Murakami (surname)

Murakami (村上; "village superior") is a Japanese surname, 35th by frequency in Japan. It can refer to:

People

• Emperor Murakami, ancient Japanese emperor
• Daisuke Murakami (figure skater)
• Daisuke Murakami (snowboarder)
• Genzo Murakami (村上元三) (1910–2006), novelist
• Glen Murakami, animator
• Hiroaki Murakami, actor
• Haruki Murakami (村上春樹), (born 1949), novelist
• Hiroshi Murakami (村上 寛, born 1948), Japanese jazz drummer
• James J. Murakami, production designer & film Academy nominee
• Jimmy Murakami (1933–2014) also known as Teruaki Murakami (村上輝明), animator and director
• Kanako Murakami (村上 佳菜子), figure skater
• Murakami Kijo (村上 鬼城, 1865–1938), Japanese poet
• Les Murakami (born 1936), American college baseball coach
• Maki Murakami, manga artist
• Masaaki Murakami (村上 昌謙, born 1992), Japanese footballer
• Masanori Murakami, San Francisco Giants pitcher
• Megumi Murakami, Japanese pop singer in Cute
• Natsumi Murakami (村上 奈津実, born 1995), Japanese voice actress
• Munetaka Murakami (村上 宗隆), Japanese baseball player
• Nijiro Murakami, Japanese actor and voice actor
• Ryu Murakami (村上龍), (fl. 21st cen.) writer and filmmaker
• Shingo Murakami (村上信五), Japanese pop singer in Kanjani Eight
• Takeyoshi Murakami (村上武吉), Samurai
• Takashi Murakami (村上隆), artist and founder of Superflat movement
• Takeshi Murakami (村上隆), English teacher & champion in game of Othello (fl. 21st cen)
• Takumi Murakami (村上 巧, born 1989), Japanese footballer
• Tetsuji Murakami, Karate pioneer in Europe
• Yoshiaki Murakami (村上世彰), corporate raider and president of M&A Consulting
• Mai Murakami, Japanese Artistic Gymnast

Fictional characters

• Gennosuke Murakami, from the Usagi Yojimbo comic book series
• Kyouji Murakami, from the Tokusatsu TV series, Kamen Rider 555
• Masaki Murakami, from the manga/anime series Guyver
• Murakami Harutomo, from the novel The Samurai's Tale by Erik Christian Haugaard
• Murakami Yagami, from the manga/anime series Blue Seed
• Murakami Natsumi, from the manga/anime series Negima! Magister Negi Magi
• Manzanar Murakami from Karen Tei Yamashita's novel "Tropic of Orange"
• Sho Murakami, from 2017 film Life

See also

• Murakami (disambiguation)

References

1. Murakami
2. Minamoto clan
3. List of common Japanese surnames
4. Aya Murakami
5. Murakami Domain
6. Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
7. Maki (name)
8. Arima (surname)
9. Natsumi
10. Kafka (disambiguation)
11. Peter Stormare
12. Mai (name)
13. Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
14. Jin
15. Niigata Prefecture
16. Masakatsu Nishikawa (serial killer)
17. Hiroshi
18. Haruki
19. Takeda Shingen
20. Takumi