Kitagawa

Kitagawa (written: 北川 or 喜多川) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Asami Kitagawa, Olympic swimmer
 * Fuyuhiko Kitagawa, poet and film critic
 * Ichitarō Kitagawa, famous woodblock artist and painter who later changed his name to Yusuke and Utamaro
 * Issei Kitagawa, politician
 * Johnny (Hiromu) Kitagawa (1931–2019), boy band promoter
 * Joseph Kitagawa, historian of religions, dean of University of Chicago Divinity School in the 1970s
 * Katsutoshi Kitagawa, lyricist, see Aria, worked with Rieko Itou.
 * Kazuo Kitagawa, cabinet minister of forestry in Japan
 * Keiichi Kitagawa, biker
 * Keiko Kitagawa, actress/model
 * Kohei Kitagawa (北川 滉平), Japanese footballer
 * Mary Kitagawa, Canadian educator
 * Masao Kitagawa (1910–1995), botanist
 * Miyuki Kitagawa, manga writer, such as Ano Ko ni 1000%
 * Rio Kitagawa, singer and member of the j-pop group Morning Musume
 * Sho Kitagawa, manga writer for Hotman and C (manga) who inspired Itaru Hinoue
 * Susumu Kitagawa (born 1951), Japanese chemist
 * Takurō Kitagawa, voice actor of Sigma Seven
 * Tomokatsu Kitagawa, politician
 * Tomoki Kitagawa (北川 智規), former Japanese rugby union player
 * Tomonori Kitagawa (北川 智規), Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player
 * Tsutomu Kitagawa, actor and stunt man
 * Yonehiko Kitagawa, voice actor
 * Yoshio Kitagawa, football player
 * Yuuko Kitagawa, a manga author

Fictional characters

 * Jun Kitagawa (Kanon) from Kanon
 * Kenta Kitagawa from Digimon Frontier
 * Mai Kitagawa from World Trigger
 * Marin Kitagawa from My Dress-Up Darling
 * Yusuke Kitagawa from Persona 5