Yasuo Ichikawa
 Yasuo Ichikawa (一川 保夫 Ichikawa Yasuo born February 6 1942) is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature) and is the former Minister of Defence. A native of Komatsu Ishikawa and graduate of Mie University he worked at the Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries from 1965 to 1990 and had served in the assembly of Ishikawa Prefecture for two terms since 1991.