What is "asakawa"

Asakawa (written: 朝河 or 浅川) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Asakawa brothers (1884–1964) (1891–1931), Japanese academics
• Kan'ichi Asakawa (1873–1948), Japanese academic and historian
• Maki Asakawa (1942–2010), Japanese jazz singer and composer
• Ran Asakawa (born 1980), Japanese model and AV idol
• Yū Asakawa (born 1975), Japanese voice actress