Tamura (surname)

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

• Akihide Tamura (born 1947), Japanese photographer
• Atsushi Tamura (born 1973), Japanese comedian
• Eriko Tamura (born 1973), Japanese actress and singer
• George T. Tamura (1927–2010), American artist
• Hoju Tamura (1874–1940), became Honinbō Shūsai, Meijin of Go (game)
• Kiyoshi Tamura (born 1969), Japanese wrestler
• 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
• Naomi Tamura, singer
• Nobuyoshi Tamura (1933–2010), Japanese aikido trainer
• Ryoko Tamura, japanese female judoka and politician
• 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
• Yoshiko Tamura (born 1976), Japanese professional wrestler
• Yukari Tamura (born 1976), Japanese singer and voice actress