Maekawa

Maekawa (written: 前川) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Ayaka Maekawa (前川 綾香), Japanese tennis player
 * Daiya Maekawa (前川 黛也), Japanese footballer
 * Kazuya Maekawa (前川 和也), Japanese footballer
 * Kenkichi Maekawa (前川 健吉), Japanese sport wrestler
 * Kisaku Mayekawa (前川 喜作), Japanese industrialist and philanthropist
 * Kiyoshige Maekawa (前川 清成), Japanese politician
 * Kunio Maekawa (前川 國男), Japanese architect
 * Miyuki Maekawa (前川 みゆき), Japanese fencer
 * Senpan Maekawa (前川 千帆), Japanese woodblock printer
 * Shinpei Mykawa (前川 真平), Japanese rice farmer and namesake of Mykawa, Texas
 * Yasuo Maekawa (前川 康男), Japanese writer
 * Kazuhiro Maekawa (前川 和彦, born 1947), Japanese doctor, responsible for the care of two victims from the 1999 Tokaimura nuclear accident

Fictional characters

 * Ai Maekawa (前川 藍), protagonist of the manga series Doubt!!
 * Akio Maekawa (前川 彰男), a character in the visual novel Ayakashi
 * Miku Maekawa (前川 みく), a character in the video game The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls
 * Tamaki Maekawa (前川 たまき), a character in the manga series Ultimate Muscle