Murata (surname)

Murata (written: 村田) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Akihiro Murata (村田 顕弘; born 1986), Japanese shogi player
• Chiho Murata (村田 智穂; born 1984) Japanese shogi player
• Daishi Murata (村田 大志; born 1988), Japanese rugby union player
• Hideo Murata (村田 英雄; 1929–2002), Japanese singer
• Kanako Murata (村田 夏南子; born 1993), Japanese mixed martial artist
• Kazuma Murata (村田 和麻; born 1991), Japanese field hockey player
• Kiyoko Murata (村田 喜代子; born 1945), Japanese writer
• Koichi Murata (村田 航一; born 1996), Japanese footballer
• Minoru Murata (村田 實; 1894–1937), Japanese movie director, screenwriter and actor
• Naoki Murata (村田 直樹; 1949–2020), 8th dan Japanese judoka and author
• Range Murata (村田 蓮爾; born 1968), Japanese artist and designer
• Ryōta Murata (村田 諒太; born 1986), Japanese boxer
• Sachiko Murata (村田 幸子; born 1943), Japanese scholar of comparative philosophy and mysticism
• Sayaka Murata (村田 沙耶香; born 1979), Japanese writer
• Shigeharu Murata (村田 重治; 1909–1942), Imperial Japanese Navy officer
• Murata Jukō (村田 珠光; 1423–1502), Japanese tea ceremony practicer in the Muromachi period
• Taku Murata (村田 琢; born 1965), Japanese video game programmer
• Toma Murata (村田 透馬; born 2000), Japanese footballer
• Tomohiro Murata (村田 智弘; born 1981), Japanese shogi player
• Yasuji Murata (村田 安司; 1896–1966), Japanese animator
• Yoshitaka Murata (村田 吉隆; born 1944), Japanese politician, chairman of the National Public Safety Commission
• Yukari Murata (村田 由香里; born 1981), Japanese individual rhythmic gymnast
• Yusuke Murata (村田 雄介; born 1978), Japanese manga artist and animator