Kimura Explained

Kimura (written: or lit. "tree village") is the 17th most common Japanese surname.^[1]

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 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
• , Japanese biologist and theoretical population geneticist
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese women's footballer
• , Japanese professional wrestler
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese voice actor
• , Japanese baseball player
• , 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 actor and singer
• , Japanese baseball player
• Taky Kimura (1924–2021), American martial arts practitioner and instructor
• , Japanese journalist
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese footballer
• , 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

Notes and References

1. 明治安田生命 全国同姓調査 [''Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company - National same family name investigation'']]. Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company. 2008-09-24. 2019-09-27.