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 people, Japanese Olympic and List of Japanese records in swimming, Nation Record holding swimmer. She swam for Japan at the Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 Olympics. Major achievements Swimming at th ...

, 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 The University of Chicago Divinity School is a graduate professional school at the University of Chicago dedicated to the training of academics and clergy across religious boundaries. Formed under Baptist auspices, the school today is without ...

in the 1970s * Katsutoshi Kitagawa, lyricist, see

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

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

Keiko Kitagawa is a Japanese actress. 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 action show '' Pret ...

, actress/model *, Japanese footballer * Mary Kitagawa, 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, manga writer, such as Ano Ko ni 1000% * Rio Kitagawa, singer and member of the

j-pop J-pop (often stylized in all caps; an abbreviated form of "Japanese popular music"), natively known simply as , is the name for a form of popular music that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in trad ...

group

Morning Musume , formerly and commonly known as and colloquially referred to as , is 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 to ...

* Sho Kitagawa, manga writer for Hotman and C (manga) who inspired

Itaru Hinoue is the pseudonym of a Japanese artist from Osaka Prefecture, Osaka, Japan, who is one of the founding members of the visual novel brand Key (company), Key under VisualArt's. Hinoue's choice of her pseudonym stems from the manga ''C'' by Shō Kita ...

* Susumu Kitagawa (born 1951), Japanese chemist * Takurō Kitagawa, voice actor of

Sigma Seven is a Japanese people, Japanese talent management firm representing a fair number of seiyū, voice actors and entertainers. Founded on March 3, 1988, Sigma Seven is headquartered on the third floor of the Haga Building in Minato, Tokyo, Minato, T ...

Tomokatsu Kitagawa was a Japanese politician from the Liberal Democratic Party, and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). Early life Kitagawa is a native of Neyagawa, Osaka and graduated from Kansai University. Politica ...

, politician *, former Japanese rugby union player *, Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player *

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, voice actor * Yoshio Kitagawa, football player * Yuuko Kitagawa, a manga author

Fictional characters

* Jun Kitagawa (Kanon) from ''

Kanon Kanon may refer to: Media and literature * ''Kanon'' (video game), a Japanese visual novel by Key, later adapted into anime series * ''Kanon'' (manga), a manga by Chiho Saito * ''Daimajin Kanon'', a Japanese tokusatsu television drama * '' Der K ...

'' *

Kenta Kitagawa is a Japanese anime television series and the third television series in the ''Digimon'' franchise, produced by Toei Animation. The series takes place in a new setting separate from the preceding series, '' Digimon Adventure'' and ''Digimon ...

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

World Trigger , also known as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by . It was initially serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''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 . It was serialized in Square Enix's ''seinen'' manga magazine '' Young Gangan'' from January 2018 to March 2025, and has been compiled in 14 volumes . An anime television series adapt ...

'' * Yusuke Kitagawa from ''

Persona 5 is a 2016 role-playing video game developed by P-Studio and published by Atlus. The game is the sixth installment in the ''Persona'' series, itself a part of the larger ''Megami Tensei'' franchise. It was released for PlayStation 3 and PlayStat ...

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