Matsuura

Matsuura (松浦) is a Japanese name, and can refer to:

Companies:

  • Matsuura Machinery, an international heavy machinery manufacturing company in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan
  • Matsuura Railway, a railway company in Nagasaki and Saga Prefecture in Japan

Locations:

  • Matsuura, Nagasaki, a city in Japan
  • Matsuura River, a 46 km river in Saga Prefecture, Japan
  • Mount Midori, also known as Mount Matsuura, a mountain located in the Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group of the Ishikari Mountains, Hokkaidō, Japan

People:

  • Matsuura Akira (1840-1908), the 12th and final daimyo of Hirado Domain in Hizen Province, Kyūshū, Japan
  • Atsushi Matsuura (b.1968), a Japanese guitarist
  • Aya Matsuura (b.1986), a Japanese singer and actress
  • Daigo Matsuura (b.1969), a Japanese politician
  • Eleanor Matsuura, an actress
  • Frank S. Matsura (1873-1913), an early twentieth-century Japanese photographer (birth name Sakae Matsuura)
  • Hiroko Matsuura (b.1990), a Japanese volleyball player
  • Hiromi Matsuura (b.1984), Japanese singer and AV idol
  • Matsuura Hisanobu (1571-1602), a Japanese daimyo of the late Azuchi-Momoyama period through early Edo period
  • Junrokurō Matsuura (1884-1944), lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War
  • Kōichirō Matsuura (b.1937), a Japanese public servant and current Director-General of UNESCO
  • Kosuke Matsuura (b.1979), a Japanese race car driver
  • Masaya Matsuura (b.1961), a Japanese video game designer and musician
  • Max Matsuura (b.1964), a Japanese record producer and president of Avex Trax
  • Matsuura Seizan (1760-1841), a famed swordsman during the Edo period (17th century) of Japan
  • Shinji Matsuura, a Japanese badminton player
  • Matsuura Takanobu (1529-1599), a 16th century Japanese samurai and 25th hereditary lord of the Matsuura clan of Hirado
  • Takuya Matsuura (b.1988), a Japanese football player
  • Tokihiko Matsuura (b.1968), a Japanese manga artist
  • Toshio Matsuura (b.1955), a former Japanese football player and manager

Fictional people:

  • Yuu Matsuura, the male protagonist and title character of the Marmalade Boy manga and anime series

Other:

  • 18903 Matsuura, a Main-belt Asteroid