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Throughout the world, 西川 (西川 , Nishikawa ) is quite a rare principally masculine, but scarcely feminine first name. The given name 西川 is characteristic of Eastern Asia, particularly China, where it is a rare primarily male, but very seldom girly name, and Japan, where it is a very rare masculine name. Likewise, 西川 is the last name as well as the forename.
西川 is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Nishikawa Kanon , the fictional character, Haramase Shūgaku Ryokō ~Sōda, Kozukuri ni Ikou~.