Matsuura (written: 松浦) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Akiko Matsuura Akiko Matsuura (also known by the name Keex) is a Japanese drummer and vocalist residing in the United Kingdom. She has worked in numerous bands in the UK. Career Matsuura is the front woman of the British art rock band PRE. Matsuura has worked ...

, Japanese drummer * Atsushi Matsuura (footballer born 1982), former Japanese football player *

Atsushi Matsuura (musician) is a Japanese guitarist born in Shiojiri, Nagano, Japan. He currently resides in the Philippines. Early life Matsuura attended primary school at the Manila Japanese School, an exclusive school for children of Japanese expatriates in the Phili ...

(born 1968), Japanese guitarist *

Aya Matsuura is a former Japanese pop singer and actress, from Himeji, Hyogo, Japan. Career 2000–2009: Hello! Project Aya auditioned in 2000 for the fourth Morning Musume & Heike Michiyo Protegee Audition and was selected along with Sheki-Dol to become ...

(born 1986), Japanese singer and actress * Daigo Matsuura (born 1969), Japanese politician * David Matsuura (19632020), American politician *

Eleanor Matsuura Eleanor Matsuura is a British actress best known for her roles as Yumiko in '' The Walking Dead'', Hannah Santo in '' Spooks: The Greater Good'', Bev in ''Utopia'' and as PC Donna Prager in ''Cuffs''. Early life Matsuura was born in Tokyo and ...

, actress * Frank S. Matsura (1873-1913), early twentieth-century Japanese photographer (birth name Sakae Matsuura) * Hiroko Matsuura (born 1990), Japanese volleyball player *

Hiromi Matsuura is a Japanese singer-songwriter. Music career Matsuura made her musical debut in September 2005 under the stage name Hiromi Matsuura with the single "Cruel", produced by Joplin Tokuno of Kome Kome Club. Her first release charted at number 3 on ...

(born 1984), Japanese singer and AV idol *, Japanese ice hockey player *, Japanese ice hockey player *

Junrokurō Matsuura was lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War. Biography A native of Fukuoka Prefecture, Matsuura graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1903. After graduation, he attended the Toyama Army Infa ...

(1884-1944), lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War *

Kōichirō Matsuura is a Japanese diplomat. He is the former Director-General of UNESCO. He was first elected in 1999 to a six-year term and reelected on 12 October 2005 for four years, following a reform instituted by the 29th session of the General Conference. In ...

(born 1937), Japanese public servant and current Director-General of UNESCO *

Kosuke Matsuura is a Japanese race car driver currently competing in the Super GT series. He previously competed in the Formula Nippon and IRL IndyCar Series. Early career After winning the Japanese Formula Dream Championship in 2001, Kosuke attracted the at ...

(born 1979), Japanese race car driver *

Masaya Matsuura (born June 16, 1961) is a Japanese musician and video game designer based in Tokyo, Japan. He was born in Osaka on June 16, 1961, and majored in Industrial Society at Ritsumeikan University. He has worked extensively with music production, sound ...

(born 1961), Japanese video game designer and musician *

Max Matsuura , better known by his stage name , is a Japanese record producer and entrepreneur. He is the founder and chairman of Avex Group, one of the largest music labels. He is known mainly for discovering and developing new artists into stars (most notab ...

(born 1964), Japanese record producer and president of Avex Trax * Richard Matsuura (1933 1997), American politician * Shinji Matsuura, a Japanese badminton player *, Japanese musician and record producer better known as "Kisaki" *, Japanese explorer, cartographer, writer, painter, priest and antiquarian *

Takuya Matsuura is a Japanese football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally m ...

(born 1988), Japanese football player *

Tokihiko Matsuura is a Japanese manga artist from Mie prefecture. He has published his works in a number of Shogakukan manga magazines, including '' Shonen Sunday'', '' Young Sunday'', and ''Big Comic Superior''.Toshio Matsuura is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team. Club career Matsuura was born in Yokohama on November 20, 1955. After graduating from Waseda University, he joined Nippon Kokan (later ''NKK'') in 1978. The ...

(born 1955), former Japanese football player and manager

Fictional characters

* Yuu Matsuura, protagonist and title character of the ''Marmalade Boy'' manga and anime series *

Kanan Matsuura is a Japanese multimedia project co-developed by ASCII Media Works' ''Dengeki G's Magazine'', music label Lantis, and animation studio Sunrise. The project is the second series of the ''Love Live!'' franchise and is a spin-off sequel of '' ...

, a character from ''Love Live! Sunshine!!''

Fictional characters

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