Murakami (surname)

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

People

 * Emperor Murakami, ancient Japanese emperor
 * Daisuke Murakami (figure skater)
 * Daisuke Murakami (snowboarder)
 * Genzo Murakami (村上元三) (1910–2006), novelist
 * Glen Murakami, animator
 * Hiroaki Murakami, actor
 * Haruki Murakami (村上春樹), (born 1949), novelist
 * Hiroshi Murakami (村上 寛), Japanese jazz drummer
 * James J. Murakami, production designer & film Academy nominee
 * Jimmy Murakami (1933–2014) also known as Teruaki Murakami (村上輝明), animator and director
 * Kanako Murakami (村上 佳菜子), figure skater
 * Murakami Kijo (村上 鬼城), Japanese poet
 * Les Murakami (born 1936), American college baseball coach
 * Maki Murakami, manga artist
 * Masaaki Murakami (村上 昌謙), Japanese footballer
 * Masanori Murakami,  San Francisco Giants pitcher
 * Megumi Murakami, Japanese pop singer in Cute
 * Natsumi Murakami (村上 奈津実), Japanese voice actress
 * Munetaka Murakami (村上 宗隆), Japanese baseball player
 * Nijiro Murakami, Japanese actor and voice actor
 * Ryu Murakami (村上龍), (fl. 21st cen.) writer and filmmaker
 * Shingo Murakami (村上信五), Japanese pop singer in Kanjani Eight
 * Takeyoshi Murakami (村上武吉), Samurai
 * Takashi Murakami (村上隆), artist and founder of  Superflat movement
 * Takeshi Murakami (村上隆), English teacher & champion in game of Othello (fl. 21st cen)
 * Takumi Murakami (村上 巧), 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

Fictional characters

 * Gennosuke Murakami, from the Usagi Yojimbo comic book series
 * Kyouji Murakami, from the Tokusatsu TV series, Kamen Rider 555
 * Masaki Murakami, from the manga/anime series Guyver
 * Murakami Harutomo, from the novel The Samurai's Tale by Erik Christian Haugaard
 * Murakami Yagami, from the manga/anime series Blue Seed
 * Murakami Natsumi, from the manga/anime series Negima! Magister Negi Magi
 * Manzanar Murakami from Karen Tei Yamashita's novel "Tropic of Orange"
 * Sho Murakami, from 2017 film Life