Murakami (name)

Murakami
	The kanji representation of 'Murakami'
Pronunciation	Murakami
Origin
Region of origin	Japan
Language(s)	Japanese
Meaning	village superior
	Footnotes: Frequency Comparisons[1]

Murakami (村上; "village superior") is a Japanese surname, 35th by frequency in Japan.^[2] It can refer to:

People

Emperor Murakami, 10th century emperor of Japan
Daisuke Murakami (figure skater)
Daisuke Murakami (snowboarder)
Genzo Murakami (村上元三), late contemporary novelist
Glen Murakami, animator
Haruki Murakami (村上春樹), contemporary novelist
Hiroshi Murakami (村上寛, born 1948), Japanese jazz drummer
James J. Murakami, Academy Award nominated production designer
Jimmy Murakami (1933–2014) also known as Teruaki Murakami (村上輝明), animator and director whose work includes adaptations of Raymond Briggs' The Snowman and When the Wind Blows
Kanako Murakami (村上佳菜子), figure skater
Murakami Kijo (村上鬼城, 1865–1938), Japanese poet
Les Murakami (born 1936), American college baseball coach
Maki Murakami, manga artist
Masanori Murakami, the first Japanese player to play in MLB, a pitcher for the San Francisco Giants
Megumi Murakami, Japanese pop singer (Cute)
Ryu Murakami (村上龍), contemporary writer and filmmaker
Shingo Murakami (村上信五), Japanese pop singer (Kanjani Eight)
Takashi Murakami (村上隆), contemporary artist and founder of the Superflat movement
Takeshi Murakami (村上隆), contemporary English teacher, triple World champion at the game of Othello
Takumi Murakami (村上巧, born 1989), Japanese footballer
Tetsuji Murakami, Karate pioneer in Europe
Yoshiaki Murakami (村上世彰), corporate raider and president of M&A Consulting
Mai Murakami Japanese Artistic Gymnast

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.