("freshwater trout river") is a Japanese surname and place name.
People , or Gisuke Ayukawa, entrepreneur, businessman, and politician , guitarist, composer, member of the Japanese rock band Sheena & The Rokkets , singer-songwriter , mystery fiction writer , baseball player
Places Ayukawa, a whaling port in Miyagi prefecture, now a part of Ishinomaki.
Fictional characters Emi Ayukawa / Fonda Fontaine, from the anime series, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Hitomi Ayukawa, from the Japanese PC erotic game, Miko Miko Nurse Madoka Ayukawa, from the manga/anime series, Kimagure Orange Road Tenri Ayukawa, from the manga/anime series, The World God Only Knows Keita Ayukawa, from the visual novel, Atlach-Nacha Ran Ayukawa / B-Fighter Tentou, from the Tokusatsu TV series, B-Fighter Kabuto Ryuji "Yuka" Ayukawa (鮎川龍二, Ayukawa Ryuji), from the manga/anime series, Blue Period