Kawada (川田 or 河田), also read as Kawata, is a common Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Atsuko Kawada (born 1965), Japanese actress
• Jun Kawada, poet
• Junko Kawada (born 1974), J-pop singer
• Kohei Kawata (河田 晃兵, born 1987), Japanese footballer
• Mami Kawada, J-pop singer
• Ryuhei Kawada (born 1976), Haemophiliac and member of the House of Councillors
• Shinji Kawada (born 1971), Japanese voice actor
• Toshiaki Kawada (born 1963), Japanese professional wrestler
• Kazuhiro Kawata (born 1982), Japanese football player
• Satoshi Kawata (born 1951), Japanese nanotechnologist
• Taeko Kawata (born 1965), Japanese voice actress
• Kikuji Kawada (born 1933), Japanese photographer
• Yuki Kawata (河田 悠希, born 1997), Japanese archer
• Yukiyosi Kawada, Japanese mathematician

Fictional characters

• Noriko Kawada, a character in Digimon Adventure
• Shogo Kawada, a character in Battle Royale

See also

• Kawada, Gunma, Japan