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

References