Imamura (, ''
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are logographic Chinese characters, adapted from Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script, used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are ...
'' characters for "now" and "village") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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seismologist
Seismology (; from Ancient Greek σεισμός (''seismós'') meaning "earthquake" and -λογία (''-logía'') meaning "study of") is the scientific study of earthquakes (or generally, quakes) and the generation and propagation of elastic ...
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Ayaka Imamura
is a retired Japanese voice actress from Osaka Prefecture. She was previously affiliated with ''With Line''. On June 29, 2018, her management announced that she would retire from voice acting due to poor health.
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(born 1993), Japanese voice actress
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Fumihiko Imamura
is a Japanese people, Japanese academic, civil engineer, and Director of the International Research Institute of Disaster Science at Tohoku University in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture.Library of Congress Authority File Fumihiko Imamura, n95-80017/ref> ...
(born 1961), Japanese academic, civil engineer
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Fumio Imamura (born 1966), Japanese race walker
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Genki Imamura
is a Japanese swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships. He finished 11th in the same event at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Biography
Imamura was named after the main character of the sports m ...
(born 1982), Japanese athlete in swimming
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Hiroji Imamura
is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.
Club career
Imamura was born in Koka on April 27, 1949. After graduating from high school, he joined Yanmar Diesel in 1968. He played as winger with Kunishige Kamamoto and ...
(born 1949), Japanese athlete in football
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Hitoshi Imamura
was a Japanese general who served in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, and was subsequently convicted of war crimes. Finding his punishment to be too light, Imamura built a replica of his prison in his garden and confined himself ...
(1886–1968), Japanese Army general during World War II
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Masahiro Imamura
is a former Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).
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A native of Kashima, Saga and a graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was ...
(born 1947), Japanese political figure
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Naoki Imamura
is a Japanese voice actor from Saitama Prefecture attached to Aoni Production. He has played a large number of supporting and minor roles, including heroes, villains, serious and joke characters. He performed alongside Kōji Totani numerous time ...
(born 1973), Japanese voice actor
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Norio Imamura (born 1954), Japanese actor
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Shikō Imamura (1880-1916), Japanese artist
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Shohei Imamura (1926-2006), Japanese film director
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Taihei Imamura (1911-1986), Japanese film theorist, critic
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Takaya Imamura
is a Japanese video game designer, manga artist and educator. From 1989 to 2021, Imamura worked at Nintendo, where he designed the characters and story of ''F-Zero'', including Captain Falcon, and most of the supporting characters from the ''Sta ...
, Japanese artwork designer for Nintendo
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Takeru Imamura (born 1991), Japanese athlete in baseball
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Takeshi Imamura (1880-1960), Japanese political figure
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Tomio Imamura (born 1958), Japanese athlete in karate
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Yasunori Imamura (born 1953), Japanese musician
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Yemyo Imamura
Yemyo Imamura (May 27, 1867 December 22, 1932) was a Japanese Buddhist priest who was active in Honolulu, Hawaii, and was a leader in the Japanese American community. He was a priest at the Honpa Hongwanji, and started their Young Men's Buddh ...
(1867-1932), Japanese Buddhist priest
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Youichi Imamura (born 1976), Japanese professional driver
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Yūka Imamura
was a Japanese volleyball player who played for Hisamitsu Springs. She also played for the All-Japan women's volleyball team.
Imamura played for the All-Japan team for the first time at the Montreux Volley Masters in June 2013.
Imamura retired ...
(born 1993), Japanese athlete in volleyball
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Yuta Imamura
(born 31 October 1984 in Mie, Japan) is a Japanese rugby union player. Imamura has played 38 international matches for the Japan national rugby union team.
Imamura was a member of the Japan team at the 2007 Rugby World Cup and the 2011 Rugby ...
(born 1984), Japanese athlete in rugby
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Japanese-language surnames