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kanji are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese ...

'' characters for "now" and "village") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese

seismologist Seismology (; from Ancient Greek σεισμός (''seismós'') meaning "earthquake" and -λογία (''-logía'') meaning "study of") is the scientific study of earthquakes and the propagation of elastic waves through the Earth or through other ...

Ayaka Imamura is a retired Japanese voice actress from Osaka Prefecture. She was previously affiliated with ''With Line''. On June 29, 2018, her management announced that she would retire from voice acting due to poor health. Filmography Anime *''Akame ga ...

(born 1993), Japanese voice actress *

Fumihiko Imamura is a Japanese academic, civil engineer, and Director of the International Research Institute of Disaster Science at Tohoku University in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture.Library of Congress Authority File Fumihiko Imamura, n95-80017/ref> After the 2004 ...

(born 1961), Japanese academic, civil engineer * Fumio Imamura (born 1966), Japanese race walker *, notable interpreter *

Genki Imamura is a Japanese swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships. He finished 11th in the same event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Biography Imamura was named after the main character of the sports ...

(born 1982), Japanese athlete in swimming * Hiroji Imamura (born 1949), Japanese athlete in football *

Hitoshi Imamura was a Japanese general who served in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, and was subsequently convicted of war crimes. Early career A native of Sendai city, Miyagi Prefecture, Imamura's father was a judge. Imamura graduated from t ...

(1886–1968), Japanese Army general during World War II *

Masahiro Imamura is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). Overview A native of Kashima, Saga and a graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected to the House ...

(born 1947), Japanese political figure *

Naoki Imamura is a Japanese voice actor from Saitama Prefecture attached to Aoni Production. He has played a large number of supporting and minor roles, including heroes, villains, serious and joke characters. He performed alongside Kōji Totani numerous times ...

(born 1973), Japanese voice actor *, Japanese writer *

Norio Imamura , better known by his stage name (born April 17, 1954), is a Japanese stage actor and voice actor from Gifu. He is a graduate of the Fine Arts department of Nihon University. Imamura began his career in the musical troupe Musical Company It's Fo ...

(born 1954), Japanese actor * Shikō Imamura (1880-1916), Japanese artist * Shohei Imamura (1926-2006), Japanese film director *, Japanese athlete in volleyball *

Taihei Imamura was a Japanese film critic and film theorist. Born in Saitama Prefecture, he attended the Kobe University of Commerce (the precursor to Kobe University , also known in the Kansai region as , is a leading Japanese national university located in ...

(1911-1986), Japanese film theorist, critic *

Takaya Imamura commonly abbreviated as Nintendo EAD and formerly known as Nintendo Research & Development No.4 Department (abbreviated as Nintendo R&D4), was the largest software development division within the Japanese video game company Nintendo. It was pr ...

, Japanese artwork designer for Nintendo *

Takeru Imamura Takeru Imamura (今村猛, born April 17, 1991) is a Japanese professional baseball player. A pitcher, he plays for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of the Central League in Nippon Professional Baseball. Imamura played for the Japan national baseball te ...

(born 1991), Japanese athlete in baseball *

Takeshi Imamura Takeshi Imamura ( ja, 今村武志) (1880–1960) was Director of the Karafuto Agency (1932–1938) and Mayor of Sendai (1942–1946). He was a graduate of the University of Tokyo and Tohoku University. He was a member of the Korean History Comp ...

(1880-1960), Japanese political figure *

Tomio Imamura is a Japanese master of Shotokan karate.JKA: Instructor ...

(born 1958), Japanese athlete in karate *

Yasunori Imamura is a Japanese lutenist. Imamura has appeared on more than 150 CDs, both as a soloist and as a member of ensembles. His solo recordings include the complete lute works by Johann Sebastian Bach (two versions : for Naxos in 2018 and for Etcetera ...

(born 1953), Japanese musician *

Yemyo Imamura Yemyo Imamura (May 27, 1867 December 22, 1932) was a Buddhist priest who was active in Honolulu, Hawaii, and was a leader in the Japanese American community. He was a priest at the Honpa Hongwanji, and started their Young Men's Buddhist Associat ...

(1867-1932), Japanese Buddhist priest *

Youichi Imamura is a Japanese professional drifting driver, currently serving as a judge in Formula Drift Japan after he stopped competing in 2019. He has always enjoyed driving, so drifting was a natural thing for him. His other passion is flowers as his pare ...

(born 1976), Japanese professional driver *

Yūka Imamura was a Japanese volleyball player who played for Hisamitsu Springs. She also played for the All-Japan women's volleyball team. Imamura played for the All-Japan team for the first time at the Montreux Volley Masters in June 2013. Imamura retired ...

(born 1993), Japanese athlete in volleyball *, Japanese footballer * Yuta Imamura (born 1984), Japanese athlete in rugby {{surname Japanese-language surnames