kimura
Kimura (written: {{Nihongo2|木村}} or {{Nihongo2|木邑}} lit. "tree village") is the 17th most common Japanese surname.{{cite press release|title=明治安田生命 全国同姓調査 [Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company - National same family name investigation]|publisher=Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company|date=2008-09-24|url=http://www.meijiyasuda.co.jp/profile/news/release/2008/pdf/20080924.pdf|access-date=2019-09-27}}
Notable people with the surname
- {{Nihongo|Kimura Akebono|木村 曙|4=1872{{en dash}}1890}}, Japanese novelist
- {{Nihongo|Arawa Kimura|木村 現||1931–2007}}, Japanese footballer
- {{Nihongo|Arika Kimura|木村 有香||1900–1996}}, Japanese botanist
- {{Nihongo|Asami Kimura|木村 麻美}}, Japanese idol and singer
- {{Nihongo|Atsushi Kimura|木村 敦志||born 1984}}, Japanese footballer
- {{Nihongo|Ayaka Kimura|木村 絢香||born 1981}}, Japanese singer
- {{Nihongo|Ayaka Kimura (voice actress)|木村 あやか||born 1978}}, also known as Yuka Inokuchi, Japanese voice actress
- {{Nihongo|Ayako Kimura|木村 文子||born 1988}}, Japanese hurdler
- {{Nihongo|Ben Kimura (artist)|木村 べん||1947–2003}}, Japanese erotic artist
- {{Nihongo|Ben Kimura (politician)|木村 勉||born 1939}}, Japanese politician
- {{Nihongo|Bunji Kimura|木村 文治||born 1944}}, Japanese footballer and manager
- {{Nihongo|Bunzo Kimura|木村 文三||born 1942}}, Japanese rower
- {{Nihongo|Kimura Buzan|木村 武山||1876–1942}}, Japanese painter
- {{Nihongo|Chie Kimura|木村 千恵||born 1980}}, Japanese field hockey player
- {{Nihongo|Daisaku Kimura|木村 大作||born 1939}}, Japanese film director and cinematographer
- Darren Kimura (born 1974), American businessman
- Doreen Kimura (1933–2013), Canadian psychologist
- Dustin Kimura (born 1989), American mixed martial artist
- {{Nihongo|Eri Kimura|木村 衣里||born 1973}}, Japanese swimmer
- {{Nihongo|Eriko Kimura|木村 絵理子||born 1961}}, Japanese audio director
- {{Nihongo|Fumikazu Kimura|木村 文紀||born 1988}}, Japanese baseball player
- {{Nihongo|Fumino Kimura|木村 文乃||born 1987}}, Japanese actress
- {{Nihongo|Hana Kimura|木村 花||1997–2020}}, Japanese professional wrestler
- {{Nihongo|Heitarō Kimura|木村 兵太郎||1888–1948}}, Japanese general
- {{Nihongo|Hidefumi Kimura|きむら ひでふみ||born 1965}}, Japanese writer, artist and animator
- {{Nihongo|Hiroshi Kimura|木村 宏||born 1954}}, Japanese businessman
- {{Nihongo|Hiroyuki Kimura|木村 浩之||born 1965}}, Japanese video game designer
- {{Nihongo|Hisashi Kimura|木村 栄||1870–1943}}, Japanese astronomer
- {{Nihongo|Hitoshi Kimura|木村 仁||born 1934}}, Japanese politician
- {{Nihongo|Ihei Kimura|木村 伊兵衛||1901–1974}}, Japanese photographer
- {{Nihongo|Isao Kimura|木村 功||1923–1981}}, Japanese actor
- Izumi Kimura (born 1973), Japanese classical pianist
- {{Nihongo|Jiroemon Kimura|木村 次郎右衛門||1897–2013}}, Japanese supercentenarian
- Jon Kimura Parker (born 1959), Canadian pianist
- {{Nihongo|Juri Kimura|木村 珠莉}}, Japanese voice actress
- {{Nihongo|Jutaro Kimura|木村 重太郎||born 1968}}, Japanese baseball player
- {{Nihongo|Kaela Kimura|木村 カエラ||born 1984}}, Japanese singer
- {{Nihongo|Kan Kimura|木村 幹||born 1966}}, Japanese political scientist
- {{Nihongo|Kazuaki Kimura|木村 一信||1946–2015}}, Japanese scientist
- {{Nihongo|Kazuki Kimura|木村 一基||born 1973}}, Japanese shogi player
- {{Nihongo|Kazuo Kimura|木村 一夫||1909–?}}, Japanese high jumper
- {{Nihongo|Kazushi Kimura|木村 和司||born 1958}}, Japanese footballer and manager
- Keichi Kimura (1914–1988), American painter and illustrator
- {{Nihongo|Keiichi Kimura (photographer)|木村 恵一||born 1935}}, Japanese photographer
- {{Nihongo|Keiichi Kimura (swimmer)|木村 敬一||born 1990}}, Japanese Paralympic swimmer
- {{Nihongo|Kengo Kimura|木村 健悟||born 1953}}, Japanese professional wrestler
- {{Nihongo|Ken-ichi Kimura (architect)|木村 建一||born 1933}}, Japanese architect
- {{Nihongo|Kenichi Kimura (rugby union)|木村 賢一||born 1968}}, Japanese rugby union player
- {{Nihongo|Kenji Kimura|木村 憲治||born 1945}}, Japanese volleyball player
- {{Nihongo|Kimura Kenkadō|木村 蒹葭堂||1736–1802}}, Japanese scholar, artist and art connoisseur
- {{Nihongo|Kiminobu Kimura|木村 公宣||born 1970}}, Japanese alpine skier
- {{Nihongo|Kiyoshi Kimura|木村 清}}, Japanese businessman
- {{Nihongo|Koichiro Kimura|木村 浩一郎||1969–2014}}, Japanese mixed martial artist
- {{Nihongo|Koji Kimura|木村 興治||born 1940}}, Japanese table tennis player
- {{Nihongo|Kokichi Kimura|木村 浩吉||born 1961}}, Japanese footballer and manager
- {{Nihongo|Komako Kimura|木村 駒子||1887–1980}}, Japanese suffragist, actress, dancer, theatre manager and magazine editor
- {{Nihongo|Kosuke Kimura|木村 光佑||born 1984}}, Japanese footballer
- Kozaemon Kimura (木村小左衛門; 1888–1952), Japanese businessman and politician
- {{Nihongo|Kyoko Kimura|木村 響子||born 1977}}, Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
- Larry Kimura, American linguist
- {{Nihongo|Madoka Kimura|木村 まどか||born 1980}}, Japanese voice actress and singer
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Kimura|木村 誠||born 1979}}, Japanese footballer
- {{Nihongo|Mamoru Kimura|木村 守||born 1981}}, better known as Kimurayama Mamoru, Japanese sumo wrestler
- {{Nihongo|Mari Kimura|木村 まり||born 1962}}, Japanese classical violinist and composer
- {{Nihongo|Masaaki Kimura|木村 政昭||born 1940}}, Japanese academic
- {{Nihongo|Masafumi Kimura|木村 雅史||born 1976}}, Japanese voice actor
- {{Nihongo|Masahiko Kimura|木村 政彦||1917–1993}}, Japanese judoka and professional wrestler
- {{Nihongo|Masahiko Kimura (bonsai artist)|木村 正彦||born 1940}}, Japanese bonsai artist
- {{Nihongo|Masahiko Kimura (footballer)|木村 允彦||born 1984}}, Japanese footballer
- {{Nihongo|Masanobu Kimura|木村 政信||born 1960}}, Japanese golfer
- {{Nihongo|Masatake Kimura|木村 昌丈||born 1990}}, Japanese handball player
- {{Nihongo|Masatomi Kimura|木村 昌福||1891–1960}}, Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
- {{Nihongo|Masaya Kimura|木村 正哉||born 1986}}, Japanese cross-country skier
- {{Nihongo|Masaya Kimura|木村 柾哉||born 1997}}, Japanese singer, dancer and actor. Member of the Japanese boy group INI.
- {{Nihongo|Meru Kimura|木村 メル||born 2001}}, Indonesian footballer
- {{Nihongo|Mineshi Kimura|木村 峰士}}, Japanese video game designer
- {{Nihongo|Minori Kimura|樹村 みのり||born 1949}}, Japanese manga artist
- Minoru Kimura (born 1993), Brazilian kickboxer
- {{Nihongo|Mitsunori Kimura|木村 充伯||born 1983}}, Japanese artist
- {{Nihongo|Mitsuru Kimura|木村 満||born 1970}}, Japanese rower
- {{Nihongo|Motoo Kimura|木村 資生||1924–1994}}, Japanese biologist and theoretical population geneticist
- {{Nihongo|Nozomi Kimura|木村 のぞみ||born 1997}}, Japanese footballer
- {{Nihongo|Rie Kimura|木村 理恵||born 1971}}, Japanese women's footballer
- {{Nihongo|Rusher Kimura|ラッシャー木村||1941–2010}}, Japanese professional wrestler
- {{Nihongo|Ryo Kimura|木村 了||born 1988}}, Japanese actor
- {{Nihongo|Ryōhei Kimura|木村 良平||born 1984}}, Japanese voice actor
- {{Nihongo|Ryuji Kimura|木村 龍治||born 1970}}, Japanese baseball player
- {{Nihongo|Saeko Kimura|木村 さえこ||born 1963}}, Japanese synchronized swimmer
- {{Nihongo|Saori Kimura|木村 沙織||born 1986}}, Japanese volleyball player
- {{Nihongo|Seibei Kimura|木村 清兵衛||1911–?}}, Japanese water polo player
- {{Nihongo|Seiji Kimura|木村 誠二||born 2001}}, Japanese footballer
- {{Nihongo|Kimura Shigekore|木村 重茲||died 1595}}, Japanese samurai
- {{Nihongo|Kimura Shigenari|木村 重成||1593–1615}}, Japanese samurai
- {{Nihongo|Shinichiro Kimura|木村 真一郎}}, Japanese anime director
- {{Nihongo|Shintaro Kimura|木村 慎太郎||born 1987}}, Japanese sprinter
- Shinya Kimura, motorcycle builder
- Shioko Kimura, biochemist
- {{Nihongo|Shiroshichi Kimura|木村 四郎七||1902–1996}}, Japanese diplomat
- {{Nihongo|Sho Kimura|木村 翔||born 1988}}, Japanese boxer
- {{Nihongo|Shogo Kimura|木村 昇吾||born 1980}}, Japanese baseball player and cricketer
- {{Nihongo|Shota Kimura (baseball)|木村 正太||born 1986}}, Japanese baseball player
- {{Nihongo|Shota Kimura (footballer)|木村 勝太||born 1988}}, Japanese footballer
- {{Nihongo|Shourai Kimura|木村 象雷||1908–1986}}, Japanese swimmer and journalist
- {{Nihongo|Subaru Kimura|木村 昴||born 1990}}, Japanese actor, voice actor and singer
- Sueko Matsueda Kimura (1912–2001), American artist
- {{Nihongo|Susumu Kimura|木村 進||1891–1980}}, Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
- {{Nihongo|Tae Kimura|木村 多江||born 1971}}, Japanese actress
- {{Nihongo|Takahide Kimura|木村 隆秀||born 1955}}, Japanese politician
- {{Nihongo|Takahiro Kimura|木村 貴宏||1964–2023}}, Japanese animator, illustrator and character designer
- {{Nihongo|Takahiro Kimura (footballer)|木村 孝洋||born 1957}}, Japanese footballer and manager
- {{Nihongo|Takashi Kimura (water polo)|木村 隆||born 1950}}, Japanese water polo player
- {{Nihongo|Takehiro Kimura|木村 勇大||born 1992}}, Japanese Hino Red Dolphins rugby union player
- {{Nihongo|Takemune Kimura|木村 雄宗||1931–2006}}, Japanese businessman
- {{Nihongo|Takeo Kimura|木村 威夫||1918–2010}}, Japanese art director, writer and film director
- {{Nihongo|Takeshi Kimura|木村 武||1912–1988}}, Japanese screenwriter
- {{Nihongo|Takuya Kimura|木村 拓哉||born 1972}}, Japanese actor and singer
- {{Nihongo|Takuya Kimura (baseball)|木村 拓也||1972–2010}}, Japanese baseball player
- Taky Kimura (1924–2021), American martial arts practitioner and instructor
- {{Nihongo|Tarō Kimura (journalist)|木村 太郎||born 1938}}, Japanese journalist
- {{Nihongo|Tarō Kimura (politician)|木村 太郎||1965–2017}}, Japanese politician
- {{Nihongo|Tatsuro Kimura|木村 龍朗||born 1984}}, Japanese footballer
- {{Nihongo|Tatsuya Kimura|木村 立哉||born 1964}}, Japanese film producer, critic and music producer
- {{Nihongo|Tetsumasa Kimura|木村 哲昌||born 1972}}, Japanese footballer
- {{Nihongo|Tomoka Kimura|木村 友香||born 1994}}, Japanese long-distance runner
- {{Nihongo|Toshio Kimura|木村 俊夫||1909–1983}}, Japanese politician
- {{Nihongo|Toshitaka Kimura|木村 敏隆||born 1963}}, Japanese rugby union player
- {{Nihongo|Toyoko Kimura|木村 トヨ子||born 1946}}, Japanese swimmer
- {{Nihongo|Tsunehisa Kimura|木村 恒久||1928–2008}}, Japanese artist
- {{Nihongo|Tsutomu Kimura|木村 勉||born 1935}}, Japanese owner of the restaurant Tenkaippin
- Umejiro Kimura (1869–1927), Japanese philatelist
- {{Nihongo|Yasuko Kimura|木村 安子||born 1937}}, Japanese long jumper
- {{Nihongo|Yojiro Kimura|木村 陽二郎||1912–2006}}, Japanese botanist
- {{Nihongo|Yoshino Kimura|木村 佳乃||born 1976}}, Japanese actress, voice actress and singer
- {{Nihongo|Yoshio Kimura (politician)|木村 義雄||born 1948}}, Japanese politician
- {{Nihongo|Yoshio Kimura (shogi)|木村 義雄||1905–1986}}, Japanese shogi player
- {{Nihongo|Youmi Kimura|木村 弓}}, Japanese singer and musician
- {{Nihongo|Yu Kimura (boxer)|木村 悠||born 1983}}, Japanese boxer
- {{Nihongo|Yu Kimura (footballer)|木村 裕||born 1994}}, Japanese footballer
- {{Nihongo|Yudai Kimura|木村 勇大||born 2001}}, Japanese footballer
- {{Nihongo|Yuji Kimura|木村 祐志||born 1987}}, Japanese footballer
- {{Nihongo|Yuki Kimura|木村 有希||born 1996}}, better known as Yukipoyo, Japanese model and television personality
- {{Nihongo|Yuta Kimura|木村 優太||born 1985}}, Japanese baseball player
Fictional characters
- Kimura (character), a character in Marvel Comics
- {{Nihongo|Kimura|木村}}, a character in the manga series Azumanga Daioh
- Kimura, a character in the manga series Shōnen to Inu
- {{Nihongo|Kaere Kimura|木村 カエレ}}, a character in the manga series Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei
- Katsu Kimura, an arms dealer in the animated film Spies in Disguise
- {{Nihongo|Koichi Kimura|木村 輝一}}, a character in the anime Digimon Frontier
- {{Nihongo|Masayoshi (Justice) Kimura|木村 正義 (ジャスティス)}}, a character in the manga series Assassination Classroom
- {{Nihongo|Seiko Kimura|忌村 静子}}, a character in the anime series Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School
- Shunji Kimura, a character in the television series Bridal Mask
- {{Nihongo|Tatsuya Kimura|木村 達也}}, a character in the manga series Hajime no Ippo
- Yui Kimura, a character in the 2016 online multiplayer horror game Dead by Daylight
See also
- Kimura spider, a spider named after its discoverer, Arika Kimura
- Kimura lock, a type of armlock named after Masahiko Kimura