Ogawa

Ogawa (written: 小川 lit. "small river" or おがわ in hiragana) is the 30th most common Japanese surname. 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), American poet
 * Daiki Ogawa (小川 大貴), 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), Japanese racing driver
 * Gōtarō Ogawa (小川 郷太郎), Japanese cabinet minister
 * Ito Ogawa (小川 糸), a Japanese novelist, lyricist and translator, born in 1973
 * Jiro Ogawa (小川 次郎), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Ogawa Kazumasa (小川 一眞), Japanese photographer
 * Kenichi Ogawa (尾川 堅一), Japanese boxer
 * Kiyoko Ogawa (小川 清子), Japanese sprinter
 * Kiyoshi Ogawa (小川 清), Japanese noted kamikaze pilot
 * Koki Ogawa (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Makoto Ogawa (pilot) (小川 誠), retired Japanese army aviator
 * Makoto Ogawa (小川 麻琴), Japanese pop singer and actress best known as a former member of Morning Musume
 * Marumi Ogawa (小川 まるみ), Japanese television personality and gravure idol
 * Masataka Ogawa (小川 正孝), Japanese chemist
 * Mikihiro Ogawa (小川 幹弘), a.k.a. Shido Nakamura
 * Naoya Ogawa (小川 直也), Japanese judoka/wrestler/mixed martial artist
 * Naoyuki Ogawa (小川 直之), Japanese sailor
 * Noriko Ogawa (pianist) (小川 典子), Japanese classical pianist
 * Noriko Ogawa (singer) (小川 範子), Japanese actress
 * Ryoya Ogawa (小川 諒也), Japanese footballer
 * Seiji Ogawa (小川 誠二), Japanese developer of Functional MRI, 2003 winner of the Japan Prize
 * Shinsuke Ogawa (小川 紳介), Japanese documentary film director
 * Shoot Ogawa (born 1974), magician
 * Ogawa Suketada (小川 祐忠), Japanese daimyō
 * Takehiro Ogawa (小川 健洋), Japanese musician
 * Tadaharu Ogawa (小川 忠晴), Japanese basketball player and coach
 * Tomohiro Ogawa (小川 智大), Japanese volleyball player
 * Toshio Ogawa (小川 敏夫), Japanese politician
 * Yōko Ogawa (小川 洋子), Japanese author
 * Yoshimi Ogawa (小川 善美), Japanese businesswoman
 * Yoshinari Ogawa (小川 良成), Japanese wrestler
 * Yoshizumi Ogawa (小川 佳純), Japanese footballer
 * Yusei Ogawa (小川 雄勢), Japanese judoka

Fictional characters

 * 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)