, also read as Kawata, is a common Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Atsuko Kawada (born 1965), Japanese actress *

Jun Kawada was a Japanese tanka poet and entrepreneur active during the Shōwa period of Japan. Biography Kawada was born in the plebeian Asakusa district of Tokyo as the third son of noted Chinese literature scholar Kawada Oko. He graduated from the Law ...

, poet * Junko Kawada (born 1974), J-pop singer *, Japanese footballer * Mami Kawada, J-pop singer * Ryuhei Kawada (born 1976), Haemophiliac and member of the House of Councillors * Shinji Kawada (born 1971), Japanese voice actor * Toshiaki Kawada (born 1963), Japanese professional wrestler *

Kazuhiro Kawata is a former Japanese football player who last appeared for Blaublitz Akita. Kamata previously played for Oita Trinita in J. League Division 1 The , known as the for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the system. Founded in 1992, it i ...

(born 1982), Japanese football player *

Satoshi Kawata is a scientist based in Japan who is active in nanotechnology, photonics, plasmonics, and other areas of applied physics. He is a Professor of Department of Applied Physics at Osaka University. He is also a Chief Scientist at RIKEN. Kawata is th ...

(born 1951), Japanese nanotechnologist *

Taeko Kawata is a freelance Japanese voice actress best known for voicing Amy Rose from the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' franchise. While working at a confectionery shop after graduating from Jissen Commercial High School, she attended a voice acting school in the ...

(born 1965), Japanese voice actress *

Kikuji Kawada is a Japanese photographer. He co-founded the Vivo photographic collective in 1959.Kōtarō Iizawa, "The evolution of postwar photography" (chapter of Tucker et al., ''The History of Japanese Photography''), pp. 217, 210. Kawada's books incl ...

(born 1933), Japanese photographer *, Japanese archer * Yukiyosi Kawada, Japanese mathematician

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Noriko Kawada ''Digimon Adventure'', ''Digimon Adventure 02'', ''Digimon Adventure tri.'' and '' Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna'' anime series and films produced by Toei Animation for the ''Digimon'' franchise, are centered on the , a group of childre ...

, a character in ''Digimon Adventure'' *

Shogo Kawada Shogo, Shōgo, Shohgo or Shougo (written: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese professional baseball player *, Japanese politician * ...

, a character in ''Battle Royale''

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