Arakawa (disambiguation)
Arakawa is a family name that may refer to:
- Ei Arakawa (* 1977), Japanese performance artist
- Eriko Arakawa (* 1979); japanese female soccer player
- Hachiro Arakawa (* 1933), Japanese water polo player
- Hiromu Arakawa (* 1973), Japanese manga artist
- Minoru Arakawa , President of Nintendo of America
- Shizuka Arakawa (* 1981), Japanese figure skater
- Shūsaku Arakawa (1936–2010), Japanese painter, graphic artist and architect
- Tomiko Arakawa (* ~ 1930), Japanese badminton player
- Tōru Arakawa (1932-2015), Japanese Wadō Ryu Karate Grand Master
- Arakawa Toyozō (1894–1985), Japanese potter
- Yasuhiko Arakawa (* 1952), Japanese physicist
- Yasuo Arakawa (* 1939), Japanese jazz musician
Arakawa are the names of the places
- Arakawa in Tokyo Prefecture
- Arakawa (Akita) in Akita Prefecture (today: Daisen )
- Arakawa (Hyōgo) in Hyōgo Prefecture (today: Himeji )
- Arakawa (Niigata) in Niigata Prefecture
- Arakawa (Saitama) in Saitama Prefecture (today: Chichibu )
- Arakawa (Tochigi) in Tochigi Prefecture (today: Nasukarasuyama )
- Arakawa (Toyama) in Toyama Prefecture (today: Takaoka )
Arakawa (in the spelling 荒 川 (dt. Wild river )) the rivers are called:
- Arakawa (Kantō) in Saitama and Tokyo prefectures
- Arakawa (Uetsu) in Niigata and Yamagata prefectures
- Arakawa (Fukui) in Fukui Prefecture
- Arakawa (Hokkaidō) in Hokkaidō Prefecture
- Arakawa (Kagoshima) in Kagoshima Prefecture
- Arakawa (Kumamoto) in Kumamoto Prefecture
- Arakawa (Okinawa) in Okinawa Prefecture
- Arakawa (river, Tochigi) in Tochigi Prefecture
- Arakawa (Yamanashi) in Yamanashi Prefecture
- another name for the Tsutsumi (river) in Aomori Prefecture
