Kimura

Kimura (木村, "tree village") is the 18th most common Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Asami Kimura, singer
• Ayaka Kimura, singer
• Daisaku Kimura (木村 大作, born 1939), Japanese film director and cinematographer
• Doreen Kimura, psychobiologist
• Fumino Kimura (木村 文乃, born 1987), Japanese actress
• Gary Kimura, software developer
• Heitarō Kimura, general in World War II
• Hidefumi Kimura, manga author
• Hisashi Kimura, astronomer
• Ihei Kimura, photographer
• Ikue Kimura, voice actor
• Jiroemon Kimura, supercentenarian
• Jon Kimura Parker, pianist
• Kan Kimura, political scientist
• Kaela Kimura, singer
• Kazuaki Kimura (1946–2015), Japanese scientist
• Kazuki Kimura (born 1973), Japanese shogi player
• Kazushi Kimura, footballer
• Keichi Kimura, artist
• Kevin Kimura (born 1974), Canadian ice hockey defenceman
• Kimura Shogo, Japanese baseballer and cricketer
• Isao Kimura, actor
• Koji Kimura, table tennis player
• Madoka Kimura, voice actress
• Mamoru Kimura, sumo wrestler known as Kimurayama
• Mari Kimura, violinist
• Masahiko Kimura, judoka
• Masahiko Kimura (bonsai artist)
• Mitsuru Kimura (木村 満, born 1970), Japanese rower
• Motoo Kimura, theoretical population geneticist
• Saori Kimura, volleyball player
• Shinya Kimura, bikebuilder
• Sueko Matsueda Kimura, artist
• Susumu Kimura, admiral in World War II
• Takeo Kimura (1918–2010), filmmaker
• Takuya Kimura (born 1972), actor and singer
• Takuya Kimura (baseball) (1972–2010), baseball player
• Taky Kimura, an American martial arts practitioner and instructor.
• Toshio Kimura (1909–1983), politician
• Toshitaka Kimura (木村 敏隆, born 1963), Japanese rugby union player
• Toyoko Kimura (木村 トヨ子, born 1946), Japanese swimmer
• Yasuko Kimura (木村 安子, born 1937), Japanese long jumper
• Yojiro Kimura (1912–2006), botanist
• Yoshio Kimura (shogi), a professional shogi player

Fictional characters

• Kimura (comics), a female assassin in Marvel Comics' title New X-Men
• Koichi Kimura, a character from Digimon Frontier
• Mr. Kimura, a character in the manga/anime series Azumanga Daioh
• Mr. Kimura, a character in the manga Shōnen to Inu
• Shunji Kimura, a villain from KBS television series Bridal Mask
• Tatsuya Kimura, a character in the manga/anime series, Hajime no Ippo
• Kaere Kimura, a character in the manga/anime series Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei
• Seiko Kimura, a character from the anime series Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School

See also

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