Imamura (, ''
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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:
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seismologist
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Ayaka Imamura (born 1993), Japanese voice actress
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Fumihiko Imamura (born 1961), Japanese academic, civil engineer
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Fumio Imamura (born 1966), Japanese race walker
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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
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Hiroji Imamura (born 1949), Japanese athlete in football
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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 th ...
(1886–1968), Japanese Army general during World War II
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Masahiro Imamura (born 1947), Japanese political figure
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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 time ...
(born 1973), Japanese voice actor
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Norio Imamura (born 1954), Japanese actor
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Shikō Imamura (1880-1916), Japanese artist
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Shohei Imamura (1926-2006), Japanese film director
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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
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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
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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
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Takeshi Imamura (1880-1960), Japanese political figure
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Tomio Imamura (born 1958), Japanese athlete in karate
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Yasunori Imamura (born 1953), Japanese musician
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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
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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
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Yūka Imamura (born 1993), Japanese athlete in volleyball
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Yuta Imamura (born 1984), Japanese athlete in rugby
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Japanese-language surnames