Maekawa

Maekawa (written: 前川) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Atsushi Maekawa (前川 淳; born 1964), Japanese anime and tokusatsu scriptwriter
• Ayaka Maekawa (前川 綾香; born 1983), Japanese tennis player
• Daiya Maekawa (前川 黛也; born 1994), Japanese footballer
• Hachiro Maekawa (前川 八郎; 1912–2010), Japanese baseball player
• Haruo Maekawa (前川 春雄; 1911–1989), Japanese businessman and central banker
• Jun Maekawa (前川 淳; born 1958), Japanese software engineer, mathematician, origami artist
• Kazuhiko Maekawa (前川 和彦; born 1947), Japanese doctor, responsible for the care of two victims from the 1999 Tokaimura nuclear accident
• Kazuya Maekawa (前川 和也; born 1968), Japanese footballer
• Kenkichi Maekawa (前川 健吉; born 1953), Japanese sport wrestler
• Kisaku Mayekawa (前川 喜作; 1893–1986), Japanese industrialist and philanthropist
• Kiyoshi Maekawa (前川 清; born 1948), Japanese singer and tarento
• Kiyoshige Maekawa (前川 清成; born 1962), Japanese politician
• Kunio Maekawa (前川 國男; 1905–1986), Japanese architect
• Miyuki Maekawa (前川 みゆき; born 1956), Japanese fencer
• Ryoko Maekawa (前川 涼子), Japanese voice actress
• Sadamichi Maekawa (前川 禎通; born 1946), Japanese researcher
• Senpan Maekawa (前川 千帆; 1888–1960), Japanese woodblock printer
• Shinpei Mykawa (前川 真平; 1874–1906), Japanese rice farmer and namesake of Mykawa, Texas
• Steven Maekawa (born 1967), American prelate and Dominican friar of the Catholic Church
• Taiga Maekawa (前川 大河; born 1996), Japanese footballer
• Yasuo Maekawa (前川 康男; 1921–2003), Japanese writer
• Yasuyuki Maekawa (前川 泰之; born 1973), Japanese actor and former model
• Yoko Maekawa (前川 陽子; born 1950), Japanese singer

• Ai Maekawa (前川 藍), protagonist of the manga series Doubt!!
• Akio Maekawa (前川 彰男), a character in the visual novel Ayakashi
• Miku Maekawa (前川 みく), a character in the video game The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls
• Tamaki Maekawa (前川 たまき), a character in the manga series Ultimate Muscle

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