Akagawa (written: 赤川 lit. "red river") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
, Japanese writer , Japanese baseball player Kinji Akagawa (born 1940), American sculptor , Japanese samurai
See also Akagawa Station, (赤川駅 Akagawa-eki), a railway station in Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture, Japan Aka River, (赤川 Akagawa), a river in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan