Nishimura
Nishimura (written: 西村) is the 46th most common Japanese surname.[1] Notable people with the surname include:
- Akihiro Nishimura (politician) (born 1960), Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party
- Riki Nishimura (singer) (born 2005), A former contestant on I-LAND and a member of the K-pop group Enhypen
- Akihiro Nishimura (footballer) (born 1958), former Japanese football player
- Akira Nishimura (born 1953), Japanese composer
- Aori Nishimura (西村 碧莉, born 2001), Japanese skateboarder
- Ayaka Nishimura (born 1989), Japanese field hockey player
- Chinami Nishimura (born 1970), Japanese voice actress who voiced characters in bothj the Japanese and English-dubbed versions of Pokémon
- Chinami Nishimura (politician) (born 1967), Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan
- Eshin Nishimura (born 1933), Rinzai Zen Buddhist priest and former president of Hanazono University in Kyoto, Japan
- Hiroki Nishimura (西村 大輝, born 1994), Japanese cyclist
- Hiroyuki Nishimura (born 1976), founder of the Japanese textboard 2channel and current administrator of 4chan
- Junji Nishimura (born 1955), male Japanese animation director and producer from Yobuko, Saga, Japan
- Kō Nishimura (1923–1997), Japanese actor
- Ken Nishimura
- Kentaro Nishimura (born 1985), Nippon Professional Baseball player
- Kodo Nishimura (born 1989), Japanese makeup artist and Buddhist monk
- Koichi Nishimura (born 1973), former volleyball player from Japan
- Koji Nishimura (born 1984), Japanese football player
- Kokichi Nishimura (born 1919) Japanese soldier and businessman
- Kyotaro Nishimura (born 1930), Japanese writer of mystery stories
- Masahiko Nishimura (born 1960), Japanese theatre and film actor
- Motoki Nishimura (西村 昌樹, born 1947), Japanese judoka
- Nishimura Koku (1915–2002), master Japanese bamboo flute player, teacher, and craftsman
- Nishimura Shigeki (1828–1902), educator and leader of the Meiji Enlightenment
- Osamu Nishimura, Japanese professional wrestler
- Seiji Nishimura
- Sō Nishimura (born 1936), Japanese manga artist from Izumiōtsu, Osaka
- Shingo Nishimura (born 1948), Japanese politician
- Shōgorō Nishimura (born 1930), Japanese film director
- Shoichi Nishimura, Japanese football player and manager
- Shoji Nishimura (1889–1944), admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II
- Subaru Nishimura (西村 昴, born 2003), Japanese footballer
- Takuma Nishimura (1899–1951), general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II
- Takuro Nishimura (born 1977), Japanese football player
- Tomohiro Nishimura (born 1961), Japanese voice actor, actor, and singer-songwriter
- Tomoka Nishimura (born 1986), Japanese guitarist, vocalist and pianist and former member of all-girl J-pop band ZONE
- Tomomichi Nishimura (born 1946), Japanese voice actor who was born in Chiba and works for Arts Vision
- Trina Nishimura, American voice actress who works on anime dub titles for FUNimation Entertainment
- Yasufumi Nishimura (西村 恭史, born 1999), Japanese footballer
- Yasutoshi Nishimura (born 1962), Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party
- Yoshihiro Nishimura (born 1967), Japanese screenwriter, film director, special effects and makeup effects artist
- Yoshitaka Nishimura (born 1982), composer for Konami's line of Bemani games
- Yuichi Nishimura (born 1972), Japanese football referee
- Yukie Nishimura (born 1967), prolific Japanese pianist
- Yuna Nishimura (born 1993), child actor from Tokyo
See also
- 6306 Nishimura, a main-belt asteroid
- Nishimura's catalyst, a hydrogenation catalyst named in honor of chemist Shigeo Nishimura
References
- "明治安田生命 全国同姓調査 [Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company - National same family name investigation]" (PDF) (Press release). Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company. 2008-09-24. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
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