What is "kitamura"

Kitamura (written: 北村) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Kitamura Tokoku (1868–1894), the pen name of a poet, essayist and one of the founders of the modern Japanese romantic literary movement in late Meiji period Japan
• Akiko Kitamura (born 1988), a Japanese figure skater
• Eiji Kitamura (born 1929), a Japanese jazz clarinetist
• Eiki Kitamura (born 1981), a Japanese actor
• Eri Kitamura (born 1987), a Japanese voice actress and singer
• Kazuki Kitamura (born 1969), a Japanese film and television actor
• Kōichi Kitamura (1931–2007), a Japanese voice actor
• Kusuo Kitamura (1917–1996), a Japanese swimmer who competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics
• Kyoko Kitamura, a musician residing in New York City
• Ryuhei Kitamura (born 1969), a Japanese filmmaker
• Ryuji Kitamura (born 1981), a Japanese football player
• Satoshi Kitamura, a renowned children's picture book author and illustrator
• Seigo Kitamura (born 1947), a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party
• Shigeo Kitamura (born 1945), a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party
• Akira Kitamura, game director
• Siro Kitamura (1906–2002), a Japanese botanist
• Tomotaka Kitamura (born 1982), a Japanese football player