Famous People with Name Murakami

Ryu Murakami            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Ryu Murakami: a Japanese novelist and filmmaker.Murakami's first work, the short novel Almost Transparent Blue, written while he was still a student of Musashino Art University, deals with promiscuity and drug use among disaffected Japanese youth. Critically acclaimed as a new style of literature, it won the newcomer's literature prize in 1976 despite some observers decrying it as decadent. Later the same year, Blue won the Akutagawa Prize, going on to become a best seller. In 1980, Murakami published the much longer novel Coin Locker Babies, again to critical acclaim.

Kiyonobu Murakami            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Kiyonobu Murakami: a Japanese boxer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.In 1932 he was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the flyweight class after losing his fight to Thomas Pardoe.

Daisuke "Dice" Murakami            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Daisuke "Dice" Murakami: a Japanese figure skater who previously represented the United States in international competition. He is the 2009 Japanese Junior bronze medalist and the 2006 U.S. Junior pewter medalist.Murakami began skating at age nine. He began competing on the Juvenile level in 2001. He moved up the competition ladder and made his Nationals debut at the 2004 United States Figure Skating Championships, where he won the silver medal. This earned him a trip to the 2004 Triglav Trophy, which he won.

Kanako Murakami            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Kanako Murakami: a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2008 Japanese Junior bronze medalist[1][2].In the 2005-2006 season, Murakami competed at the 2005-2006 Japan Novice Championships in the Novice B category, which is the lower of the novice levels. She won the silver medal[3]. This silver medal earned her a trip to compete in the spring competition, the Gardena Spring Trophy, which she won on the novice level[4]

Kazuhiro Murakami            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Kazuhiro Murakami: is a Japanese football player currently playing for Kawasaki Frontale.