title: Kawase (surname)
text: # Kawase (surname)
  
  Kawase (written: 川瀬 or 河瀬) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Akiko Kawase (actress) (born 1980), Japanese voice actor
  * Hasui Kawase (1883–1957), Japanese painter
  * Masataka Kawase (1840–1919), Japanese shishi (political activist) and diplomat
  * Naomi Kawase (born 1969), Japanese film director
  * Shiro Kawase (1889–1946), Japanese admiral
  * Tokie Kawase (川瀬 時枝, born 1968), Japanese gymnast
  * Tomoko Kawase (born 1975), Japanese singer
  * Yukari Kawase (born 1967), Japanese volleyball player
  