Yamamura (written: 山村 literally "mountain village") 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 (born 1988), Japanese voice actress and singer
- Hiroshi Yamamura (山村 浩, born 1962), Japanese naval officer
- Hiroshi V. Yamamura, Marshallese politician
- Malia Yamamura, 1984 winner of the Miss Hawaii Teen USA contest
- Kou Shibasaki (born Yukie Yamamura in 1981), 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 (born 1964), Japanese animation director
- Yamamura Ryuta (born 1985), flumpool vocalist
- Yuki Yamamura (山村 佑樹, born 1990), Japanese footballer
Fictional characters
edit- Mikan Yamamura, a character from UFO Baby (Japanese title, Daa! Daa! Daa!) series
- Sadako Yamamura, the antagonist in Koji Suzuki's novel the Ring and film the Ring
- Yamamura-sensei, a character from the Maria-sama ga Miteru series
- Misao Yamamura, a character from the anime and manga series of Case Closed
- Yamamura, a bird that appears in Super Mario Maker 2