Omura (小村) or Ōmura (大村) are Japanese surnames, but may also refer to:
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Ōmura, Nagasaki
is a city located in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. As of March 31, 2017, the city has an estimated population of 95,146 and a population density of 750 persons per km2. Its total area is 126.33 km2, and it includes Nagasaki Airport.
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, a city located in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
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Omura's whale
Omura's whale or the dwarf fin whale (''Balaenoptera omurai'') is a species of rorqual about which very little is known. Before its formal description, it was referred to as a small, dwarf or pygmy form of Bryde's whale by various sources. The c ...
(''Balaenoptera omurai''), a species of rorqual about which very little is known
People
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Ōmura Masujirō
was a Japanese military leader and theorist in Bakumatsu period Japan. He was the "Father" of the Imperial Japanese Army, launching a modern military force closely patterned after the French system of the day.
Early life and education
Ōmura ...
(大村 益次郎, 1824-1869), a Japanese military leader and theorist in Bakumatsu period Japan
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Ōmura Sumihiro
was the 12th and final ''daimyō'' of Ōmura Domain in Hizen Province, Kyūshū, Japan. His courtesy title was ''Tango-no-kami''.
Biography
Sumihiro was born at Kushima Castle, the ancestral Ōmura residence in Hizen, as the 10th son of Ōmu ...
(大村 純熈, 1830-1882), the 13th and final daimyō of Ōmura Domain in Hizen Province, Kyūshū, Japan
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Ōmura Sumitada
Ōmura Sumitada (大村 純忠, 1533 – June 23, 1587) was a Japanese ''daimyō'' lord of the Sengoku period. He achieved fame throughout the country for being the first of the daimyo to convert to Christianity following the arrival of the ...
(大村 純忠, 1533-1587), a Japanese daimyō lord of the Sengoku period
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Ōmura Yoshiaki
was a ruling head of the clan of Ōmura throughout the latter Sengoku period of Feudal Japan. As Yoshiaki was the respective son of Ōmura Sumitada, he followed his father in succession at some variable time, at which relations with the Jesuits ...
, a ruling head of the clan of Omura throughout the latter Sengoku Period of Feudal Japan
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Hideaki Ōmura
is a Japanese politician and the current governor of Aichi Prefecture.
Overviews
He was a former member of the Liberal Democratic Party, also a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Hekinan a ...
(大村 秀章, born 1960), a Japanese politician and the governor of Aichi Prefecture
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Jim K. Omura (born 1940), an electrical engineer and information theorist
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Norio Omura
is a Japanese former football player and manager. He played for the Japan national team from 1995 to 1998.
Club career
Omura was born in Matsue, Japan on September 6, 1969. After graduating from Juntendo University, he joined Yokohama Marinos ...
(小村 徳男, born 1969), a former Japanese football defender
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Satoshi Omura
is a generally masculine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
*哲, "intelligent, philosophy, clear"
*悟, "bodhi, enlightenment, apprehension"
*敏, "quick, sharp"
*智, "knowledge, wisdom"
*聡, "intelligent, clever, bright"
*慧, "bright, ...
(大村 智, born 1935), a Japanese microbiologist
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Seiichi Ōmura
was a politician and bureaucrat in the early Shōwa period Japan, who subsequently was a politician and cabinet minister in the immediate post-war era.
Biography
Ōmura was born in Tsuyama, Okayama. After his graduation from the Law School of ...
(大村 清一, 1892-1968), politician and cabinet minister
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Japanese-language surnames