Kitagawa

Kitagawa (written: 北川 or 喜多川) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Asami Kitagawa, Olympic swimmer
• Fuyuhiko Kitagawa, poet and film critic
• Ichitarō Kitagawa, famous woodblock artist and painter who later changed his name to Yusuke and Utamaro
• Issei Kitagawa, politician
• Johnny Kitagawa (real name Hiromu Kitagawa), boy band promoter
• Joseph Kitagawa, historian of religions, dean of University of Chicago Divinity School in the 1970s
• Katsutoshi Kitagawa, lyricist, see Aria, worked with Rieko Itou.
• Kazuo Kitagawa, cabinet minister of forestry in Japan
• Keiichi Kitagawa, biker
• Keiko Kitagawa, actress/model
• Masao Kitagawa, (1910 – 1995) Botanist
• Miyuki Kitagawa, manga writer, such as Ano Ko ni 1000%
• Sho Kitagawa, manga writer for Hotman and C (manga) who inspired Itaru Hinoue
• Susumu Kitagawa (born 1951), Japanese chemist
• Takurō Kitagawa, voice actor of Sigma Seven
• Tomokatsu Kitagawa, politician
• Tsutomu Kitagawa, actor and stunt man
• Yonehiko Kitagawa, voice actor
• Yoshio Kitagawa, football player
• Yuuko Kitagawa, a manga author

Fictional characters

• Jun Kitagawa (Kanon) of Kanon
• Kenta Kitagawa of Digimon
• Mai Kitagawa of World Trigger
• Yusuke Kitagawa of Persona 5

See also

• Kitagawa, Kōchi prefecture
• Kitagawa, Miyazaki prefecture
• Tosa-Kitagawa Station