Yamakawa (characters for "mountain" and "river") may refer to: *

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 *

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 * 8923 Yamakawa, asteroid

People with the surname

* Erika Yamakawa (born 1982), Japanese female talent * Yamakawa Futaba (1844–1909), Japanese educator *

Yamakawa Hiroshi Baron was a Bakumatsu period Aizu ''samurai'' who subsequently became a general in the early Meiji period Imperial Japanese Army, and a noted politician and educator. He was also one of the first persons (together with his brother Yamakawa Kenjir ...

(1845–1898), samurai *

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 *

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 forum ...

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Keiichi Yamakawa Keiichi is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese photographer *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese diplomat *, Japanese music director *, Japanese molecular biologist *, Japanese butterfly swimmer *, Ja ...

, 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 is a Japanese author An author is the writer of a book, article, play, mostly written work. A broader definition of the word "author" states: "''An author is "the person who originated or gave existence to anything" and whose authorship de ...

(born 1953), Japanese author and rock musician *

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 *

Maki Yamakawa Maki may refer to: People *Mäki, a Finnish surname (includes a list of people with the name) *Maki (name), a Japanese given name and surname (includes a list of people with the name) Places *Maki, Ravar, Kerman Province, Iran *Maki, Rigan, Ke ...

, Japanese fashion model and radio personality, director of ''

Kekko Kamen is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Go Nagai. It was serialized in ''Monthly Shōnen Jump'' from September 1974 to February 1978, with the chapters collected into five ''tankōbon'' volumes by Shueisha. It fo ...

'' *, Japanese actress *

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 is a Japanese music genre considered to resemble traditional Japanese music stylistically. Modern ''enka'', however, is a relatively recent musical form, which adopts a more traditional musical style in its vocalism than ''ryūkōka'' music, p ...

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