Kagawa Chikakazu

{{short description|Japanese samurai}}

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{{Infobox military person

|name = Kagawa Chikakazu

|image =Grave of Kagawa Chikakazu.jpg

| native_name =香川 親和

|caption =Tomb of Kagawa Chikakazu near the Okō Castle

|birth_date = 1567

|death_date = {{death date and age|1587|||1567||}}

|birth_place = Tosa Province

|death_place = Okō Castle, Tosa Province

|nickname =

|allegiance = Chōsokabe clan

|rank =

|unit = Kagawa clan

|commands = Amagiri Castle

|battles = Invasion of Shikoku (1585)

|relations = Chōsokabe Motochika (father)
Kagawa Yukikage (adopted father)

}}

{{family name hatnote|Kagawa|lang=Japanese}}

{{Nihongo|Kagawa Chikakazu|香川親和||extra=1567 – 1587}} also known as Chōsokabe Chikakazu was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period. He was the second son of Chōsokabe Motochika who was adopted by the Kagawa clan in Amagiri Castle.山本大 長宗我部元親 1987 吉川弘文館 P.249　{{ISBN|4642051031}}{{cite web|url= https://cmeg.jp/w/castles/8249 |title=天霧城跡 |publisher=ニッポン城めぐり|language=Japanese|access-date=25 July 2019}}

After Chōsokabe clan's successor Chōsokabe Nobuchika's death in the Battle of Hetsugigawa, Toyotomi Hideyoshi advised Chōsokabe Motochika to make Chikakazu as a successor. However, Motochika selected his favored Chōsokabe Morichika for Chōsokabe clan's successor.

Chikakazu died at the age of 20 because of illness in 1587.{{cite web|url= http://takatoshi24.blogspot.com/2012/04/blog-post.html |title=香川親和 |date=3 April 2012 |publisher=戦国武将録 讃岐国|language=Japanese|access-date=25 July 2019}}