Ogawa is the 30th most common Japanese surname. Less common variants are 小河 or 尾川. Notable people with the surname include:Ai Ogawa , American poet Daiki Ogawa , Japanese footballer Frank H. Ogawa (1917–1994), the first Japanese American to serve on the Oakland, CA City Council Hiroshi Ogawa (disambiguation), several people Hitoshi Ogawa , Japanese racing driver Gōtarō Ogawa , Japanese cabinet minister Ito Ogawa , a Japanese novelist, lyricist and translator, born in 1973 Jiro Ogawa , Japanese ice hockey player Ogawa Kazumasa , Japanese photographer Kenichi Ogawa , Japanese boxer Kiyoko Ogawa , Japanese sprinter Kiyoshi Ogawa , Japanese noted kamikaze pilot Koki Ogawa (disambiguation), multiple people Makoto Ogawa (pilot) , retired Japanese army aviator Makoto Ogawa , Japanese pop singer and actress best known as a former member of Morning Musume Marumi Ogawa , Japanese television personality and gravure idol Masataka Ogawa , Japanese chemist Mikihiro Ogawa , a.k.a. Shido Nakamura Naoya Ogawa , Japanese judoka/wrestler/mixed martial artist Naoyuki Ogawa , Japanese sailor Noriko Ogawa (pianist) , Japanese classical pianist Noriko Ogawa (singer) , Japanese actress Ryoya Ogawa , Japanese footballer Seiji Ogawa , Japanese developer of Functional MRI, 2003 winner of the Japan Prize Shinsuke Ogawa , Japanese documentary film director Shoot Ogawa, magician Ogawa Suketada , Japanese daimyō Tadaharu Ogawa , Japanese basketball player and coach Toshio Ogawa , Japanese politician Yōko Ogawa , Japanese author Yoshimi Ogawa , Japanese businesswoman Yoshinari Ogawa , Japanese wrestler Yoshizumi Ogawa , Japanese footballer Yusei Ogawa , Japanese judoka
