Maekawa is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:Ayaka Maekawa , Japanese tennis player Daiya Maekawa , Japanese footballer Kazuya Maekawa , Japanese footballer Kenkichi Maekawa , Japanese sport wrestler Kisaku Mayekawa , Japanese industrialist and philanthropist Kunio Maekawa , Japanese architect Miyuki Maekawa , Japanese fencer Shinpei Mykawa , Japanese rice farmer and namesake of Mykawa, Texas Yasuo Maekawa , Japanese writer