What is "shimomura"

Shimomura (written: 下村) is a Japanese surname, it may refer to the following people:

• Eiji Shimomura (born 1959), Japanese former volleyball player
• Hakubun Shimomura (born 1954), Japanese politician
• Kanzan Shimomura (born 1873–1930), Japanese Nihonga painter
• Kotaro Shimomura (1861-1937), Japanese chemical engineer
• Osamu Shimomura (born 1928), Japanese chemist and marine biologist
• Roger Shimomura (born 1939), Japanese-American artist and a retired professor at the University of Kansas
• Sadamu Shimomura (1887–1968), general in the Imperial Japanese Army
• Tomi Shimomura (born 1980), retired Japanese football player
• Tsutomu Shimomura (born 1964), Japanese-American physicist and computer security expert
• Yoko Shimomura (born 1967), Japanese composer and pianist
• Yukio Shimomura (born 1932), Japanese former football player and manager