Ogawa
Ogawa
Surname list
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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