Kawasaki

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Kawasaki can refer to:

a place name

• Kawasaki, Kanagawa, a Japanese city located in Kanagawa Prefecture, between Tokyo and Yokohama
• Kawasaki, Fukuoka, a Japanese town in Fukuoka Prefecture
• Kawasaki, Miyagi, a Japanese town in Miyagi Prefecture

a company

• Kawasaki Heavy Industries, a Japanese company producing transport-related equipment including motorcycles

• Kawasaki Motors Racing, the European subsidiary of Kawasaki Heavy Industries
• Kawasaki Heavy Industries Consumer Products and Machinery Company, division of Kawasaki Heavy Industries

• Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, a Japanese transport company whose main area of operations is international shipping

a person

• Audrey Kawasaki (born 1982), an American artist
• Guy Kawasaki (born 1954), an American author and venture capitalist
• Jirō Kawasaki (born 1947), a Japanese politician
• Ryo Kawasaki (born 1947), a Japanese musician
• Kawasaki Shōzō (1837 – 1912), a Japanese industrialist, and shipbuilder
• Minoru Kawasaki (born 1958), a Japanese film director, screenwriter and producer
• Minoru Kawasaki (born 1961), a Japanese politician
• Toshikazu Kawasaki, a Japanese paperfolder
• Utah Kawasaki (born 1976), a Japanese musician
• Yosuke Kawasaki (born 1977) an American musician
• Yukari Kawasaki (born 1976), a Japanese Olympic archer

or, other uses

• Kawasaki disease, a cardiovascular disease found primarily in young children, first described by Dr. Tomisaku Kawasaki
• Kawasaki Frontale, a Japanese professional soccer (football) club in Kawasaki, Kanagawa
• Kawasaki Station, a train station in Kawasaki, Kanagawa