Murakami (surname)

Murakami

The kanji representation of 'Murakami'
Pronunciation	Murakami
Origin
Language	Japanese
Meaning	village superior
Region of origin	Japan
Frequency comparisons

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

People

• Chikako Murakami (basketball) (born 1970), Japanese basketball player
• Chikako Murakami (tennis), Japanese tennis player
• Emperor Murakami, Heian period Japanese emperor
• Daisuke Murakami (figure skater)
• Daisuke Murakami (snowboarder)
• Genzo Murakami (村上元三) (1910–2006), novelist
• Glen Murakami, animator
• Hiroaki Murakami (村上 弘明; born 1956), 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; born 1994), figure skater
• Murakami Kijo (村上 鬼城; 1865–1938), Japanese poet
• Les Murakami (born 1936), American college baseball coach
• Mai Murakami, Japanese artistic gymnast
• 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 cent.); 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; fl. 21st cent.), English teacher & champion in game of Othello
• 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

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)