Furukawa (surname)

Furukawa (written: 古川 or 古河, lit."old river") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Airi Furukawa (古川 愛李), illustrator and former member of the Japanese idol girl group SKE48. She is a former member and leader of SKE48's Team KII
 * Furukawa Ichibei (古河 市兵衛), Japanese industrialist and copper mine magnate
 * Keiko Furukawa (古川 圭子), announcer for Mainichi Broadcasting System
 * Kiichirō Furukawa (古川 麒一郎), Japanese astronomer
 * Lisa Furukawa (born 1976), Japanese-American pianist, singer and songwriter (formerly known as Lisa Furukawa Ray)
 * Makoto Furukawa (古川 慎), Japanese voice actor affiliated with Space Craft Group. His most notable role is in the anime One-Punch Man, as the main character, Saitama and Golden Time, as Banri Tada
 * Makoto Furukawa (writer) (古川 真人), Japanese writer
 * Miki Furukawa (古川 美季), Japanese musician, and former bass guitarist and singer for the Japanese rock band Supercar
 * Motohisa Furukawa (古川 元久), Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature)
 * Narutoshi Furukawa (古川 成俊), renowned Japanese photographer
 * Roppa Furukawa (古川 ロッパ), Japanese comedian
 * Satoshi Furukawa (古川 聡), JAXA astronaut
 * Shuntaro Furukawa (古川 俊太郎), Japanese businessman
 * Takaharu Furukawa (古川 高晴), Japanese archer
 * Takashi Furukawa (古川 隆志), former Japanese football player
 * Takatoshi Furukawa (古川 孝敏), Japanese professional basketball player who currently plays for Link Tochigi Brex in the National Basketball League (Japan)
 * Takeshi Furukawa, Japanese-American composer, orchestrater and conductor. His works have spanned the concert stage, films, television, video games and advertising campaigns
 * Takumi Furukawa (古川 卓己), Japanese film director
 * Tashiro Furukawa (古河 太四郎), Japanese educator
 * Toshiharu Furukawa (古川 俊治), Japanese medical doctor, attorney, and politician
 * Tomo Furukawa (古川 とも), vocalist for Guniw Tools
 * Toshio Furukawa (古川 登志夫), Japanese voice actor
 * Tsuyoshi Furukawa (古川 毅), former Japanese football player* Furukawa Hompo
 * Tsuyoshi Furukawa (古川 毅), Japanese singer and actor, member of boy group Super★Dragon
 * Yasushi Furukawa (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Yoshihisa Furukawa (古川 禎久), Japanese politician
 * Yuki Furukawa (古川 雄輝), Japanese actor
 * Yūta Furukawa (古川 雄大), Japanese actor, singer, songwriter and model

Fictional characters

 * Nagisa Furukawa, main character in the visual novel Clannad