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 (Hiromu) Kitagawa (1931–2019), 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
• , Japanese footballer
• Mary Kitagawa, Canadian educator
• Masao Kitagawa (1910–1995), botanist
• Miyuki Kitagawa, manga writer, such as Ano Ko ni 1000%
• Rio Kitagawa, singer and member of the j-pop group Morning Musume
• 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
• , former Japanese rugby union player
• , Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player
• Tsutomu Kitagawa, actor and stunt man
• Yonehiko Kitagawa, voice actor
• Yoshio Kitagawa, football player
• Yuuko Kitagawa, a manga author

Fictional characters

• Jun Kitagawa (Kanon) from Kanon
• Kenta Kitagawa from Digimon Frontier
• Mai Kitagawa from World Trigger
• Marin Kitagawa from My Dress-Up Darling
• Yusuke Kitagawa from Persona 5

See also

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