Tamura (surname)
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Tamura is a Japanese surname and may refer to:
- Akihide TamuraAkihide Tamurais a Japanese photographer. He was born in Tokyo on 13 March 1947 as Shigeru Tamura . He studied at Tokyo College of Photography, graduating first in 1967 and then from a more advanced course two years later....
(born 1947), Japanese photographer - Atsushi TamuraAtsushi Tamurais a famous Japanese comedian from Hiko Island near Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.He and his partner, , form the known as . Though the two share the same surname, there is no family relation. The pair started their career by performing comedy on the streets of Tokyo.-Early life:Before...
(born 1973), Japanese comedian - Eriko TamuraEriko Tamurais a Japanese actress and singer. The animated television show Idol Densetsu Eriko was created as a result of her popularity. The show has been syndicated world-wide, airing in such countries as Spain, Italy, and France...
(born 1973), Japanese actress and singer - George T. TamuraGeorge T. TamuraGeorge T. Tamura was a Japanese American artist.Tamura was born in Sacramento, California. In 1942, soon after the attack on Pearl Harbor , Tamura and his family were interned in the Japanese American internment camp, Tule Lake War Relocation Center in Northern California. Tamura was fifteen...
(1927–2010), American artist - Hoju Tamura (1874–1940), became Honinbō ShūsaiHoninbo Shusaiis the professional name of Hoju Tamura, also known as , who was a Japanese professional Go player.- Biography :He was born in Shiba, Tokyo, son of Tamura Yasunaga, a retainer of the shogun. He learned go at age 10 and joined the Hoensha in 1883, then under the leadership of Murase Shuho. He was...
, MeijinMeijinMeijin , literally translated, means "Brilliant Man." It is the name of the second most prestigious Japanese Go Tournament. It also refers to a traditional Japanese title given to the strongest player of the day during the Edo period.- The tournament :...
of Go (game) - Kiyoshi TamuraKiyoshi Tamurais a Japanese middleweight professional wrestler and mixed martial artist.Once a student of legendary Pro Wrestler Akira Maeda, Tamura is known for his skill in catch wrestling as well as his ability to deliver exciting and realistic professional wrestling bouts....
(born 1969), Japanese wrestler - Masakazu TamuraMasakazu Tamurais a Japanese film and theatre actor.-Profile:Masakazu Tamura was born 1 August 1943 in Kyoto, Japan to Japanese actor Tsumasaburō Bandō. His brothers Takahiro and Ryō are also actors...
(born 1943), Japanese actor - Naomi TamuraNaomi Tamurais a Japanese pop and rock singer, songwriter that debut in 1994 with the song of "Jiyuu no Hashi". In that year also she sing the theme songs for the Magic Knight Rayearth "Yuzurenai Negai" that became popular and her first million copies on sell. In 2002 she sing "Yuragu Koto Nai Ai" for an...
, singer - Nobuyoshi TamuraNobuyoshi Tamurawas a prominent aikidoka and a direct student of Morihei Ueshiba. Son of a kendo teacher, Tamura entered the Aikikai Hombu Dojo in 1953 as an uchi-deshi of aikido founder Morihei Ueshiba. He was one of Ueshiba's favorite pupils and since 1964 has greatly contributed to the development of aikido in...
(1933–2010), Japanese aikido trainer - Tamura RyuichiTamura Ryuichiwas a Japanese poet, essayist and translator of English language novels and poetry who was active during the Showa period of Japan.-Biography:Tamura was born in what is now Sugamo, Tokyo, and was a graduate of the Literature Department of Meiji University, where he met a group of young poets...
(1923–1998), Japanese writer - Sakae Tamura (photographer)Sakae Tamura (photographer)was a Japanese photographer, prominent in the years before the war.Born in Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Tamura graduated from the Tokyo College of Photography and entered Oriental in 1928 and became editor of Photo Times. He was an active contributor to the magazine Geijutsu Shashin Kenkyū and in the...
(1906–1987), Japanese photographer - Sakae Tamura (nature photographer)Sakae Tamura (nature photographer)was a Japanese magazine editor and photographer of nature.Tamura was born in Chiba in 1910, but his family moved to Tokyo in 1924. Under the influence of his father, an amateur photographer, he started taking photographs in 1927....
(1910–2003), Japanese magazine editor and photographer of nature - Shigeru Tamura (photographer)Shigeru Tamura (photographer)For a younger photographer of the same name, see Akihide Tamura. was a Japanese photographer notable for his work in fashion and photojournalism....
(1909–1987), Japanese photographer - Shigeru Tamura (illustrator), Japanese illustrator
- Shinji Tamura, sound producer
- Tamura Toshiko (1884–1945), pen-name of Japanese writer Toshi Satō
- Yukari TamuraYukari Tamura, is a popular Japanese singer-songwriter and voice actress, affiliated with the talent agency I'm Enterprise. Affectionately called Yukarin by her fans, she is also known for her high-pitched voice and interest in Lolita fashion...
(born 1976), Japanese singer and voice actress