Yamakawa (characters for "mountain" and "river") may refer to:
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Yamakawa, Tokushima was a List of towns in Japan, town located in Oe District, Tokushima, Oe District, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 11,456 and a population density of 271.02 persons per km². The total area was 42.2 ...
, town in Oe District, Tokushima
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Yamakawa, Fukuoka
was a town located in Yamato District, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 5,522 and a density of 209.33 persons per km². The total area was 26.38 km².
On January 29, 2007, Yamakawa, along with the t ...
, town in Yamato District, Fukuoka
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8923 Yamakawa, asteroid
People with the surname
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Erika Yamakawa
is a fashion model from Japan. She is from Iwate. She appeared in the show-business production ''Avant-gardes''. She was a gravure idol.
Career
She won Miss Young Magazine in 1998, then became a model. At present, she mainly appears on TV var ...
(born 1982), Japanese female talent
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Yamakawa Futaba
(1844 – November 14, 1909) was a Japanese educator of the early Meiji era. Born in Aizu, she was the sister of the ''karō'', Yamakawa Hiroshi; her other siblings included physicist Yamakawa Kenjirō and Meiji-era social figure Ōyama Sutem ...
(1844–1909), Japanese educator
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Yamakawa Hiroshi (1845–1898), samurai
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Hitoshi Yamakawa
was a Japanese revolutionary socialist who played a leading role in founding the Japanese Communist Party in 1922. He was also a founding member of the Rono-ha (Labour-Farmer Faction), a group of Marxist thinkers opposed to the Comintern.
His ...
(1880–1958), Japanese socialist
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Junichi Yamakawa
Jun'ichi or Junichi is a masculine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Junichi can be written using different kanji characters. "Ichi" is nearly always written with the character ("one") or its ''daiji'' (large numerals) form , while "jun" mi ...
, the author of ''
Kuso Miso Technique
is a Japanese one-shot manga written and illustrated by Junichi Yamakawa. It was first published in 1987 in , a manga supplement of the gay magazine . The short story is a famous meme on the Internet (especially on Japanese Internet forums) ...
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Keiichi Yamakawa, Japanese producer of ''
Romance of Darkness
is a Japanese '' shōjo'' manga series written and illustrated by Chie Shinohara. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''Betsucomi'' magazine from 2004 to 2005. Shogakukan collected the individual chapters into five bound volumes from June ...
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Kenichi Yamakawa (born 1953), Japanese author and rock musician
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Yamakawa Kenjirō
was a Japanese samurai, politician, physicist, academic administrator, and author of several histories of the Boshin War. He served as president of Tokyo Imperial University, Kyushu Imperial University, and Kyoto Imperial University. He also s ...
(1854–1931), Japanese physicist, university president, and author
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Maki Yamakawa, Japanese fashion model and radio personality, director of ''
Kekko Kamen''
*, Japanese actress
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Yutaka Yamakawa
Yutaka is a masculine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Yutaka can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*豊, "bountiful"
*裕, "affluence"
*穣, "fertile"
*温, "warmth"
The name can also be written in hiragana ゆた ...
, Japanese
Enka singer
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