Ichikawa (surname)

Ichikawa (written: 市川 lit. "market river") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Ichikawa Danjūrō and Ichikawa Ebizō, stage names taken on by a series of kabuki actors of the Ichikawa family since the 17th century
• Daisuke Ichikawa (born 1980), a Japanese football midfielder
• Fusae Ichikawa (1893–1981), a Japanese feminist, politician and women's suffrage leader
• Haruyo Ichikawa (1913–2004), a Japanese film actress
• Jun Ichikawa (1948–2008), a Japanese film director
• Kon Ichikawa (1915–2008), a Japanese film director
• Mayumi Ichikawa (born 1976), a Japanese long-distance runner
• Mikako Ichikawa (born 1978), a Japanese actress and model, sister of Miwako Ichikawa
• Miwako Ichikawa (born 1976), a Japanese actress, sister of Mikako Ichikawa
• Raizo Ichikawa (1931–1969), a Japanese film and kabuki actor
• Stalker Ichikawa (born 1974), a Japanese professional wrestler
• Takuji Ichikawa, movie director
• Utaemon Ichikawa, (1907–1999), a Japanese film actor
• Yosuke Ichikawa, keyboard player in the Japanese male pop band, The Babystars
• Yui Ichikawa (born 1986), Japanese actress and model, also known as Yui-nyan
• Yuichi Ichikawa, from the Japanese band the Indigo

Fictional characters:

• Mayura Ichikawa, character from the anime series Best Student Council
• Reiko Ichikawa, character from the anime series Infinite Ryvius
• Hiroshi Ichikawa, character from the anime series Hungry Heart: Wild Striker
• Hiroshi and Utako Ichikawa, character from the manga and anime series Kaibutsu-kun