Ogawa

Ogawa (written: 小川 lit. "small river" or おがわ in hiragana) is the 30th most common Japanese surname.[1] Less common variants are 小河 (also "small river") or 尾川 ("tail river"). Notable people with the surname include:

  • Ai Ogawa (愛 小川, 1947–2010), American poet
  • Daiki Ogawa (小川 大貴, born 1991), Japanese footballer
  • Frank H. Ogawa (1917–1994), the first Japanese American to serve on the Oakland, CA City Council
  • Hiroshi Ogawa (disambiguation), several people
  • Hitoshi Ogawa (小河 等, 1956–1992), Japanese racing driver
  • Gōtarō Ogawa (小川 郷太郎, 1876 – 1945), Japanese cabinet minister
  • Ito Ogawa (小川 糸, born 1973), a Japanese novelist, lyricist and translator, born in 1973
  • Jiro Ogawa (小川 次郎, born 1939), Japanese ice hockey player
  • Ogawa Kazumasa (小川 一眞, 1860–1929), Japanese photographer
  • Kenichi Ogawa (尾川 堅一, born 1988), Japanese boxer
  • Kiyoko Ogawa (小川 清子, born 1946), Japanese sprinter
  • Kiyoshi Ogawa (小川 清, 1922–1945), Japanese noted kamikaze pilot
  • Koki Ogawa (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Makoto Ogawa (pilot) (小川 誠, born 1917), retired Japanese army aviator
  • Makoto Ogawa (小川 麻琴, born 1987), Japanese pop singer and actress best known as a former member of Morning Musume
  • Marumi Ogawa (小川 まるみ, born 1981), Japanese television personality and gravure idol
  • Masataka Ogawa (小川 正孝, 1865–1930), Japanese chemist
  • Mikihiro Ogawa (小川 幹弘, born 1972), a.k.a. Shido Nakamura
  • Naoya Ogawa (小川 直也, born 1968), Japanese judoka/wrestler/mixed martial artist
  • Naoyuki Ogawa (小川 直之, born 1954), Japanese sailor
  • Noriko Ogawa (pianist) (小川 典子, born 1962), Japanese classical pianist
  • Noriko Ogawa (singer) (小川 範子, born 1973), Japanese actress
  • Ryoya Ogawa (小川 諒也, born 1996), Japanese footballer
  • Seiji Ogawa (小川 誠二, born 1934), Japanese developer of Functional MRI, 2003 winner of the Japan Prize
  • Shinsuke Ogawa (小川 紳介, 1935–1992), Japanese documentary film director
  • Shoot Ogawa (born 1974), magician
  • Ogawa Suketada (小川 祐忠, 1549–1601), Japanese daimyō
  • Takehiro Ogawa (小川 健洋, born 1996), Japanese musician
  • Tadaharu Ogawa (小川 忠晴, born 1969), Japanese basketball player and coach
  • Tomohiro Ogawa (小川 智大, born 1996), Japanese volleyball player
  • Toshio Ogawa (小川 敏夫, born 1948), Japanese politician
  • Yōko Ogawa (小川 洋子, born 1962), Japanese author
  • Yoshimi Ogawa (小川 善美, born 1966), Japanese businesswoman
  • Yoshinari Ogawa (小川 良成, born 1966), Japanese wrestler
  • Yoshizumi Ogawa (小川 佳純, born 1984), Japanese footballer
  • Yusei Ogawa (小川 雄勢, born 1996), Japanese judoka

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