Murata (surname)

Murata (written: 村田) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Akihiro Murata (村田 顕弘, born 1986), Japanese shogi player
• Daishi Murata (村田 大志, born 1988), Japanese rugby union player
• Hideo Murata, Japanese singer
• Masahiko Murata, anime director
• Murata Naoki, 7th dan judoka, author, curator of the Kodokan Judo Museum
• Range Murata, Japanese artist and designer
• Ryōta Murata, Japanese boxer
• Sachiko Murata, professor of religion and Asian studies at the State University of New York at Stony Brook
• Shinya Murata, Japanese rock musician, formerly of the band PIERROT
• Murata Shukō, Japanese tea ceremony practicer in the Muromachi period
• Shuyo Murata, Japanese video game designer
• Taku Murata, video game programmer
• Tomohiro Murata (村田 智弘, born 1981), Japanese shogi player
• Yasuji Murata, anime director
• Yoshitaka Murata, chairman of the National Public Safety Commission
• Yukari Murata (born 1981), Japanese rhythmic gymnast
• Yusuke Murata, Japanese manga artist