Omura (小村) or Ōmura (大村) are Japanese surnames, but may also refer to:
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Ōmura, Nagasaki
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is a city located in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. As of June 1, 2024, the city had an estimated population of 99,337, and a population density of 780 people per km2. The total area of the city is
History
Ōmura is located i ...
, a city located in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
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Ōmura clan
The was a clan of samurai of Medieval Japan of the province of Hizen descended from Fujiwara no Sumitomo (died 941). The clan is notable for being the first ''daimyo'' family in Japan to convert to Christianity in 1562.
Notable clan members
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, a clan of samurai of Medieval Japan of the province of Hizen
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Omura's whale
Omura's whale or the dwarf fin whale (''Balaenoptera omurai'') is a species of rorqual about which very little is known. Before its formal description, it was referred to as a small, dwarf or pygmy form of Bryde's whale by various sources. The c ...
(''Balaenoptera omurai''), a species of rorqual about which very little is known
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Dacun
Dacun Township () is a rural township in Changhua County, Taiwan.
Geography
Dacun encompasses and a population of 40,459, including 19,044 males and 17,732 females as of January 2023.
Administrative divisions
The township comprises 16 villages ...
, renamed Ōmura during Japanese rule, a rural township in Changhua County, Taiwan
People
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Ōmura Masujirō
(May 30, 1824 – December 7, 1869) was a Japanese military leader and theorist in Bakumatsu period Japan. He was the "Father" of the Imperial Japanese Army, launching a modern military force closely patterned after the French system of the da ...
(大村 益次郎, 1824-1869), a Japanese military leader and theorist in Bakumatsu period Japan
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Ōmura Sumihiro
was the 12th and final ''daimyō'' of Ōmura Domain in Hizen Province, Kyūshū, Japan. His courtesy title was ''Tango-no-kami''.
Biography
Sumihiro was born at Kushima Castle, the ancestral Ōmura residence in Hizen, as the 10th son of Ōmur ...
(大村 純熈, 1830-1882), the 13th and final daimyō of Ōmura Domain in Hizen Province, Kyūshū, Japan
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Ōmura Sumitada
Ōmura Sumitada (大村 純忠, 1533 – June 23, 1587) was a Japanese ''daimyō'' lord of the Sengoku period. He became famous throughout the country for being the first of the daimyo to convert to Christianity following the arrival of th ...
(大村 純忠, 1533-1587), a Japanese daimyō lord of the Sengoku period
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Ōmura Yoshiaki
was a ruling head of the clan of Ōmura clan, Ōmura throughout the latter Sengoku period of Feudal Japan. As Yoshiaki was the respective son of Ōmura Sumitada, he followed his father in succession at some variable time, at which relations wit ...
, a ruling head of the clan of Omura throughout the latter Sengoku Period of Feudal Japan
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Hideaki Ōmura
is a Japanese politician and the current governor of Aichi Prefecture and a former member of the House of Representatives.
Early life and education
He was born on 9 March 1960 in Hekinan, Aichi Prefecture to a father who works as a carpenter a ...
(大村 秀章, born 1960), a Japanese politician and the governor of Aichi Prefecture
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Jim K. Omura (born 1940), an electrical engineer and information theorist
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Norio Omura
is a Japanese former football player and manager. He played for the Japan national team from 1995 to 1998.
Club career
Omura was born in Matsue, Japan on September 6, 1969. After graduating from Juntendo University, he joined Yokohama Marino ...
(小村 徳男, born 1969), a former Japanese football defender
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Satoshi Omura (大村 智, born 1935), a Japanese microbiologist
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Seiichi Ōmura
was a politician and bureaucrat in the early Shōwa period Japan, who subsequently was a politician and cabinet minister in the immediate post-war era.
Biography
Ōmura was born in Tsuyama, Okayama. After his graduation from the Law School of ...
(大村 清一, 1892-1968), politician and cabinet minister
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Japanese-language surnames