'''Kitamura''' (written: 北村, lit. "northern village") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Akihiro Kitamura (born 1979), Japanese actor and director *Akira Kitamura, game director *Eiji Kitamura (born 1929), Japanese jazz clarinetist *Eiki Kitamura (born 1981), Japanese actor *Eri Kitamura (born 1987), Japanese voice actress and singer *Harue Kitamura (born 1928), Mayor of Ashiya, Hyogo *Kazuki Kitamura (born 1969), Japanese film and television actor *Kōichi Kitamura (1931–2007), Japanese voice actor *Kusuo Kitamura (1917–1996), Japanese swimmer who competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics *Kyoko Kitamura, musician residing in New York City *Ryuhei Kitamura (born 1969), Japanese filmmaker *Ryuji Kitamura (born 1981), Japanese football player *Satoshi Kitamura, renowned children's picture book author and illustrator *Sayo Kitamura (1900–1967), founder of the Tensho Kotai Jingukyo *Seigo Kitamura (born 1947), Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party *Shigeo Kitamura (born 1945), Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party *Siro Kitamura (1906–2002), Japanese botanist *Kitamura Takumi (北村匠海, born 1997), Japanese singer, model, and actor. *{{Nihongo|Tatsuo Kitamura|北村 辰夫||born 1940}}, Japanese cross-country skier *Kitamura Tokoku (1868–1894), poet, essayist and one of the founders of the modern Japanese romantic literary movement in late Meiji period Japan *Tomotaka Kitamura (born 1982), Japanese football player *{{Nihongo|Yasuo Kitamura|北村 康雄||born 1932}}, Japanese swimmer
==See also== *Kita, Hokkaidō (Kita-mura), a village located in Sorachi District, Sorachi, Japan *Reticulate acropigmentation of Kitamura, linear palmar pits and pigmented macules 1 to 4 mm in diameter on the volar and dorsal aspects of the hands and feet *Kitamura-gumi, a yakuza gang who committed the Ōmuta murders
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Category:Japanese-language surnames