Yamamura is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:Yamamura Bochō (1884–1924), Japanese writer, poet and songwriter Hajime Yamamura, Japanese manga artist and author of Kamunagara Hibiku Yamamura, Japanese voice actress and singer Hiroshi Yamamura , Japanese naval officer Hiroshi V. Yamamura, Marshallese politician Malia Yamamura, 1984 winner of the Miss Hawaii Teen USA contest Kou Shibasaki, Japanese singer and actress Sakae Yamamura, 1982 winner of the IEEE Nikola Tesla Award Yamamura Yoshihiro, member of the Japanese popular music group, Wyse Kōji Yamamura, Japanese animation director Yamamura Ryuta, flumpool vocalist Yuki Yamamura , Japanese footballer