Across the world, 香川 (Kagawa 
, 香川 
) is a rare gender-neutral first name. The first name 香川 is habitual in Morocco, where it is a very rare masculine name, Indonesia, and China, where it is a very rare epicene name. More prevalently, 香川 is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Kagawa | Ghana, United States, Japan, Indonesia, Uganda |
| 香川 | China |
Chamchuan, Chanchuan, Xiangchuan, and 加川
香川 is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .
| 香川 勝雄 (b. 1515) |
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香川 真一 Japanese politician, JP (b. 1835) |
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香川 良介 actor (1896-1987), JP (b. 1896) |
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| 香川熊太郎 Japanese politician and businessman (b. 1866) |
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香川 照之 Japanese actor, JP (b. 1965) |
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| 香川茂 JP (b. 1920) |
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| 香川檀 Japanese art historian and translator, JP (b. 1954) |
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| 香川 俊介 Japanese bureaucrat, JP (b. 1957) |
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| 香川 耕二 Japanese actor, JP (b. 1958) |
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| 香川 伸行 baseball player, JP (b. 1961) |
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| 香川 拓海 JP (b. 1991) |
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