Kimura (written: lit. "tree village") is the 17th most common Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: , Japanese novelist , Japanese footballer , Japanese botanist , Japanese idol and singer , Japanese footballer , Japanese singer , also known as Yuka Inokuchi, Japanese voice actress , Japanese hurdler , Japanese erotic artist , Japanese politician , Japanese footballer and manager , Japanese rower , Japanese painter , Japanese field hockey player , Japanese film director and cinematographer Darren Kimura (born 1974), American businessman Doreen Kimura (1933–2013), Canadian psychologist Dustin Kimura (born 1989), American mixed martial artist , Japanese swimmer , Japanese audio director , Japanese baseball player , Japanese actress , Japanese professional wrestler , Japanese general , Japanese writer, artist and animator , Japanese businessman , Japanese video game designer , Japanese astronomer , Japanese politician , Japanese photographer , Japanese actor Izumi Kimura (born 1973), Japanese classical pianist , Japanese supercentenarian Jon Kimura Parker (born 1959), Canadian pianist , Japanese voice actress , Japanese baseball player , Japanese singer , Japanese political scientist , Japanese scientist , Japanese shogi player , Japanese high jumper , Japanese footballer and manager Keichi Kimura (1914–1988), American painter and illustrator , Japanese photographer , Japanese Paralympic swimmer , Japanese professional wrestler , Japanese architect , Japanese rugby union player , Japanese volleyball player , Japanese scholar, artist and art connoisseur , Japanese alpine skier , Japanese businessman , Japanese mixed martial artist , Japanese table tennis player , Japanese footballer and manager , Japanese suffragist, actress, dancer, theatre manager and magazine editor , Japanese footballer Kozaemon Kimura (木村小左衛門; 1888–1952), Japanese businessman and politician , Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist Larry Kimura, American linguist , Japanese voice actress and singer , Japanese footballer , better known as Kimurayama Mamoru, Japanese sumo wrestler , Japanese classical violinist and composer , Japanese academic , Japanese voice actor , Japanese judoka and professional wrestler , Japanese bonsai artist , Japanese footballer , Japanese golfer , Japanese handball player , Imperial Japanese Navy admiral , Japanese cross-country skier , Japanese video game designer , Japanese manga artist Minoru Kimura (born 1993), Brazilian kickboxer , Japanese artist , Japanese rower , Japanese biologist and theoretical population geneticist , Japanese footballer , Japanese women's footballer , Japanese professional wrestler , Japanese actor , Japanese voice actor , Japanese baseball player , Japanese synchronized swimmer ,