:Nihongo2 or Template:Nihongo2 lit. "tree village") is the 17th most common Japanese surname.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>

Notable people with the surname

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• Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese botanist
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese idol and singer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese singer
• Template:Nihongo, also known as Yuka Inokuchi, Japanese voice actress
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese hurdler
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese erotic artist
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese politician
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer and manager
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese rower
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese painter
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese field hockey player
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese film director and cinematographer
• Darren Kimura (born 1974), American businessman
• Doreen Kimura (1933–2013), Canadian psychologist
• Dustin Kimura (born 1989), American mixed martial artist
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese swimmer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese audio director
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese baseball player
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese actress
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese professional wrestler
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese general
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese writer, artist and animator
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese businessman
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese video game designer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese astronomer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese politician
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese photographer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese actor
• Izumi Kimura (born 1973), Japanese classical pianist
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese supercentenarian
• Jon Kimura Parker (born 1959), Canadian pianist
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese voice actress
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese baseball player
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese singer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese political scientist
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese scientist
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese shogi player
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese high jumper
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer and manager
• Keichi Kimura (1914–1988), American painter and illustrator
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese photographer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese Paralympic swimmer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese professional wrestler
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese architect
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese rugby union player
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese volleyball player
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese scholar, artist and art connoisseur
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese alpine skier
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese businessman
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese mixed martial artist
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese table tennis player
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer and manager
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese suffragist, actress, dancer, theatre manager and magazine editor
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
• Kozaemon Kimura (木村小左衛門; 1888–1952), Japanese businessman and politician
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
• Larry Kimura, American linguist
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese voice actress and singer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
• Template:Nihongo, better known as Kimurayama Mamoru, Japanese sumo wrestler
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese classical violinist and composer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese academic
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese voice actor
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese judoka and professional wrestler
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese bonsai artist
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese golfer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese handball player
• Template:Nihongo, Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese cross-country skier
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese singer, dancer and actor. Member of the Japanese boy group INI.
• Template:Nihongo, Indonesian footballer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese video game designer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese manga artist
• Minoru Kimura (born 1993), Brazilian kickboxer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese artist
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese rower
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese biologist and theoretical population geneticist
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese women's footballer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese professional wrestler
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese actor
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese voice actor
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese baseball player
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese synchronized swimmer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese volleyball player
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese water polo player
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese samurai
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese samurai
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese anime director
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese sprinter
• Shinya Kimura, motorcycle builder
• Shioko Kimura, biochemist
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese diplomat
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese boxer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese baseball player and cricketer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese baseball player
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese swimmer and journalist
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese actor, voice actor and singer
• Sueko Matsueda Kimura (1912–2001), American artist
• Template:Nihongo, Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese actress
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese politician
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese animator, illustrator and character designer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer and manager
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese water polo player
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese Hino Red Dolphins rugby union player
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese businessman
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese art director, writer and film director
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese screenwriter
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese racing driver
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese actor and singer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese baseball player
• Taky Kimura (1924–2021), American martial arts practitioner and instructor
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese journalist
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese politician
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese film producer, critic and music producer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese long-distance runner
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese politician
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese rugby union player
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese swimmer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese artist
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese owner of the restaurant Tenkaippin
• Umejiro Kimura (1869–1927), Japanese philatelist
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese long jumper
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese botanist
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese actress, voice actress and singer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese politician
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese shogi player
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese singer and musician
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese boxer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
• Template:Nihongo, better known as Yukipoyo, Japanese model and television personality
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese baseball player

Fictional characters

• Kimura (character), a character in Marvel Comics
• Template:Nihongo, a character in the manga series Azumanga Daioh
• Kimura, a character in the manga series Shōnen to Inu
• Template:Nihongo, a character in the manga series Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei
• Katsu Kimura, an arms dealer in the animated film Spies in Disguise
• Template:Nihongo, a character in the anime Digimon Frontier
• Template:Nihongo, a character in the manga series Assassination Classroom
• Template:Nihongo, a character in the anime series Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School
• Shunji Kimura, a character in the television series Bridal Mask
• Template:Nihongo, a character in the manga series Hajime no Ippo
• Yui Kimura, a character in the 2016 online multiplayer horror game Dead by Daylight

See also

• Kimura spider, a spider named after its discoverer, Arika Kimura
• Kimura lock, a type of armlock named after Masahiko Kimura