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4/23/2024, 9:35 PM Mike C kitagawa update #115
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4/25/2021, 10:07 PM Mike C kitagawa update #110
11/20/2020, 10:42 PM Mike C kitagawa update #109
5/29/2020, 9:30 PM Mike C kitagawa added (from user-submitted name 328371)
5/26/2020, 7:40 AM Marusero 328371
5/25/2020, 3:48 PM Marusero 328371
2/23/2020, 1:30 PM Marusero

Type Surname (from location)
Usage Japanese
Scripts 北川(Japanese Kanji) きたがわ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced Pron. KYEE-TA-GA-WA

Meaning & History

From Japanese (kita) meaning "north" and (kawa) meaning "river, stream". A famous bearer was the artist and printmaker Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806).