# Nishikawa

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'''Nishikawa''' may refer to:

==Places==
*[Nishikawa, Yamagata](/source/Nishikawa%2C_Yamagata), a town in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
*[Nishikawa, Niigata](/source/Nishikawa%2C_Niigata), a town in Niigata Prefecture, Japan
*[Mount Nishikawa](/source/Mount_Nishikawa), a mountain located in Hokkaidō, Japan

==People with the surname==
=== Science and engineering ===
*[Joken Nishikawa](/source/Nishikawa_Joken) (1648–1724), Japanese geographer and astronomer
*[Shoji Nishikawa](/source/Shoji_Nishikawa) (1884–1952), Japanese physicist and crystallographer
*[Kōichirō Nishikawa](/source/K%C5%8Dichir%C5%8D_Nishikawa) (1949–2018), Japanese elementary particle physicist

=== Writer ===
*[Mitsuru Nishikawa](/source/Mitsuru_Nishikawa) (1908–1999), Japanese writer and literary figure

=== Politics ===
*[Issei Nishikawa](/source/Issei_Nishikawa) (born 1945), former Japanese governor of Fukui prefecture
*{{Nihongo|[Tomoo Nishikawa](/source/Tomoo_Nishikawa)|西川 知雄||born 1948}}, Japanese lawyer and politician
*{{Nihongo|[Jun Nishikawa (JRA member)](/source/Jun_Nishikawa_(JRA_member))|西川 純||born 1950}}, Japanese communist and hijacker

=== TV, film and entertainment ===
*[Katsumi Nishikawa](/source/Katsumi_Nishikawa) (1918–2010), Japanese film director
*[Ikuo Nishikawa](/source/Ikuo_Nishikawa) (born 1940), a voice actor
*[Kiyoshi Nishikawa](/source/Kiyoshi_Nishikawa) (born 1946), a comedian, former member of [House of Councillors](/source/House_of_Councillors)
*[Mineko Nishikawa](/source/Mineko_Nishikawa) (born 1958), a singer
*[Takanori Nishikawa](/source/Takanori_Nishikawa) (born 1970) aka [T.M.Revolution](/source/T.M.Revolution), a musician
*[Ayako Nishikawa](/source/Ayako_Nishikawa) (born 1971), a medical doctor, a TV talent
*[Helen Nishikawa](/source/Helen_Nishikawa), a TV talent in Japan, wife of Kiyoshi Nishikawa (described below)

=== Sports ===
*[Junji Nishikawa](/source/Junji_Nishikawa) (1907-?), Japanese football player
*{{Nihongo|[Keiji Nishikawa](/source/Keiji_Nishikawa)|西川 慶二||born 1961}}, Japanese shogi player
*{{Nihongo|[Tetsu Nishikawa](/source/Tetsu_Nishikawa)|西川 哲||born 1968}}, Japanese golfer
*[Daisuke Nishikawa](/source/Daisuke_Nishikawa) (born 1970), former Japanese gymnast
*[Kazuhiro Nishikawa](/source/Kazuhiro_Nishikawa) (born 1986), Japanese shogi player
*[Shusaku Nishikawa](/source/Shusaku_Nishikawa) (born 1986), a football (soccer) player (goalkeeper)
*[Emily Nishikawa](/source/Emily_Nishikawa) (born 1989), former Canadian cross-country skier
*[Takanobu Nishikawa](/source/Takanobu_Nishikawa) (born 1992), Japanese basketball player
*[Manaya Nishikawa](/source/Manaya_Nishikawa) (born 1999), Japanese baseball player
*[So Nishikawa](/source/So_Nishikawa) (born 2001), Japanese-Australian association football player
*{{Nihongo|[Jun Nishikawa (footballer)](/source/Jun_Nishikawa_(footballer))|西川 潤||born 2002}}, Japanese footballer

{{disambiguation|surname}}

Category:Japanese-language surnames

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