Hayakawa (written: 早川) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Chuko Hayakawa
is a Japanese attorney who previously served as a Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) member of the House of Representatives of Japan, House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan, Diet (national legislature), represe ...
(born 1945), Japanese politician
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Hiromi Hayakawa
Marla Hiromi Hayakawa Salas (October 19, 1982 – September 27, 2017), known professionally as Hiromi Hayakawa, was a Japanese-born Mexican actress and singer who began her music career as a contestant in the reality show ''La Academia''. She w ...
(1982–2017), Mexican singer
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Kenichi Hayakawa
is a retired Japanese badminton player. He has been a runner-up of the All England three times (2013, 2014 and 2016) along with his partner, Hiroyuki Endo. He competed at the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games.
Career
Hayakawa won the first point in th ...
(born 1986), Japanese male badminton player
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Kiyotaka Hayakawa (1946–2005), Japanese handball player
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Masato Hayakawa
Masato David Hayakawa (Japanese: 早川 雅人, ''Hayakawa Masato'', born December 17, 1986), known professionally as Masato, is a Japanese singer, musician, songwriter, producer and model. He is known for being the bandleader and vocalist of th ...
(born 1986), Japanese-American singer
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Nami Hayakawa (born 1984), Japanese athlete
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Norio Hayakawa (born 1944), American activist
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Noritsugu Hayakawa
was a Japanese businessman. He is renowned for funding the construction of Japan's first subway system, now known as the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, which opened in 1927.
Biography Early life
Hayakawa was born into a family of politicians in Miyosak ...
(1881–1942), Japanese businessman
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Ren Hayakawa
is a Japanese archer of South Korean descent who won a bronze medal in the women's team event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Early and personal life
Hayakawa was born Um Hye-ryeon (hanja:) in Anyang, Gyeonggi Province in South Korea. She c ...
(born 1987), Japanese female archer
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S. I. Hayakawa (1906–1992), semanticist and United States Senator from California
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Sakura Hayakawa
is a Japanese individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2015 Asian Championships All-around bronze medalist.
Career
Hayakawa appeared in international junior competitions in 2010. Hayakawa has competed at the World Club Cup, the Aeon Cup in Toky ...
(born 1997), Japanese rhythmic gymnast
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Sayo Hayakawa
is a Japanese fashion model. She is best known for her stint as a main model for the ''Koakuma Ageha'' cabaret-gyaru fashion magazine.
Hayakawa is well known as a former prominent cabaret hostess. After retiring from nightwork in 2010, she sti ...
(born 1983), Japanese fashion model
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Sessue Hayakawa
, known professionally as , was a Japanese actor and a matinée idol. He was a popular star in Hollywood during the silent film era of the 1910s and early 1920s. Hayakawa was the first actor of Asian descent to achieve stardom as a leading man i ...
(1889–1973), motion picture actor
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Tokuji Hayakawa (1894–1981), founder of Hayakawa Kinzoku Kougyou (the present-day Sharp Corporation)
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Tomonobu Hayakawa (born 1977), former Japanese footballer
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Hayakawa Senkichirō (1863–1922), Japanese politician and president of the South Manchurian Railway
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Lady Hayakawa
Lady Hayakawa (早川殿, ''Hayakawa-Dono'', died April 4, 1613) was a Japanese woman and aristocrat of the Sengoku period. Hayakawa is a common nickname for one of ''Daimyō'' Hōjō Ujiyasu's daughters, who lived in the Sengoku through early ...
(died 1613), one of Hōjō Ujiyasu's daughters, married to Imagawa Ujizane
See also
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Hayakawa Award
The is an annual poll conducted by '' Hayakawa's S-F Magazine'' for the best Japanese short story, illustrator, and foreign short story, voted by the readers from their issues in the previous year. The honor has been awarded since 1989.
Award wi ...
, an award chosen annually by the readers of Hayakawa's ''SF Magazine''
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Hayakawa Publishing
is a Japanese publishing company, founded in 1945 by Kiyoshi Hayakawa. It is the largest science fiction publisher in Japan; almost all winners of the Seiun Award for Best Foreign Novel are published by the company.
Notable books written by Japa ...
, a Japanese publisher
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Hayakawa Station, a railway station on the Tōkaidō Main Line of East Japan Railway Company in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
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Hayakawa, Yamanashi
270px, Hayakawa Town Hall
is a town located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 10,679 in 610 households, and a population density of 28.9 persons per km2. The total area of the town is . It has the smallest ...
, a town in Japan
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Haya River, a river in
Kanagawa, Japan
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the List of Japanese prefectures by population, second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-dens ...
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Japanese-language surnames