Hayakawa (written: 早川) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: Chuko Hayakawa (born 1945), Japanese politician Hiromi Hayakawa (1982–2017), Mexican singer , Japanese swimmer Kenichi Hayakawa (born 1986), Japanese male badminton player Kiyotaka Hayakawa (1946–2005), Japanese handball player Masato Hayakawa (born 1986), Japanese-American singer Nami Hayakawa (born 1984), Japanese athlete Norio Hayakawa (born 1944), American activist Noritsugu Hayakawa (1881–1942), Japanese businessman Ren Hayakawa (born 1987), Japanese female archer S. I. Hayakawa (1906–1992), semanticist and United States Senator from California Sakura Hayakawa (born 1997), Japanese rhythmic gymnast Sayo Hayakawa (born 1983), Japanese fashion model Sessue Hayakawa (1889–1973), motion picture actor Tokuji Hayakawa (1894–1981), founder of Hayakawa Kinzoku Kougyou (the present-day Sharp Corporation) Tomonobu Hayakawa (born 1977), former Japanese footballer Hayakawa Senkichirō (1863–1922), Japanese politician and president of the South Manchurian Railway Lady Hayakawa (died 1613), one of Hōjō Ujiyasu's daughters, married to Imagawa Ujizane See also Hayakawa Award, an award chosen annually by the readers of Hayakawa's SF Magazine Hayakawa Publishing, a Japanese publisher Hayakawa Station, a railway station on the Tōkaidō Main Line of East Japan Railway Company in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan Hayakawa, Yamanashi, a town in Japan Hayakawa or Haya River, a river in Kanagawa, Japan Japanese-language surnames