List of Famous people with last name Uemura

Haruki Uemura is a judoka from Japan, who won the gold medal in the Open Class at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. In the final of the Olympic tournament in Canada he defeated Great Britain's Keith Remfry. In 2009 he was elected President of Kodokan and he was awarded the rank of 9th dan.

Akari Uemura is a Japanese pop singer and idol pop singer signed to Hello! Project as a member of Japanese pop idol group Juice=Juice and Hello! Pro Kenshuusei. She was first introduced at the 2012 March Nama Tamago Show! concert. Her official nickname is Ārī (あーりー).

Uemura Miki was a Japanese female artistic gymnast and part of the national team.

Kihachirō Uemura is a Japanese actor and voice actor.

Shu Uemura was a Japanese make-up artist and founder of the cosmetics line which bears his name. The cosmetics made up from his name had been one of the most famous makeup stores in the world today.