Ogawa

For other uses, see Ogawa (disambiguation).

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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 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

## Fictional characters

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* Alyssa Ogawa (Star Trek)
* Ayumi Ogawa (緒川 歩実), (Good Luck!!)
* Eri Ogawa (小川 恵里) (Kamen Rider Ryuki)
* Hiroe Ogawa (小川 広恵) (F3: Frantic, Frustrated & Female)
* Ikue Ogawa (小川 育恵) (High School Girls)
* Michiru Ogawa (小川 みちる) (Bleach)
* Miharu Ogawa (小川 美晴) (Red String)
* Miyuki Ogawa (緒川美由紀), (Gender-Swap at the Delinquent Academy)
* Sakura Ogawa (小川 さくら) (Battle Royale)
* Sanshiro Ogawa (Natsume Soseki no Sanshiro)
* Yuuko Ogawa (小川 優子) (Kocchi Muite! Miiko)

## See also

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* Japanese name

## References

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1. ^ "明治安田生命 全国同姓調査 [Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company - National same family name investigation]" (PDF) (Press release). Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company. 2008-09-24. Retrieved 2019-09-27.

Surname list

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