Kimura (written: or lit. "tree village") is the 17th most common Japanese surname.
Notable people with the surname , Japanese novelist , Japanese footballer , Japanese botanist , Japanese idol and singer , Japanese footballer , Japanese singer , also known as Yuka Inokuchi, Japanese voice actress , Japanese hurdler , Japanese erotic artist , Japanese politician , Japanese footballer and manager , Japanese rower , Japanese painter , Japanese field hockey player , 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 , Japanese swimmer , Japanese audio director , Japanese baseball player , Japanese actress , Japanese professional wrestler , Japanese general , Japanese writer, artist and animator , Japanese businessman , Japanese video game designer , Japanese astronomer , Japanese politician , Japanese photographer , Japanese actor Izumi Kimura (born 1973), Japanese classical pianist , Japanese supercentenarian Jon Kimura Parker (born 1959), Canadian pianist , Japanese voice actress , Japanese baseball player , Japanese singer , Japanese political scientist , Japanese scientist , Japanese shogi player , Japanese high jumper , Japanese footballer and manager Keichi Kimura (1914–1988), American painter and illustrator , Japanese photographer , Japanese Paralympic swimmer , Japanese professional wrestler , Japanese architect , Japanese rugby union player , Japanese volleyball player , Japanese scholar, artist and art connoisseur , Japanese alpine skier , Japanese snowboarder , Japanese businessman , Japanese mixed martial artist , Japanese table tennis player , Japanese footballer and manager , Japanese suffragist, actress, dancer, theatre manager and magazine editor , Japanese footballer Kozaemon Kimura (木村小左衛門; 1888–1952), Japanese businessman and politician , Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist Larry Kimura, American linguist , Japanese voice actress and singer , Japanese footballer , better known as Kimurayama Mamoru, Japanese sumo wrestler , Japanese classical violinist and composer , Japanese academic , Japanese voice actor , Japanese judoka and professional wrestler , Japanese bonsai artist , Japanese footballer , Japanese golfer , Japanese handball player , Imperial Japanese Navy admiral , Japanese cross-country skier , Japanese singer, dancer and actor. Member of the Japanese boy group INI. , Indonesian footballer , Japanese video game designer , Japanese manga artist Minoru Kimura (born 1993), Brazilian kickboxer , Japanese artist , Japanese rower Mona Kimura (木村 萌那; born 2001), Japanese kickboxer and former amateur boxer , Japanese biologist and theoretical population geneticist , Japanese footballer , Japanese women's footballer , Japanese professional wrestler , Japanese actor , Japanese voice actor , Japanese baseball player Ryunosuke Kimura (木村 龍之介; born 1983), Japanese theatre director , Japanese synchronized swimmer , Japanese volleyball player , Japanese water polo player , Japanese footballer , Japanese samurai , Japanese samurai , Japanese anime director , Japanese sprinter Shinya Kimura, motorcycle builder Shioko Kimura, biochemist , Japanese diplomat , Japanese boxer , Japanese baseball player and cricketer , Japanese baseball player , Japanese footballer , Japanese swimmer and journalist , Japanese actor, voice actor and singer Sueko Matsueda Kimura (1912–2001), American artist , Imperial Japanese Navy admiral , Japanese actress , Japanese politician , Japanese animator, illustrator and character designer , Japanese footballer and manager , Japanese water polo player , Japanese Hino Red Dolphins rugby union player , Japanese businessman , Japanese art director, writer and film director , Japanese screenwriter , Japanese racing driver , Japanese actor and singer , Japanese baseball player Taky Kimura (1924–2021), American martial arts practitioner and instructor , Japanese journalist , Japanese politician , Japanese film producer, critic and music producer , Japanese footballer , Japanese long-distance runner , Japanese politician , Japanese rugby union player , Japanese swimmer , Japanese artist , Japanese owner of the restaurant Tenkaippin Umejiro Kimura (1869–1927), Japanese philatelist , Japanese long jumper , Japanese botanist , Japanese actress, voice actress and singer , Japanese politician , Japanese shogi player , Japanese singer and musician , Japanese boxer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , better known as Yukipoyo, Japanese model and television personality , Japanese baseball player
Fictional characters Kimura (character), a character in Marvel Comics , a character in the manga series Azumanga Daioh Kimura, a character in the manga series Shōnen to Inu , a character in the manga series Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei Katsu Kimura, an arms dealer in the animated film Spies in Disguise , a character in the anime Digimon Frontier , a character in the manga series Assassination Classroom , 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 , 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
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