Yamakawa
Yamakawa ( Japanese 山川 ) means:
- a city in Fukuoka Prefecture: Yamakawa (Fukuoka) (today: Miyama )
- a city in Kagoshima Prefecture: Yamakawa (Kagoshima) (today: Ibusuki )
- a city in Tokushima Prefecture: Yamakawa (Tokushima) (today: Yoshinogawa )
- a village in Tochigi prefecture, today: Ashikaga
- a fiefdom based in Yamakawa, Tochigi: Yamakawa (Han)
- an asteroid: (8923) Yamakawa
- a trademark for electronic devices such as DVD players and recorders
Yamakawa is a family name for the following people:
- Desheun Ryō Yamakawa (* 1997), Japanese football player
- Yamakawa Hiroshi , general
- Yamakawa Hitoshi , socialist intellectual
- Ken'ichi Yamakawa , writer and rock musician
- Yamakawa Kenjirō , samurai, doctor and university director
- Kotomi Yamakawa , voice actress
- Masao Yamakawa (1930-1965), Japanese writer
- Yamakawa Tomiko (1879–1909), Japanese writer
