Murakami (村上; "village superior") is a Japanese surname, 35th by frequency in Japan. It can refer to:
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People
Chikako Murakami (basketball) (born 1970), Japanese basketball player
Chikako Murakami (tennis), Japanese tennis player
Emperor Murakami, Heian period Japanese emperor
Daisuke Murakami (figure skater)
Daisuke Murakami (snowboarder)
Genzo Murakami (村上元三) (1910–2006), novelist
Glen Murakami, animator
Hiroaki Murakami (村上 弘明; born 1956), actor
Haruki Murakami (村上春樹; born 1949), novelist
Hiroshi Murakami (村上 寛; born 1948), Japanese jazz drummer
James J. Murakami, production designer & film Academy nominee
Jimmy Murakami (1933–2014) also known as Teruaki Murakami (村上輝明), animator and director
Kanako Murakami (村上 佳菜子; born 1994), figure skater
Murakami Kijo (村上 鬼城; 1865–1938), Japanese poet
Les Murakami (born 1936), American college baseball coach
Mai Murakami, Japanese artistic gymnast
Maki Murakami, manga artist
Masaaki Murakami (村上 昌謙; born 1992), Japanese footballer
Masanori Murakami, San Francisco Giants pitcher
Megumi Murakami, Japanese pop singer in Cute
Natsumi Murakami (村上 奈津実; born 1995), Japanese voice actress
Munetaka Murakami (村上 宗隆), Japanese baseball player
Nijiro Murakami, Japanese actor and voice actor
Ryu Murakami (村上龍; fl. 21st cent.); writer and filmmaker
Shingo Murakami (村上信五), Japanese pop singer in Kanjani Eight
Takeyoshi Murakami (村上武吉), samurai
Takashi Murakami (村上隆), artist and founder of Superflat movement
Takeshi Murakami (村上隆; fl. 21st cent.), English teacher & champion in game of Othello
Takumi Murakami (村上 巧; born 1989), Japanese footballer
Tetsuji Murakami, karate pioneer in Europe
Yoshiaki Murakami (村上世彰), 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