Murakami

Murakami
Family name
The kanji representation of 'Murakami'
Pronunciation	Murakami
Meaning	upper village
Region of origin	Japan
Language(s) of origin	Japanese
Footnotes: Frequency Comparisons

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

People

• Emperor Murakami, 10th century emperor of Japan
• Shingo Murakami (村上信五), member of the popular Japanese boyband Kanjani8.
• Daisuke Murakami (figure skater)
• Daisuke Murakami (snowboarder)
• Genzo Murakami (村上元三), late contemporary novelist
• Glen Murakami, animator
• Haruki Murakami (村上春樹), contemporary novelist
• Jimmy Murakami, also known as Teruaki Murakami (村上輝明), animator and director whose work includes adaptations of Raymond Briggs' The Snowman and When the Wind Blows
• Masanori Murakami, The first Japanese player to play in MLB, a pitcher for the San Francisco Giants
• Ryu Murakami (村上龍), contemporary writer and filmmaker
• Takashi Murakami (村上隆), contemporary artist and founder of the Superflat movement
• 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 Yagami, from the manga/anime series Blue Seed
• Murakami Natsumi, from the manga/anime series Negima! Magister Negi Magi
• Murakami Yuu from the manga/anime series Shin_Megami_Tensei:_Persona_4#Anime

Places

• Murakami, Niigata, a city in Niigata prefecture.
• Murakami clan, a clan within Feudal Japan.

Music

Murakami, a song by Russian rock singer Svetlana Surganova, widely perceived as a lesbian anthem

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