title: Nakagawa (surname)
text: # Nakagawa (surname)
  
  Nakagawa (written: 中川, 仲川, 那珂川 or 那賀川) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Akiko Nakagawa (born 1973), Japanese voice actress
  * Camila Nakagawa, Brazilian recurring contestant on The Challenge
  * Daisuke Nakagawa (中川 大輔, born 1968), Japanese shogi player
  * Eric Nakagawa of I Can Has Cheezburger?
  * Haruka Nakagawa (born 1992), Japanese idol, member of JKT48
  * Hidenao Nakagawa (born 1944), Japanese politician
  * Kunio Nakagawa (1898-1944), colonel in the Imperial Japanese Army
  * Nobuo Nakagawa (1905–1984), Japanese director
  * Nakagawa Hidemasa (1568–1592), samurai
  * Nakagawa Hidenari (1570–1612), Japanese daimyō
  * Kiyoe Nakagawa (中川 清江, born 1951), Japanese swimmer
  * Nakagawa Kiyohide (1556–1583), Japanese daimyō
  * Masaharu Nakagawa (House of Representatives), member of the Japanese House of Representatives
  * Masaharu Nakagawa (House of Councillors), member of the Japanese House of Councillors
  * Miyuki Nakagawa (中川 未由希, born 1986), Japanese field hockey player
  * Nakagawa Oyakata, Japanese sumo wrestler and head coach of Nakagawa stable
  * Rieko Nakagawa (中川李枝子), a Japanese children's book writer and lyricist
  * Ryoji Nakagawa, member of the Supreme Court of Japan
  * Shoichi Nakagawa (1953–2009), Japanese politician
  * Shoko Nakagawa (born 1985), Japanese idol
  * So Nakagawa (中川 創, born 1999), Japanese footballer
  * Soen Nakagawa (1907–1984), Japanese teacher of Zen Buddhism
  * Teruhito Nakagawa (born 1992), Japanese footballer
  * Tomoka Nakagawa (born 1981), Japanese professional wrestler
  * Yūko Nakagawa (born 1958), Japanese politician
  * Yuri Nakagawa, Japanese fashion model, public figure and fashion blogger
  * Stephen Nakagawa, (born 1994), ballet dancer with The Washington Ballet
  
  ## Fictional characters
  
  * Noriko Nakagawa and Yuka Nakagawa (Battle Royale)
  * Shinji Nakagawa (Megazone 23)
  * Kanon Nakagawa (The World God Only Knows)
  * Shun Nakagawa (Gantz)
  * Oran Nakagawa and her brother Hiroshi (Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction)
  