Yoshio Nakagawa (中川 義雄, Nakagawa Yoshio, born March 14, 1938) is a Japanese politician of the Sunrise Party of Japan, and a previous member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature).

A native of Hiroo District, Hokkaidō and dropout of Kanagawa University, he was elected to the House of Councillors as a candidate for the Liberal Democratic Party for the first time in 1998 after serving in the Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly for five terms.

He joined the Sunrise Party of Japan on April 10, 2010, but lost in House of Councillors election.

He is the younger brother of Ichirō Nakagawa.

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