title: Kitamura
text: # Kitamura
  
  Kitamura (written: 北村) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Akihiro Kitamura (born 1979), a Japanese actor and director
  * Akiko Kitamura (born 1988), a Japanese figure skater
  * 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, born 1940), 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, born 1932), Japanese swimmer
  
  ## Fictional characters
  
  * Yusaku Kitamura, a character in the light novel series Toradora!
  