Murakami (surname)
Murakami is a Japanese surname, 35th by frequency in Japan. It can refer to:
People
- Chikako Murakami (basketball), Japanese basketball player
- Chikako Murakami (tennis), Japanese tennis player
- Emperor Murakami, Heian period Japanese emperor
- Daisuke Murakami (figure skater)
- Daisuke Murakami (snowboarder)
- Genzo Murakami, novelist
- Glen Murakami, animator
- Hiroaki Murakami, actor
- Haruki Murakami, novelist
- Hiroshi Murakami, Japanese jazz drummer
- James J. Murakami, production designer & film Academy nominee
- Jimmy Murakami also known as Teruaki Murakami, animator and director
- Kanako Murakami, figure skater
- Murakami Kijo, Japanese poet
- Les Murakami, American college baseball coach
- Mai Murakami, Japanese artistic gymnast
- Maki Murakami, manga artist
- Masaaki Murakami, Japanese footballer
- Masanori Murakami, San Francisco Giants pitcher
- Megumi Murakami, Japanese pop singer in Cute
- Natsumi Murakami, Japanese voice actress
- Munetaka Murakami, Japanese baseball player
- Nijiro Murakami, Japanese actor and voice actor
- Ryu Murakami ; writer and filmmaker
- Shingo Murakami, Japanese pop singer in Kanjani Eight
- Takeyoshi Murakami, samurai
- Takashi Murakami, artist and founder of Superflat movement
- Takejiro Murakami, Japanese metallurgist and founding promoter of the Japan Institute of Metals ; inventor of the Murakami reagent
- Takeshi Murakami, English teacher & champion in game of Othello
- Takumi Murakami, Japanese footballer
- Tetsuji Murakami, karate pioneer in Europe
- Yoshiaki Murakami, corporate raider and president of M&A Consulting
Fictional characters
- Gennosuke Murakami, from the Usagi Yojimbo comic book series
- Kyouji Murakami, from the Tokusatsu TV series, Kamen Rider 555
- Masaki Murakami, from the manga/anime series Guyver
- Murakami Harutomo, from the novel The Samurai's Tale by Erik Christian Haugaard
- Murakami Yagami, from the manga/anime series Blue Seed
- Murakami Natsumi, from the manga/anime series Negima! Magister Negi Magi
- Manzanar Murakami from Karen Tei Yamashita's novel "Tropic of Orange"
- Sho Murakami, from 2017 film Life