Okumura (written: 奥村) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Chiyo Okumura
is a popular Japanese pop singer, and former fashion model who debuted in the 1960s.
She is known for songs such as "Koi no Dorei" (恋の奴隷 English: "Slave of Love") and "Shuuchakueki" (終着駅 English: "Terminal Station"). Her cover o ...
(born 1947), popular Japanese Pop singer and former fashion model
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Haruhiko Okumura
from Toshiba, Tokyo, Japan was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2016 ''for contribution to image processing and display technologies''.
His public domain
The public domain (PD) consists of ...
, Japanese engineer
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Okumura Hatsune (born 1990), Japanese singer-songwriter
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Okumura Masanobu
Okumura Masanobu ( ja, 奥村 政信; 1686 – 13 March 1764) was a Japanese print designer, book publisher, and painter. He also illustrated novelettes and in his early years wrote some fiction. At first his work adhered to the Torii ...
(1686–1764), Japanese print designer, book publisher, and painter
*, Japanese graphic designer
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Shigeo Okumura
is a Japanese professional wrestler who works for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and is billed as Okumura. Okumura originally worked for Tokyo Pro Wrestling (TPW) and later on All Japan Pro Wre ...
(born 1972), Japanese professional wrestler currently working in Mexico
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Shohaku Okumura (born 1948), Japanese Soto Zen priest, founder of the Sanshin Zen Community in Bloomington, Indiana
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Takeshi Okumura
(born April 24, 1952 in Fukuoka, Japan) is a Japanese professional pool player.
Professional career
He started playing pool at 16 and turned professional ten years later.
Okumura won the WPA World Nine-ball Championship in 1994, defeating Ya ...
(born 1952), Japanese professional pool player
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Tenzo Okumura (born 1944), Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet
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Togyu Okumura (1889–1990), famous Japanese modern painter of the nihonga style of watercolour painting
*, Japanese ukiyo-e artist
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Tsunao Okumura
Tsunao Okumura (奥村 綱雄 ''Okumura Tsunao''; 5 March 1903 - 7 November 1972) was the president of Nomura Securities between 1948 - 1959. He was seen as the king of Japanese stockbroking in the 1950s.
As the son of a wealthy confectioner, ...
(1903–1972), the president of Nomura Securities between 1948 and 1959
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Yoshihiro Okumura
is a Japanese international swimmer, competing in the freestyle. At the 2003 Summer Universiade, he won the title in the Men's 200m Freestyle. He won the bronze medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( e ...
(born 1983), international swimmer, competing in the freestyle
Fictional characters
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Haru Okumura
''Persona 5'', a role-playing video game by Atlus, is centered on the Phantom Thieves of Hearts, a vigilante group of high-school students working to change the hearts of criminals by getting them to confess their crimes through defeating a p ...
, a character in ''
Persona 5
is a 2016 role-playing video game developed by Atlus. It takes place in modern-day Tokyo and follows a high school student known by the pseudonym Joker who transfers to a new school after being falsely accused of assault and put on probation. ...
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*Kunikazu Okumura, also a character in ''Persona 5''
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Rin Okumura
The fictional characters from the manga and anime series ''Blue Exorcist'' were created by Kazue Kato. The story revolves around Rin Okumura, a teenager who discovers he is the son of the god demon Satan, born from a human woman and the inheritor ...
, main character in ''
Blue Exorcist
is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Kazue Kato. The story revolves around Rin Okumura, a teenager who discovers he and his twin brother Yukio are the sons of Satan, born from a human woman, and he is the inhe ...
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*Yukio Okumura, also a character in ''Blue Exorcist''
*Eiji Okumura, a main character in ''
Banana Fish''
*Koushuu Okumura, a character in ''
Ace of the Diamond
is a Japanese baseball-themed manga series written and illustrated by Yuji Terajima. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine '' Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from May 2006 to January 2015. A sequel titled ''Ace of Diamo ...
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Yumiko Okumura
Yumiko is a feminine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Yumiko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*弓子, "bow, child".
*由美子, "reason/cause, beauty, child".
*結実子, "fruition, child".
*夕実子, "evenin ...
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Tomichi Okumura
Tomichi (russian: Томичи) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Tomichevsky Selsoviet of Belogorsky District, Amur Oblast
Amur Oblast ( rus, Аму́рская о́бласть, r=Amurskaya oblast, p=ɐˈmurskəj ...
, characters in ''
The Walking Dead''
See also
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Okumura Model The Okumura model is a radio propagation model that was built using the data collected in the city of Tokyo, Japan. The model is ideal for using in cities with many urban structures but not many tall blocking structures. The model served as a base f ...
, a Radio propagation model built using the data collected in the city of Tokyo, Japan
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Japanese-language surnames