Okamura

Okamura (written: 岡村 lit. "hill village") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Akemi Okamura (岡村 明美, born 1969), Japanese voice actor
• Akihiko Okamura (岡村 昭彦, 1929–1985), Japanese photographer
• Allison Okamura, American roboticist
• Arthur Okamura, American silk screen artist
• Chonosuke Okamura (岡村 長之助, born 1901), Japanese amateur paleontologist who won the Ig Nobel Prize
• Frank Okamura (1911–2006), Japanese-born American horticulturalist
• Gerald Okamura, Hawaiian martial artist
• Hayato Okamura (born 1966), Czech–Japanese translator and politician
• Hiroki Okamura (岡村 洋輝, born 1998), Japanese badminton player
• Hiroshi Okamura (岡村 博, 1905–1948), Japanese mathematician
• Hitoshi Okamura (岡村 均, born 1952), Japanese scientist who specializes in chronobiology
• Homare Okamura (岡村 ほまれ, born 2005), Japanese singer and model
• Ikuko Okamura (岡村 育子, born 1976), Japanese field hockey player
• Kazumi Okamura (岡村 和美, born 1957), Japanese jurist
• Kazuo Okamura (岡村 一夫, 1911–1973), Japanese-American professional wrestler
• Kintarô Okamura (岡村 金太郎, 1867–1935), Japanese botanist
• Michio Okamura, Japanese game developer and artist
• Miwako Okamura (岡村 美和子, born 1963), Japanese actress
• Motoharu Okamura (岡村 基春, 1901–1948), Japanese naval aviator
• Shûtai Okamura (1877–1947), Japanese bryologist
• Sota Okamura (岡村 創太, born 1977), Japanese ski jumper
• Takako Okamura (岡村 孝子, born 1962), Japanese singer-songwriter
• Takashi Okamura (disambiguation), multiple people
• Tensai Okamura (岡村 天斎, born 1961), Japanese anime director and animator
• Teruichi Okamura (岡村 輝一, born 1948), Japanese gymnast
• Tomio Okamura (岡村 富夫, born 1972), Czech-Japanese politician and entrepreneur
• Tomio Okamura (cross-country skier) (岡村 富雄, born 1948), Japanese cross-country skier
• Yasuji Okamura (岡村 寧次, 1884–1966), general of the Imperial Japanese Army
• Yasuyuki Okamura (岡村 靖幸, born 1965), Japanese singer-songwriter and music producer
• Yoshiyuki Okamura (岡村 善行, born 1947), Japanese manga artist

See also

• Okamura Island in the Inland Sea, part of the city of Imabari, Japan