Ogawa

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Ogawa (written: {{Nihongo2|小川}} lit. "small river" or {{Nihongo2|おがわ}} in hiragana) is the 30th most common Japanese surname.{{cite press release|title=明治安田生命 全国同姓調査 [Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company - National same family name investigation]|publisher=Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company|date=2008-09-24|url=http://www.meijiyasuda.co.jp/profile/news/release/2008/pdf/20080924.pdf|accessdate=2019-09-27}} Less common variants are {{Nihongo2|小河}} (also "small river") or {{Nihongo2|尾川}} ("tail river"). Notable people with the surname include:

• {{Nihongo|Ai Ogawa|愛 小川||1947–2010}}, American poet
• {{Nihongo|Daiki Ogawa|小川 大貴||born 1991}}, Japanese footballer
• Frank H. Ogawa (1917–1994), the first Japanese American to serve on the Oakland, CA City Council
• Hiroshi Ogawa (disambiguation), several people
• {{Nihongo|Hitoshi Ogawa|小河 等||1956–1992}}, Japanese racing driver
• {{Nihongo|Gōtarō Ogawa|小川 郷太郎||1876 – 1945}}, Japanese cabinet minister
• {{Nihongo|Ito Ogawa|小川 糸||born 1973}}, a Japanese novelist, lyricist and translator, born in 1973
• {{Nihongo|Jiro Ogawa|小川 次郎||born 1939}}, Japanese ice hockey player
• {{Nihongo|Ogawa Kazumasa|小川 一眞||1860–1929}}, Japanese photographer
• {{Nihongo|Kenichi Ogawa|尾川 堅一||born 1988}}, Japanese boxer
• {{Nihongo|Kiyoko Ogawa|小川 清子||born 1946}}, Japanese sprinter
• {{Nihongo|Kiyoshi Ogawa|小川 清||1922–1945}}, Japanese noted kamikaze pilot
• Koki Ogawa (disambiguation), multiple people
• {{Nihongo|Makoto Ogawa (pilot)|小川 誠||born 1917}}, retired Japanese army aviator
• {{Nihongo|Makoto Ogawa|小川 麻琴||born 1987}}, Japanese pop singer and actress best known as a former member of Morning Musume
• {{Nihongo|Marumi Ogawa|小川 まるみ||born 1981}}, Japanese television personality and gravure idol
• {{Nihongo|Masataka Ogawa|小川 正孝||1865–1930}}, Japanese chemist
• {{Nihongo|Mikihiro Ogawa|小川 幹弘||born 1972}}, a.k.a. Shido Nakamura
• {{Nihongo|Naoya Ogawa|小川 直也||born 1968}}, Japanese judoka/wrestler/mixed martial artist
• {{Nihongo|Naoyuki Ogawa|小川 直之||born 1954}}, Japanese sailor
• {{Nihongo|Noriko Ogawa (pianist)|小川 典子||born 1962}}, Japanese classical pianist
• {{Nihongo|Noriko Ogawa (singer)|小川 範子||born 1973}}, Japanese actress
• {{Nihongo|Ryoya Ogawa|小川 諒也||born 1996}}, Japanese footballer
• {{Nihongo|Seiji Ogawa|小川 誠二||born 1934}}, Japanese developer of Functional MRI, 2003 winner of the Japan Prize
• {{Nihongo|Shinsuke Ogawa|小川 紳介||1935–1992}}, Japanese documentary film director
• Shoot Ogawa (born 1974), magician
• {{Nihongo|Ogawa Suketada|小川 祐忠||1549–1601}}, Japanese daimyō
• {{Nihongo|Takehiro Ogawa|小川 健洋||born 1996}}, Japanese musician
• {{Nihongo|Tadaharu Ogawa|小川 忠晴||born 1969}}, Japanese basketball player and coach
• {{Nihongo|Tomohiro Ogawa|小川 智大||born 1996}}, Japanese volleyball player
• {{Nihongo|Toshio Ogawa|小川 敏夫||born 1948}}, Japanese politician
• {{Nihongo|Yōko Ogawa|小川 洋子||born 1962}}, Japanese author
• {{Nihongo|Yoshimi Ogawa|小川 善美||born 1966}}, Japanese businesswoman
• {{Nihongo|Yoshinari Ogawa|小川 良成||born 1966}}, Japanese wrestler
• {{Nihongo|Yoshizumi Ogawa|小川 佳純||born 1984}}, Japanese footballer
• {{Nihongo|Yusei Ogawa|小川 雄勢||born 1996}}, Japanese judoka