Ichikawa (surname) explained

Ichikawa (written: lit. "market river") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• , Japanese footballer
• Ichikawa Danjūrō and Ichikawa Ebizō, stage names taken on by a series of kabuki actors of the Ichikawa family since the 17th century
• Daisuke Ichikawa (born 1980), Japanese football midfielder
• Fusae Ichikawa (1893–1981), Japanese feminist, politician and women's suffrage leader
• Haruyo Ichikawa (1913–2004), Japanese film actress
• Jun Ichikawa (1948–2008), Japanese film director
• Kon Ichikawa (1915–2008), Japanese film director
• , Japanese actress
• Mayumi Ichikawa (born 1976), Japanese long-distance runner
• Mikako Ichikawa (born 1978), Japanese actress and model, sister of Miwako Ichikawa
• Miori Ichikawa (born 1994), former member of NMB48
• Miwako Ichikawa (born 1976), Japanese actress, sister of Mikako Ichikawa
• , Japanese actress
• Raizo Ichikawa (1931–1969), Japanese film and kabuki actor
• Stalker Ichikawa (born 1974), Japanese professional wrestler
• , Japanese voice actor
• Takuji Ichikawa (born 1962), Japanese novelist
• , Japanese ice hockey player
• , Japanese baseball player
• Utaemon Ichikawa, (1907–1999), Japanese film actor
• Yoshiko Ichikawa (born 1976), Japanese long-distance runner
• Yosuke Ichikawa, keyboard player in the Japanese male pop band, The Babystars
• Yui Ichikawa (born 1986), Japanese actress and model, also known as Yui-nyan
• Yuichi Ichikawa, from the Japanese band the Indigo
• , Japanese footballer

Fictional characters

• Koyuki Ichikawa, a.k.a. Baaya, a character from the anime and manga series Ojamajo Doremi
• Mayura Ichikawa, a character from the anime series Best Student Council
• Reiko Ichikawa, a character from the anime series Infinite Ryvius
• Hiroshi Ichikawa, a character from the anime series Hungry Heart: Wild Striker
• Hiroshi and Utako Ichikawa, a character from the manga and anime series Kaibutsu-kun