Matsuura (surname)

Matsuura (written: 松浦) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Akiko Matsuura, Japanese drummer
• Atsushi Matsuura (musician) (born 1968), Japanese guitarist
• Aya Matsuura (born 1986), Japanese singer and actress
• Daigo Matsuura (born 1969), Japanese politician
• Eleanor Matsuura, actress
• Frank S. Matsura (1873-1913), early twentieth-century Japanese photographer (birth name Sakae Matsuura)
• Hiromi Matsuura (born 1984), Japanese singer and AV idol
• Junrokurō Matsuura (1884-1944), lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War
• Kōichirō Matsuura (born 1937), Japanese public servant and current Director-General of UNESCO
• Kosuke Matsuura (born 1979), Japanese race car driver
• Masaya Matsuura (born 1961), Japanese video game designer and musician
• Max Matsuura (born 1964), Japanese record producer and president of Avex Trax
• Tokihiko Matsuura (born 1968), Japanese manga artist

Athletes

• Atsushi Matsuura (footballer born 1982), former Japanese football player
• Atsushi Matsuura (footballer born 1981), former Japanese football player
• Hiroko Matsuura (born 1990), Japanese volleyball player
• Shinji Matsuura, a Japanese badminton player
• Takuya Matsuura (born 1988), Japanese football player
• Toshio Matsuura (born 1955), former Japanese football player and manager

Hereditary lords of the Matsura clan of Hirado

• Matsura Akira (1840-1908), the 12th and final daimyo of the Hirado Domain in Hizen Province, Kyūshū, Japan
• Matsura Hisanobu (1571-1602), daimyo of the late Azuchi-Momoyama period through early Edo period
• Matsura Seizan (1760-1841), daimyo and famed swordsman during the late Edo period of Japan
• Matsura Takanobu (1529-1599), 16th-century Japanese samurai and 25th hereditary lord of the Matsuura clan of Hirado
• Matsura Takanobu (1592–1637), daimyo of the Hirado Domain

Fictional characters:

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