Nakagawa (written: 中川, 仲川, 那珂川 or 那賀川) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Akiko Nakagawa (born 1973), Japanese voice actress
• Camila Nakagawa, Brazilian recurring contestant on The Challenge
• Daisuke Nakagawa (中川 大輔, born 1968), Japanese shogi player
• Eric Nakagawa of I Can Has Cheezburger?
• Haruka Nakagawa (born 1992), Japanese idol, member of JKT48
• Hidenao Nakagawa (born 1944), Japanese politician
• Kunio Nakagawa (1898-1944), colonel in the Imperial Japanese Army
• Nobuo Nakagawa (1905–1984), Japanese director
• Nakagawa Hidemasa (1568–1592), samurai
• Nakagawa Hidenari (1570–1612), Japanese daimyō
• Kiyoe Nakagawa (中川 清江, born 1951), Japanese swimmer
• Nakagawa Kiyohide (1556–1583), Japanese daimyō
• Masaharu Nakagawa (House of Representatives), member of the Japanese House of Representatives
• Masaharu Nakagawa (House of Councillors), member of the Japanese House of Councillors
• Miyuki Nakagawa (中川 未由希, born 1986), Japanese field hockey player
• Nakagawa Oyakata, Japanese sumo wrestler and head coach of Nakagawa stable
• Rieko Nakagawa (中川李枝子), a Japanese children's book writer and lyricist
• Ryoji Nakagawa, member of the Supreme Court of Japan
• Shoichi Nakagawa (1953–2009), Japanese politician
• Shoko Nakagawa (born 1985), Japanese idol
• So Nakagawa (中川 創, born 1999), Japanese footballer
• Soen Nakagawa (1907–1984), Japanese teacher of Zen Buddhism
• Teruhito Nakagawa (born 1992), Japanese footballer
• Tomoka Nakagawa (born 1981), Japanese professional wrestler
• Yūko Nakagawa (born 1958), Japanese politician
• Yuri Nakagawa, Japanese fashion model, public figure and fashion blogger
• Stephen Nakagawa, (born 1994), ballet dancer with The Washington Ballet

Fictional characters

• Noriko Nakagawa and Yuka Nakagawa (Battle Royale)
• Shinji Nakagawa (Megazone 23)
• Kanon Nakagawa (The World God Only Knows)
• Shun Nakagawa (Gantz)
• Oran Nakagawa and her brother Hiroshi (Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction)

See also

• Japanese name