Nishikawa

Nishikawa may refer to:

Places

• Nishikawa, Yamagata, a town in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
• Nishikawa, Niigata, a town in Niigata Prefecture, Japan
• Mount Nishikawa, a mountain located in Hokkaidō, Japan

People with the surname

Science and engineering

• Joken Nishikawa (1648–1724), Japanese geographer and astronomer
• Shoji Nishikawa (1884–1952), Japanese physicist and crystallographer
• Kōichirō Nishikawa (1949–2018), Japanese elementary particle physicist

Writer

• Mitsuru Nishikawa (1908–1999), Japanese writer and literary figure

Politics

• Issei Nishikawa (born 1945), former Japanese governor of Fukui prefecture
• Tomoo Nishikawa (西川 知雄, born 1948), Japanese lawyer and politician
• Jun Nishikawa (JRA member) (西川 純, born 1950), Japanese communist and hijacker

TV, film and entertainment

• Katsumi Nishikawa (1918–2010), Japanese film director
• Ikuo Nishikawa (born 1940), a voice actor
• Kiyoshi Nishikawa (born 1946), a comedian, former member of House of Councillors
• Mineko Nishikawa (born 1958), a singer
• Takanori Nishikawa (born 1970) aka T.M.Revolution, a musician
• Ayako Nishikawa (born 1971), a medical doctor, a TV talent
• Helen Nishikawa, a TV talent in Japan, wife of Kiyoshi Nishikawa (described below)

Sports

• Junji Nishikawa (1907-?), Japanese football player
• Keiji Nishikawa (西川 慶二, born 1961), Japanese shogi player
• Tetsu Nishikawa (西川 哲, born 1968), Japanese golfer
• Daisuke Nishikawa (born 1970), former Japanese gymnast
• Kazuhiro Nishikawa (born 1986), Japanese shogi player
• Shusaku Nishikawa (born 1986), a football (soccer) player (goalkeeper)
• Emily Nishikawa (born 1989), former Canadian cross-country skier
• Takanobu Nishikawa (born 1992), Japanese basketball player
• Manaya Nishikawa (born 1999), Japanese baseball player
• So Nishikawa (born 2001), Japanese-Australian association football player
• Jun Nishikawa (footballer) (西川 潤, born 2002), Japanese footballer