Asakawa

Asakawa (written: 朝河 or 浅川) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Asakawa brothers, Japanese academics
  • Noritaka Asakawa (浅川 伯教; 1884–1964)
  • Takumi Asakawa (浅川 巧; 1891–1931)
• Kan'ichi Asakawa (朝河 貫一; 1873–1948), Japanese academic and historian
• Maki Asakawa (浅川 マキ; 1942–2010), Japanese jazz singer and composer
• Masatsugu Asakawa (浅川 雅嗣; born 1958), Japanese civil servant
• Nana Asakawa (浅川 梨奈; born 1999), Japanese actress and former singer
• Yū Asakawa (浅川 悠; born 1975), Japanese voice actress

• Asakawa, Fukushima, town in Japan
• Asakawa Station, train station in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan