Murata (surname)

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


 * Akihiro Murata (村田 顕弘), Japanese shogi player
 * Chiho Murata (村田 智穂) Japanese shogi player
 * Daishi Murata (村田 大志), Japanese rugby union player
 * Hideo Murata (村田英雄), Japanese singer
 * Kanako Murata (村田夏南子), Japanese mixed martial artist
 * Kazuma Murata (村田 和麻), Japanese field hockey player
 * Kiyoko Murata (村田 喜代子), Japanese writer
 * Koichi Murata (村田 航一), Japanese footballer
 * Minoru Murata (村田 實), Japanese movie director, screenwriter and actor
 * Naoki Murata (村田 直樹), 8th dan Japanese judoka and author
 * Range Murata (村田 蓮爾), Japanese artist and designer
 * Ryōta Murata (村田 諒太), Japanese boxer
 * Sachiko Murata (村田幸子), Japanese scholar of comparative philosophy and mysticism
 * Shigeharu Murata (村田 重治), Imperial Japanese Navy officer
 * Murata Jukō (村田珠光), Japanese tea ceremony practicer in the Muromachi period
 * Taku Murata (村田 琢), Japanese video game programmer
 * Toma Murata (村田 透馬), Japanese footballer
 * Tomohiro Murata (村田 智弘), Japanese shogi player
 * Yasuji Murata (村田安司), Japanese animator
 * Yoshitaka Murata (村田 吉隆), Japanese politician, chairman of the National Public Safety Commission
 * Yukari Murata (村田 由香里), Japanese individual rhythmic gymnast
 * Yusuke Murata (村田 雄介), Japanese manga artist and animator