Kitamura

Kitamura (written: 北村) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Akihiro Kitamura (born 1979), a Japanese actor and director
 * Akira Kitamura, game director
 * Eiji Kitamura (born 1929), a Japanese jazz clarinetist
 * Eiki Kitamura (born 1981), a Japanese actor
 * Eri Kitamura (born 1987), a Japanese voice actress and singer
 * Harue Kitamura (born 1928), Mayor of Ashiya, Hyogo
 * Kazuki Kitamura (born 1969), a Japanese film and television actor
 * Kōichi Kitamura (1931–2007), a Japanese voice actor
 * Kusuo Kitamura (1917–1996), a Japanese swimmer who competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics
 * Kyoko Kitamura, a musician residing in New York City
 * Ryuhei Kitamura (born 1969), a Japanese filmmaker
 * Ryuji Kitamura (born 1981), a Japanese football player
 * Satoshi Kitamura, a renowned children's picture book author and illustrator
 * Sayo Kitamura (1900-1967), founder of the Tensho Kotai Jingukyo
 * Seigo Kitamura (born 1947), a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party
 * Shigeo Kitamura (born 1945), a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party
 * Siro Kitamura (1906–2002), a Japanese botanist
 * Kitamura Takumi (北村匠海, born 1997) a japanese singer, model, and actor.
 * Tatsuo Kitamura (北村 辰夫), Japanese cross-country skier
 * Kitamura Tokoku (1868–1894), the pen name of a poet, essayist and one of the founders of the modern Japanese romantic literary movement in late Meiji period Japan
 * Tomotaka Kitamura (born 1982), a Japanese football player
 * Yasuo Kitamura (北村 康雄), Japanese swimmer

Fictional characters

 * Yusaku Kitamura, a character in the light novel series Toradora!