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

Asami Kitagawa (born October 3, 1987) is a Japanese Olympic and Nation Record holding swimmer. She swam for Japan at the 2008 Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an ...

, 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 Joseph Mitsuo Kitagawa (March 8, 1915 – October 7, 1992) was an eminent Japanese American scholar in religious studies. He was professor emeritus and dean of the University of Chicago Divinity School. He is considered one of the founders of th ...

, historian of religions, dean of

University of Chicago Divinity School The University of Chicago Divinity School is a private graduate institution at the University of Chicago dedicated to the training of academics and clergy across religious boundaries. Formed under Baptist auspices, the school today lacks any s ...

in the 1970s * Katsutoshi Kitagawa, lyricist, see

Aria In music, an aria ( Italian: ; plural: ''arie'' , or ''arias'' in common usage, diminutive form arietta , plural ariette, or in English simply air) is a self-contained piece for one voice, with or without instrumental or orchestral accompa ...

, worked with Rieko Itou. * Kazuo Kitagawa, cabinet minister of forestry in Japan * Keiichi Kitagawa, biker *

Keiko Kitagawa is a Japanese actress and former model. She was an exclusive model for the Japanese '' Seventeen'' magazine from late 2003 to mid-2006, and quit modeling when she left the magazine. Her first acting role was Sailor Mars in the Sailor Moon live ac ...

, actress/model *, Japanese footballer *

Mary Kitagawa Mary Kitagawa (''nee'' Murakami; born 1935) is a Canadian educator. As a Japanese-Canadian growing up in British Columbia, her family was placed in various Japanese Internment Camps during World War II. After the war, she accepted a position i ...

, Canadian educator *

Masao Kitagawa was a Japanese botanist and pteridologist. He spent most of his academic career at Yokohama National University. In 1986, a Russian botanist Michael Georgievich Pimenov published a genus of flowering plants, from central Asia, belonging to the ...

(1910–1995), botanist *

Miyuki Kitagawa is a Japanese Mangaka, manga artist. She was born on January 1, 1967, in Tokyo, Japan. She is married to Satoru Akahori, who is a novelist. Works * Ami! Non Stop (Manga) * Ano Ko ni 1000% (Manga/OAV) * Chokotto H na Koimonogatari (Manga - Author ...

, manga writer, such as

Ano Ko ni 1000% is a Japanese manga artist. She was born on January 1, 1967, in Tokyo, Japan. She is married to Satoru Akahori, who is a novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction ...

* Rio Kitagawa, singer and member of the

j-pop J-pop ( ja, ジェイポップ, ''jeipoppu''; often stylized as J-POP; an abbreviated form of "Japanese popular music"), natively also known simply as , is the name for a form of popular music that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the ...

group

Morning Musume , formerly simply and colloquially referred to as , are a Japanese girl group, holding the second highest overall single sales (of a female group) on the Oricon, Oricon charts as of February 2012, with the Oricon record of most top ten singles ...

Sho Kitagawa Sho, Shō or SHO may refer to: Music * ''Shō'' (instrument) (笙), a Japanese wind instrument * ''Kane'' (instrument) (鉦), a Japanese percussion instrument * Sho?, a Dubai rock band People * Shō (given name), including ''Sho'' * Shō (su ...

, manga writer for

Hotman is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sho Kitagawa. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Jump'' from 1997 to 2000, with its chapters collected in 15 ''tankōbon'' volumes. It was adapted i ...

and

C (manga) C, or c, is the third letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''cee'' (pronounced ), plural ''cees''. History "C" ...

who inspired

Itaru Hinoue is the pseudonym of a Japanese artist from Osaka, Japan, who is one of the founding members of the visual novel brand Key under VisualArt's. Hinoue's choice of her pseudonym stems from the manga ''C'' by Shō Kitagawa; the protagonist in the man ...

Susumu Kitagawa is a Japanese chemist working in the field of coordination chemistry, with specific focus on the chemistry of organic–inorganic hybrid compounds, as well as chemical and physical properties of porous coordination polymers and metal-organic fr ...

(born 1951), Japanese chemist *

Takurō Kitagawa is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Tokyo, Japan. He was represented by Sigma Seven and is now a freelancer. Filmography Anime television series *Brave Police J-Decker (Edgar Hopkins) *Cyber Team in Akihabara (Cigogne Raspaile) *Gantz (Yoshi ...

, voice actor of

Sigma Seven is a Japanese talent management firm representing a fair number of voice actors and entertainers. Founded on March 3, 1988, Sigma Seven is headquartered on the third floor of the Haga Building in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.Tomokatsu Kitagawa was a Japanese politician from the Liberal Democratic Party, and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Neyagawa, Osaka and graduate of Kansai University, he ran unsuccessfully for the House of ...

, politician *

Tsutomu Kitagawa is a Japanese actor and stuntman who is mostly known for playing Godzilla for the "Millennium" (or "Shinsei") series. He also played King Ghidorah for ''Rebirth of Mothra III''. He also played the costumed actor for the Blue (and occasionally, ...

, actor and stunt man *

Yonehiko Kitagawa is a Japanese voice actor represented by Aoni Production. He was formerly credited as . He is a graduate of Hosei University. Filmography Television animation ;1966 *''Sally the Witch'' (Mephisto, Dump Driver, Charlatan) ;1968 *''Akane-chan'' ...

, voice actor *

Yoshio Kitagawa is a former Japanese football player. Playing career Kitagawa was born in Kyoto Prefecture on August 21, 1978. After graduating from high school, he joined the Regional Leagues club Sagawa Express Osaka in 1997. In 2000, he moved to the newly ...

, football player * Yuuko Kitagawa, a manga author

Fictional characters

* Jun Kitagawa (Kanon) from '' Kanon'' *

Kenta Kitagawa ''Digimon Tamers'', produced by Toei Animation and written by Chiaki J. Konaka as the third series in the '' Digimon'' franchise, is centered on the Digimon Tamers, a group of children partnered with a wild Digimon. The characters were designed b ...

from ''Digimon Frontier'' * Mai Kitagawa from ''

World Trigger , also known in short form as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Daisuke Ashihara. It was initially serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from February 2013 to November 2018, and transferred to ''Jump Square'' in December ...

'' * Marin Kitagawa from ''

My Dress-Up Darling is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shinichi Fukuda. It began serialization in Square Enix's ''Young Gangan'' in January 2018, and has been compiled into ten volumes . An anime television series adaptation by CloverWorks ai ...

'' *

Yusuke Kitagawa ''Persona 5'', a role-playing video game by Atlus, is centered on the Phantom Thieves of Hearts, a vigilante group of high-school students working to change the hearts of criminals by getting them to confess their crimes through defeating a phy ...

from ''Persona 5''

Fictional characters

See also