Kimura

Kimura (written: 木村 or 木邑 lit. "tree village") is the 17th most common Japanese surname.

Notable people with the surname

 * Kimura Akebono (木村 曙), Japanese novelist
 * Arawa Kimura (木村 現), Japanese footballer
 * Arika Kimura (木村 有香), Japanese botanist
 * Asami Kimura (木村 麻美), Japanese idol and singer
 * Atsushi Kimura (木村 敦志), Japanese footballer
 * Ayaka Kimura (木村 絢香), Japanese singer
 * Ayaka Kimura (voice actress) (木村 あやか), also known as Yuka Inokuchi, Japanese voice actress
 * Ayako Kimura (木村 文子), Japanese hurdler
 * Ben Kimura (artist) (木村 べん), Japanese erotic artist
 * Ben Kimura (politician) (木村 勉), Japanese politician
 * Bunji Kimura (木村 文治), Japanese footballer and manager
 * Bunzo Kimura (木村 文三), Japanese rower
 * Kimura Buzan (木村 武山), Japanese painter
 * Chie Kimura (木村 千恵), Japanese field hockey player
 * Daisaku Kimura (木村 大作), 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
 * Eri Kimura (木村 衣里), Japanese swimmer
 * Eriko Kimura (木村 絵理子), Japanese audio director
 * Fumikazu Kimura (木村 文紀), Japanese baseball player
 * Fumino Kimura (木村 文乃), Japanese actress
 * Hana Kimura (木村 花), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Heitarō Kimura (木村 兵太郎), Japanese general
 * Hidefumi Kimura (きむら ひでふみ), Japanese writer, artist and animator
 * Hiroshi Kimura (木村 宏), Japanese businessman
 * Hiroyuki Kimura (木村 浩之), Japanese video game designer
 * Hisashi Kimura (木村 栄), Japanese astronomer
 * Hitoshi Kimura (木村 仁), Japanese politician
 * Ihei Kimura (木村 伊兵衛), Japanese photographer
 * Isao Kimura (木村 功), Japanese actor
 * Izumi Kimura (born 1973), Japanese classical pianist
 * Jiroemon Kimura (木村 次郎右衛門), Japanese supercentenarian
 * Jon Kimura Parker (born 1959), Canadian pianist
 * Juri Kimura (木村 珠莉), Japanese voice actress
 * Jutaro Kimura (木村 重太郎), Japanese baseball player
 * Kaela Kimura (木村 カエラ), Japanese singer
 * Kan Kimura (木村 幹), Japanese political scientist
 * Kazuaki Kimura (木村 一信), Japanese scientist
 * Kazuki Kimura (木村 一基), Japanese shogi player
 * Kazuo Kimura (木村 一夫), Japanese high jumper
 * Kazushi Kimura (木村 和司), Japanese footballer and manager
 * Keichi Kimura (1914–1988), American painter and illustrator
 * Keiichi Kimura (photographer) (木村 恵一), Japanese photographer
 * Keiichi Kimura (swimmer) (木村 敬一), Japanese Paralympic swimmer
 * Kengo Kimura (木村 健悟), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Ken-ichi Kimura (architect) (木村 建一), Japanese architect
 * Kenichi Kimura (rugby union) (木村 賢一), Japanese rugby union player
 * Kenji Kimura (木村 憲治), Japanese volleyball player
 * Kimura Kenkadō (木村 蒹葭堂), Japanese scholar, artist and art connoisseur
 * Kiminobu Kimura (木村 公宣), Japanese alpine skier
 * Kiyoshi Kimura (木村 清), Japanese businessman
 * Koichiro Kimura (木村 浩一郎), Japanese mixed martial artist
 * Koji Kimura (木村 興治), Japanese table tennis player
 * Kokichi Kimura (木村 浩吉), Japanese footballer and manager
 * Komako Kimura (木村 駒子), Japanese suffragist, actress, dancer, theatre manager and magazine editor
 * Kosuke Kimura (木村 光佑), Japanese footballer
 * Kozaemon Kimura (木村小左衛門; 1888–1952), Japanese businessman and politician
 * Kyoko Kimura (木村 響子), Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
 * Larry Kimura, American linguist
 * Madoka Kimura (木村 まどか), Japanese voice actress and singer
 * Makoto Kimura (木村 誠), Japanese footballer
 * Mamoru Kimura (木村 守), better known as Kimurayama Mamoru, Japanese sumo wrestler
 * Mari Kimura (木村 まり), Japanese classical violinist and composer
 * Masaaki Kimura (木村 政昭), Japanese academic
 * Masafumi Kimura (木村 雅史), Japanese voice actor
 * Masahiko Kimura (木村 政彦), Japanese judoka and professional wrestler
 * Masahiko Kimura (bonsai artist) (木村 正彦), Japanese bonsai artist
 * Masahiko Kimura (footballer) (木村 允彦), Japanese footballer
 * Masanobu Kimura (木村 政信), Japanese golfer
 * Masatake Kimura (木村 昌丈), Japanese handball player
 * Masatomi Kimura (木村 昌福), Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
 * Masaya Kimura (木村 正哉), Japanese cross-country skier
 * Masaya Kimura (木村 柾哉), Japanese singer, dancer and actor. Member of the Japanese boy group INI.
 * Meru Kimura (木村 メル), Indonesian footballer
 * Mineshi Kimura (木村 峰士), Japanese video game designer
 * Minori Kimura (樹村 みのり), Japanese manga artist
 * Minoru Kimura (born 1993), Brazilian kickboxer
 * Mitsunori Kimura (木村 充伯), Japanese artist
 * Mitsuru Kimura (木村 満), Japanese rower
 * Motoo Kimura (木村 資生), Japanese biologist and theoretical population geneticist
 * Nozomi Kimura (木村 のぞみ), Japanese footballer
 * Rie Kimura (木村 理恵), Japanese women's footballer
 * Rusher Kimura (ラッシャー木村), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Ryo Kimura (木村 了), Japanese actor
 * Ryōhei Kimura (木村 良平), Japanese voice actor
 * Ryuji Kimura (木村 龍治), Japanese baseball player
 * Saeko Kimura (木村 さえこ), Japanese synchronized swimmer
 * Saori Kimura (木村 沙織), Japanese volleyball player
 * Seibei Kimura (木村 清兵衛), Japanese water polo player
 * Seiji Kimura (木村 誠二), Japanese footballer
 * Kimura Shigekore (木村 重茲), Japanese samurai
 * Kimura Shigenari (木村 重成), Japanese samurai
 * Shinichiro Kimura (木村 真一郎), Japanese anime director
 * Shintaro Kimura (木村 慎太郎), Japanese sprinter
 * Shinya Kimura, motorcycle builder
 * Shioko Kimura, biochemist
 * Shiroshichi Kimura (木村 四郎七), Japanese diplomat
 * Sho Kimura (木村 翔), Japanese boxer
 * Shogo Kimura (木村 昇吾), Japanese baseball player and cricketer
 * Shota Kimura (baseball) (木村 正太), Japanese baseball player
 * Shota Kimura (footballer) (木村 勝太), Japanese footballer
 * Shourai Kimura (木村 象雷), Japanese swimmer and journalist
 * Subaru Kimura (木村 昴), Japanese actor, voice actor and singer
 * Sueko Matsueda Kimura (1912–2001), American artist
 * Susumu Kimura (木村 進), Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
 * Tae Kimura (木村 多江), Japanese actress
 * Takahide Kimura (木村 隆秀), Japanese politician
 * Takahiro Kimura (木村 貴宏), Japanese animator, illustrator and character designer
 * Takahiro Kimura (footballer) (木村 孝洋), Japanese footballer and manager
 * Takashi Kimura (water polo) (木村 隆), Japanese water polo player
 * Takehiro Kimura (木村 勇大), Japanese Hino Red Dolphins rugby union player
 * Takemune Kimura (木村 雄宗), Japanese businessman
 * Takeo Kimura (木村 威夫), Japanese art director, writer and film director
 * Takeshi Kimura (木村 武), Japanese screenwriter
 * Takuya Kimura (木村 拓哉), Japanese actor and singer
 * Takuya Kimura (baseball) (木村 拓也), Japanese baseball player
 * Taky Kimura (1924–2021), American martial arts practitioner and instructor
 * Tarō Kimura (journalist) (木村 太郎), Japanese journalist
 * Tarō Kimura (politician) (木村 太郎), Japanese politician
 * Tatsuro Kimura (木村 龍朗), Japanese footballer
 * Tatsuya Kimura (木村 立哉), Japanese film producer, critic and music producer
 * Tetsumasa Kimura (木村 哲昌), Japanese footballer
 * Tomoka Kimura (木村 友香), Japanese long-distance runner
 * Toshio Kimura (木村 俊夫), Japanese politician
 * Toshitaka Kimura (木村 敏隆), Japanese rugby union player
 * Toyoko Kimura (木村 トヨ子), Japanese swimmer
 * Tsunehisa Kimura (木村 恒久), Japanese artist
 * Tsutomu Kimura (木村 勉), Japanese owner of the restaurant Tenkaippin
 * Umejiro Kimura (1869–1927), Japanese philatelist
 * Yasuko Kimura (木村 安子), Japanese long jumper
 * Yojiro Kimura (木村 陽二郎), Japanese botanist
 * Yoshino Kimura (木村 佳乃), Japanese actress, voice actress and singer
 * Yoshio Kimura (politician) (木村 義雄), Japanese politician
 * Yoshio Kimura (shogi) (木村 義雄), Japanese shogi player
 * Youmi Kimura (木村 弓), Japanese singer and musician
 * Yu Kimura (boxer) (木村 悠), Japanese boxer
 * Yu Kimura (footballer) (木村 裕), Japanese footballer
 * Yudai Kimura (木村 勇大), Japanese footballer
 * Yuji Kimura (木村 祐志), Japanese footballer
 * Yuki Kimura (木村 有希), better known as Yukipoyo, Japanese model and television personality
 * Yuta Kimura (木村 優太), Japanese baseball player

Fictional characters

 * Kimura (character), a character in Marvel Comics
 * Kimura (木村), a character in the manga series Azumanga Daioh
 * Kimura, a character in the manga series Shōnen to Inu
 * Kaere Kimura (木村 カエレ), a character in the manga series Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei
 * Katsu Kimura, an arms dealer in the animated film Spies in Disguise
 * Koichi Kimura (木村 輝一), a character in the anime Digimon Frontier
 * Masayoshi (Justice) Kimura (木村 正義 (ジャスティス)), a character in the manga series Assassination Classroom
 * Seiko Kimura (忌村 静子), 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
 * Tatsuya Kimura (木村 達也), a character in the manga series Hajime no Ippo
 * Yui Kimura, a character in the 2016 online multiplayer horror game Dead by Daylight