Around the globe, Hirakawa (ヒラカワ 
, 平川 
, Hirakawa 
) is quite a common primarily male, but scarcely feminine given name. The first name Hirakawa is habitual in Eastern Asia, particularly China, where it is a rare primarily masculine, but very infrequently female name. Very seldom, Hirakawa is the last name as well as the forename.