Famous People with Name Kimura

Kimurayama Mamoru            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Kimurayama Mamoru: is a professional sumo wrestler from Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. His highest rank has been maegashira 7. Kimurayama favours pushing and thrusting techniques as opposed to fighting on the mawashi. His most common winning kimarite is a simple oshi-dashi, or

Hiroshi Kimura            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Hiroshi Kimura: the incumbent president of Japan Tobacco (as of 2006).

Takemune Kimura            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Takemune Kimura: was a Japanese businessman and former president of Mitsubishi Motors. Prior to his promotion in June 1995 he spent 37 years at the company's Mizushima manufacturing facility in Kurashiki, Okayama, before becoming president of the Pajero Manufacturing Co. subsidiary in Sakahogi, Gifu.[1] He was hired to replace the outgoing Nobuhisa Tsukahara, who was retiring due to health problems.[1] Soon after taking the post, he outlined a long term strategy for expansion by introducing a wider range of vehicles, and to undercut competitors by focusing on low cost manufacturing.[1][2]

Taro Kimura            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Taro Kimura: a Japanese veteran journalist who provides commentary and analysis with Yuko Ando on Japan's Fuji Television SuperNews.[1] He is also the managing director of Shonan Beach FM, a community radio station. [2]After graduating from university, in 1964, Kimura started work as a journalist at NHK.

Tsunehisa Kimura            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Tsunehisa Kimura: a Japanese artist who creates works using photomontage. His montages often contain themes of surreal urban destruction and chaos, or juxtaposition of man-made monuments and natural phenomena.

Ben Kimura            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Ben Kimura: a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Koto, Tokyo and graduate of Keio University, he had served in the ward assembly of Koto for two terms since 1971 and the assembly of Tokyo for six terms since 1977. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1998 but lost his seat two years later. He was re-elected in 2003.