Iwamura (written: 岩村 lit. "rock village") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Akinori Iwamura, Japanese baseball player
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Noboru Iwamura was a Japanese biologist, medical doctor and professor of medicine. He was the only survivor, amongst eighty high school classmates, of the 1945 Hiroshima bombing. This experience led him to resolve to live his life for others. Under the UMN prog ...
, Japanese biologist
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Ai Iwamura
, also known as is a Japanese actress, born on March 4, 1984.
Iwamura is best known for her role as Mai in '' Battle Royale''. She also fulfills some "stand-in" roles as Izumi Kanai, Noriko Nakagawa, Hirono Shimizu, and Haruka Tanizawabr>Iw ...
, Japanese actress
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Iwamura Michitoshi
Baron was a Japanese statesman, active in Meiji period Japan. He was the first Director of the Hokkaidō Agency from January 26, 1886 through June 15, 1888.
Biography
Iwamura was born in Kōchi as the eldest son to a samurai family serving t ...
, Meiji era politician
*, Japanese sprint canoeist
See also
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Iwamura Castle
270px, Edo period layout
was located in the southeastern area of Mino Province in Japan. Its ruins can be found in the modern-day municipal subdivision of Iwamura, in Ena, Gifu Prefecture. Along with Takatori Castle in Nara and Bitchu-Matsuyama ...
in Gifu Prefecture, Japan
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Iwamura, Gifu
was a town located in Ena District, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 5,372 and a density of 156.34 persons per km². The total area was 34.36 km².
On October 25, 2004, Iwamura, along with the towns ...
, former town in Gifu Prefecture, Japan
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67853 Iwamura, main-belt asteroid
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Japanese-language surnames