Kawasaki (surname)

Kawasaki

Origin
Language(s)	Japanese
Other names
Variant form(s)	川崎, 川﨑, 川嵜, 河崎

Kawasaki is a surname of Japanese origin (most commonly 川崎, but also 川﨑, 川嵜, 河崎, etc.).

Notable people surnamed Kawasaki

• Audrey Kawasaki (born 1982), American artist
• Ayumi Kawasaki (born 1984), Japanese vert skater
• Carolyn Kawasaki aka Caiya Kawasaki (born 1962), American Gaijin tarento
• Guy Kawasaki (born 1954), American author and venture capitalist
• Itsuro Kawasaki (川崎 逸朗), Japanese anime director
• Jirō Kawasaki (born 1947), Japanese politician
• Kyozi Kawasaki (1930–2021), Japanese physicist
• Masahiro Kawasaki (1949–2006), Japanese musician and composer
• Minoru Kawasaki (film director) (born 1958), Japanese film director, screenwriter and producer
• Minoru Kawasaki (politician) (born 1961), Japanese politician
• Munenori Kawasaki (born 1981), Japanese baseball shortstop
• Ryo Kawasaki (1947–2020), Japanese musician
• Scott Kawasaki (born 1975), American politician
• Tomisaku Kawasaki (1925–2020), Japanese pediatrician after whom Kawasaki disease is named
• Kawasaki Shōzō (1837 – 1912), Japanese industrialist, and shipbuilder
• Toshikazu Kawasaki (born 1955), Japanese paperfolder
• Yasumasa Kawasaki (川﨑 裕大, born 1992), Japanese footballer
• Yosuke Kawasaki (born 1977), American musician
• Yukari Kawasaki (born 1976), Japanese Olympic archer
• Yukiko Kawasaki (born 1977), Japanese figure skater

Fictional characters

• Chef Kawasaki, a fictional character from the Kirby series of video games
• General Kawasaki, from Ikari Warriors

See also

• Kawasaki (disambiguation)