Tamura (surname)

Tamura (usually written 田村) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Akihide Tamura (born 1947), Japanese photographer
 * Akira Tamura (田村 明, 1926–2010), Japanese city planner
 * Atsushi Tamura (born 1973), Japanese comedian
 * Eriko Tamura (born 1973), Japanese actress and singer
 * George T. Tamura (1927–2010), American artist
 * Hajime Tamura (1924–2014), Japanese politician
 * Hirotaka Tamura, Japanese engineer
 * Hoju Tamura (1874–1940), better known as Hon'inbō Shūsai, Japanese Go player
 * Kiyoshi Tamura (born 1969), Japanese wrestler
 * Kōsuke Tamura, Japanese Japanese shogi player
 * Masakazu Tamura (born 1943), Japanese actor
 * Meimi Tamura (born 1998), Japanese singer and member of girl group S/mileage
 * Minoru N. Tamura 20th century Japanese botanist
 * Misako Tamura (田村 美佐子), Japanese swimmer
 * Mutsumi Tamura (born 1987), Japanese voice actress
 * Nao Tamura (田村 奈央), Japanese voice actress
 * Naomi Tamura (born 1963), Japanese singer
 * Naoya Tamura (田村 直也), Japanese footballer
 * Naoya Tamura (speed skater) (田村 直也), Japanese speed skater
 * Nobuyoshi Tamura (1933–2010), Japanese aikido trainer
 * Norihisa Tamura (田村 憲久), Japanese politician
 * Ryō Tamura (born 1946), Japanese actor
 * Ryō Tamura (comedian) (born 1972), Japanese comedian and television presenter
 * Ryoko Tamura, Japanese female judoka and politician
 * Takaaki Tamura, Japanese politician
 * Takashi Tamura (田村 孝), Japanese sailor
 * Tamura Ryuichi (1923–1998), Japanese writer
 * Sakae Tamura (photographer) (1906–1987), Japanese photographer
 * Sakae Tamura (nature photographer) (1910–2003), Japanese magazine editor and photographer of nature
 * Shigeru Tamura (photographer) (1909–1987), Japanese photographer
 * Shigeru Tamura (illustrator), Japanese illustrator
 * Tamura Toshiko (1884–1945), pen-name of Japanese writer Toshi Satō
 * Tatsuhiro Tamura (田村 龍弘), Japanese baseball player
 * Tomoya Tamura (田村 朋也), Japanese sprinter
 * Yoshiko Tamura (born 1976), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Yukari Tamura (born 1976), Japanese singer and voice actress
 * Yu Tamura (born 1989), Japanese rugby union player
 * Yu Tamura (footballer) (born 1992), Japanese footballer
 * Yuki Tamura (田村 祐基), Japanese footballer
 * Yusuke Tamura (田村 友佑), Japanese long-distance runner

Fictional characters

 * Manami Tamura (田村 麻奈実), a character in the light novel series Oreimo