Takamura

Takamura (written: 高村 lit. "high village" or 鷹村 lit. "hawk village") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Overview

• Carl T. Takamura (born 1944), American politician
• Chieko Takamura (1886–1938), Japanese poet, wife of Kotaro Takamura
• Kaoru Takamura (born 1953), Japanese novelist and essayist
• Kōtarō Takamura (1883–1956), Japanese poet and sculptor, son of Koun Takamura
• Tadashi Takamura (born 1933), Japanese photographer
• Takamura Kōun (1851–1934), Japanese sculptor
• Luke Takamura (born 1964), Japanese guitarist
• Mariko Takamura, cultural icon for the deaf in Japan
• Seiichi Takamura (高村 誠一, born 1960), Japanese handball player

Fictional characters

• Corinne (Corey) Takamura, character from the children's book series The Saddle Club
• Eiko Takamura, character from the Japanese drama Haruka 17
• Dr. Fuji Takamura, character in the film Highlander III: The Sorcerer
• Keiko Takamura, character from the anime series Uta Kata
• Koji Takamura, character from the manga series Clamp School Paranormal Investigators
• Mamoru Takamura, character from the manga/anime series Fighting Spirit (はじめの一歩, Hajime no Ippo)
• Masaki Takamura (Mason Templar), from the manga/anime series Miracle Girls
• Shouichirou Takamura, human guise of the monster of the week in the Tokusatsu TV series, Gosei Sentai Dairanger
• Suou Takamura, character from manga/anime series Clamp School Detectives
• Tsubaki Takamura, character in the anime series Sakura Wars
• Yukari Takamura, character from the anime OVA Blazing Transfer Student
• Hiroka Takamura, minor character from the manga/anime series Shadow Star

See also

• Ono no Takamura (also known as Sangi no Takamura) (802–853), an early Heian period scholar and poet