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
• 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 both 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 (1995), Japanese karateka
• 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
• Nishimura Riki (西村 力, born 2005), Japanese member of the South Korean boy band Enhypen
• 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[]

Surname list

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