Asakawa
Asakawa (written: 朝河 or 浅川) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Asakawa brothers, Japanese academics
Noritaka Asakawa (浅川 伯教, 1884–1964)
Takumi Asakawa (浅川 巧, 1891–1931)
Kan'ichi Asakawa (朝河 貫一, 1873–1948), Japanese academic and historian
Maki Asakawa (浅川 マキ, 1942–2010), Japanese jazz singer and composer
Masatsugu Asakawa (浅川 雅嗣, born 1958), Japanese civil servant
Nana Asakawa (浅川 梨奈, born 1999), Japanese actress and former singer
Yū Asakawa (浅川 悠, born 1975), Japanese voice actress

See also
Asakawa, Fukushima, town in Japan
Asakawa Station, train station in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan