Nishikawa may refer to:
Places
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Nishikawa, Yamagata
Sagae Dam Reservoir
is a town located in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 5,225 in 1851 households, and a population density of 145.1 persons per km². The total area of the town is .
Geography
Nishikawa is l ...
, a town in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
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Nishikawa, Niigata, a town in Niigata Prefecture, Japan
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Mount Nishikawa, a mountain located in Hokkaidō, Japan
People with the surname
Science and engineering
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Joken Nishikawa (1648–1724), Japanese geographer and astronomer
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Shoji Nishikawa
Shōji Nishikawa (Japanese: 西川 正治, ''Nishikawa Shōji'', 5 December 1884 – 5 January 1952) was a Japanese physicist and a founding father of crystallography in Japan.
Education and career
Nishikawa was born in 1884 in Hachiōji, Tokyo ...
(1884–1952), Japanese physicist and crystallographer
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Kōichirō Nishikawa (1949–2018), Japanese elementary particle physicist
Writer
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Mitsuru Nishikawa (1908–1999), Japanese writer and literary figure
Politics
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Issei Nishikawa
is a Japanese politician and a former governor of Fukui Prefecture in Japan. He was elected first in 2003. A native of Asahi, Fukui and graduate of Kyoto University with the B.L. degree in 1968, he joined the Ministry of Home Affairs
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(born 1945), former Japanese governor of Fukui prefecture
*, Japanese lawyer and politician
*, Japanese communist and hijacker
TV, film and entertainment
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Katsumi Nishikawa (1918–2010), Japanese film director
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Ikuo Nishikawa
is a Japanese voice actor who works for Production Baobab.
Filmography Television animation
*''Star of the Giants'' (1968) (Mishima)
*'' Judo Boy'' (1969) (Sanshiro)
*'' Wandering Sun'' (1971) (Yumemaro)
*'' Casshan'' (1973) (Casshern)
*''Brave ...
(born 1940), a voice actor
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Kiyoshi Nishikawa (born 1946), a comedian, former member of
House of Councillors
The is the upper house of the National Diet of Japan. The House of Representatives (Japan), House of Representatives is the lower house. The House of Councillors is the successor to the pre-war House of Peers (Japan), House of Peers. If the t ...
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Mineko Nishikawa (born 1958), a singer
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Takanori Nishikawa
is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, voice actor, radio personality, and businessman. He performs under the stage name T.M.Revolution (T.M.R.), which stands for , stemming from the famous 1980s pop electronic band T ...
(born 1970) aka
T.M.Revolution, a musician
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Ayako Nishikawa
is a Japanese female TV star, tarento, comedian, and cosmetic surgeon. She is unusual in Japan in that she is willing to appear on television, as medical practitioners are generally hesitant to appear.
Early years
Ayako was born in Sagamiha ...
(born 1971), a medical doctor, a TV talent
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Helen Nishikawa, a TV talent in Japan, wife of Kiyoshi Nishikawa (described below)
Sports
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Junji Nishikawa (1907-?), Japanese football player
*, Japanese shogi player
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Daisuke Nishikawa
Daisuke Nishikawa (born 2 June 1970) is a retired Japanese gymnast who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially brande ...
(born 1970), former Japanese gymnast
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Kazuhiro Nishikawa
is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 6- dan.
Early life and apprenticeship
Nishiyama was born on April 2, 1986, in Kobe, Japan. Although his father Keiji was a professional shogi player, he only really became interested in shogi when ...
(born 1986), Japanese shogi player
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Shusaku Nishikawa (born 1986), a football (soccer) player (goalkeeper)
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Emily Nishikawa (born 1989), former Canadian cross-country skier
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Takanobu Nishikawa (born 1992), Japanese basketball player
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Manaya Nishikawa (born 1999), Japanese baseball player
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So Nishikawa
So Nishikawa (born 18 June 2001), is a Japanese-Australian professional footballer who plays as a defender for the San Diego State Aztecs.
Club career Melbourne Victory
Nishikawa joined the Melbourne Victory Youth prior to the 2018–19 Y-Leag ...
(born 2001), Japanese-Australian association football player
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