Tamura (surname)
# 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
