was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).
Kitamura was a native of Ojika, Nagasaki and graduated from Waseda University.
Kitamura ran unsuccessfully for the assembly of Nagasaki Prefecture in 1982 but served in the assembly of Sasebo, Nagasaki in the following year. In 1986 he ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives as an independent.
After having served in the assembly of Nagasaki Prefecture for four terms from 1987, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000 as an independent in Nagasaki's 4th District. He later joined the LDP.
Kitamura served as the minister of state from 11 September 2019 to 16 September 2020.
Kitamura died in Tokyo on 20 May 2023, at the age of 76.