Furukawa (surname)

Furukawa (written: 古川 or 古河, lit."old river") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Airi Furukawa (古川 愛李, born 1989), illustrator and former member of the Japanese idol girl group SKE48. She is a former member and leader of SKE48's Team KII
• Furukawa Ichibei (古河 市兵衛, 1832–1903), Japanese industrialist and copper mine magnate
• Keiko Furukawa (古川 圭子, born 1967), announcer for Mainichi Broadcasting System
• Kiichirō Furukawa (古川 麒一郎, 1929–2016), Japanese astronomer
• Lisa Furukawa (born 1976), Japanese-American pianist, singer and songwriter (formerly known as Lisa Furukawa Ray)
• Makoto Furukawa (古川 慎, born 1989), Japanese voice actor affiliated with Space Craft Group. His most notable role is in the anime One-Punch Man, as the main character, Saitama and Golden Time, as Banri Tada
• Makoto Furukawa (writer) (古川 真人, born 1988), Japanese writer
• Miki Furukawa (古川 美季, born 1979), Japanese musician, and former bass guitarist and singer for the Japanese rock band Supercar
• Motohisa Furukawa (古川 元久, born 1965), Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature)
• Narutoshi Furukawa (古川 成俊, 1900–1996), renowned Japanese photographer
• Roppa Furukawa (古川 ロッパ, 1903–1961), Japanese comedian
• Satoshi Furukawa (古川 聡, born 1964), JAXA astronaut
• Shuntaro Furukawa (古川 俊太郎, born 1972), Japanese businessman
• Takaharu Furukawa (古川 高晴, born 1984), Japanese archer
• Takashi Furukawa (古川 隆志, born 1981), former Japanese football player
• Takatoshi Furukawa (古川 孝敏, born 1987), Japanese professional basketball player who currently plays for Link Tochigi Brex in the National Basketball League (Japan)
• Takeshi Furukawa, Japanese-American composer, orchestrater and conductor. His works have spanned the concert stage, films, television, video games and advertising campaigns
• Takumi Furukawa (古川 卓己, 1917–2018), Japanese film director
• Tashiro Furukawa (古河 太四郎, 1845–1907), Japanese educator
• Toshiharu Furukawa (古川 俊治, born 1963), Japanese medical doctor, attorney, and politician
• Tomo Furukawa (古川 とも), vocalist for Guniw Tools
• Toshio Furukawa (古川 登志夫, born 1946), Japanese voice actor
• Tsuyoshi Furukawa (古川 毅, born 1972), former Japanese football player* Furukawa Hompo
• Tsuyoshi Furukawa (古川 毅, born 2000), Japanese singer and actor, member of boy group Super★Dragon
• Yasushi Furukawa (disambiguation), multiple people
• Yoshihisa Furukawa (古川 禎久, born 1965), Japanese politician
• Yuki Furukawa (古川 雄輝, born 1987), Japanese actor
• Yūta Furukawa (古川 雄大, born 1987), Japanese actor, singer, songwriter and model

Fictional characters

• Nagisa Furukawa, main character in the visual novel Clannad