Nishikawa

Nishikawa may refer to:

Places

 * Nishikawa, Yamagata, a town in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
 * Nishikawa, Niigata, a town in Niigata Prefecture, Japan
 * Mount Nishikawa, a mountain located in Hokkaidō, Japan

Science and engineering

 * Joken Nishikawa (1648–1724), Japanese geographer and astronomer
 * Shoji Nishikawa (1884–1952), Japanese physicist and crystallographer
 * Kōichirō Nishikawa (1949–2018), Japanese elementary particle physicist

Writer

 * Mitsuru Nishikawa (1908–1999), Japanese writer and literary figure

Politics

 * Issei Nishikawa (born 1945), former Japanese governer of Fukui prefecture
 * Tomoo Nishikawa (西川 知雄), Japanese lawyer and politician
 * Jun Nishikawa (JRA member) (西川 純), Japanese communist and hijacker

TV, film and entertainment

 * Katsumi Nishikawa (1918–2010), Japanese film director
 * Ikuo Nishikawa (born 1940), a voice actor
 * Kiyoshi Nishikawa (born 1946), a comedian, former member of House of Councillors
 * Mineko Nishikawa (born 1958), a singer
 * Takanori Nishikawa (born 1970) aka T.M.Revolution, a musician
 * Ayako Nishikawa (born 1971), a medical doctor, a TV talent
 * Helen Nishikawa, a TV talent in Japan, wife of Kiyoshi Nishikawa (described below)

Sports

 * Junji Nishikawa (1907-?), Japanese football player
 * Keiji Nishikawa (西川 慶二), Japanese shogi player
 * Tetsu Nishikawa (西川 哲), Japanese golfer
 * Daisuke Nishikawa (born 1970), former Japanese gymnast
 * Kazuhiro Nishikawa (born 1986), Japanese shogi player
 * Shusaku Nishikawa (born 1986), a football (soccer) player (goalkeeper)
 * Emily Nishikawa (born 1989), former Canadian cross-country skier
 * Takanobu Nishikawa (born 1992), Japanese basketball player
 * Manaya Nishikawa (born 1999), Japanese baseball player
 * So Nishikawa (born 2001), Japanese-Australian association football player
 * Jun Nishikawa (footballer) (西川 潤), Japanese footballer