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Around the world, 新川 (新川 , Shinkawa ) is quite a rare principally masculine, but very seldom feminine forename. The first name 新川 is habitual in Eastern Asia, particularly China, where it is a rare principally boy's, but very infrequently feminine name. Much less frequently, 新川 is the last name as well as the forename.
新川 is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .