Kitamura
# Kitamura

Kitamura (written: 北村) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

* Akihiro Kitamura (born 1979), a Japanese actor and director
* Akiko Kitamura (born 1988), a Japanese figure skater
* Akira Kitamura, game director
* Eiji Kitamura (born 1929), a Japanese jazz clarinetist
* Eiki Kitamura (born 1981), a Japanese actor
* Eri Kitamura (born 1987), a Japanese voice actress and singer
* Harue Kitamura (born 1928), Mayor of Ashiya, Hyogo
* Kazuki Kitamura (born 1969), a Japanese film and television actor
* Kōichi Kitamura (1931–2007), a Japanese voice actor
* Kusuo Kitamura (1917–1996), a Japanese swimmer who competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics
* Kyoko Kitamura, a musician residing in New York City
* Ryuhei Kitamura (born 1969), a Japanese filmmaker
* Ryuji Kitamura (born 1981), a Japanese football player
* Satoshi Kitamura, a renowned children's picture book author and illustrator
* Sayo Kitamura (1900-1967), founder of the Tensho Kotai Jingukyo
* Seigo Kitamura (born 1947), a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party
* Shigeo Kitamura (born 1945), a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party
* Siro Kitamura (1906–2002), a Japanese botanist
* Kitamura Takumi (北村匠海, born 1997) a japanese singer, model, and actor.
* Tatsuo Kitamura (北村 辰夫, born 1940), Japanese cross-country skier
* Kitamura Tokoku (1868–1894), the pen name of a poet, essayist and one of the founders of the modern Japanese romantic literary movement in late Meiji period Japan
* Tomotaka Kitamura (born 1982), a Japanese football player
* Yasuo Kitamura (北村 康雄, born 1932), Japanese swimmer

## Fictional characters

* Yusaku Kitamura, a character in the light novel series Toradora!
