Kawai (name)
Kawai is both a Japanese surname and feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname
- Ami Kawai, Japanese television and theater actress
- Aya Kawai, Japanese ice dancer
- Ayumu Kawai, Japanese footballer
- Chiharu Kawai, Japanese actress and voice actress
- Eri Kawai, Japanese singer
- Hayao Kawai, Japanese Jungian psychologist
- Hiroo Kawai, Japanese professional golfer
- Ikuko Kawai, Japanese violinist and composer
- Junichi Kawai, Japanese Paralympic swimmer
- Kawai Gyokudō or Kawai Yoshisaburō, Japanese painter in the nihonga school, active from Meiji through Shōwa period Japan
- Kawai Kanjirō, Japanese potter
- Kawai Michi, Japanese educator, Christian activist, and proponent of Japanese-Western ties before, during, and after World War II
- Kazumi Kawai, Japanese actress
- Kazuo Kawai, Japanese table tennis player
- Kenji Kawai, Japanese music composer
- Kenta Kawai, former Japanese football player
- Masahiro Kawai, former Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball infielder
- Masao Kawai, Japanese primatologist
- Misaki Kawai, Japanese artist
- Reishin Kawai, 8th dan aikido practitioner and acupuncturist
- Risako Kawai, Japanese sport wrestler
- Ritsuko Kawai, the creator of the anime television show Hamtaro
- Ryuji Kawai, Japanese football player
- Shunichi Kawai, Japanese volleyball player, announcer and television personality
- Sonoko Kawai, former Japanese singer
- Takashi Kawai, Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher
- Takanori Kawai, Japanese politician
- Tatsuo Kawai, Japanese diplomat and writer
- Tatsuo Kawai (wrestler), Japanese sport wrestler
- Tetta Kawai, Japanese footballer
- Toru Kawai, Japanese stunt man and actor
- Toshinobu Kawai, Japanese short track speed skater
- Tsunenori Kawai, Japanese politician
- Yoshio Kawai, Japanese voice actor
- Yosuke Kawai, Japanese football player
- Yudai Kawai, Japanese baseball player
- Yuki Kawai, Japanese volleyball player
- Yuumi Kawai, Japanese actress
- Yumi Morio or Yumi Kawai, Japanese voice actress
Fictional characters
- Maria Kawai, a character in the manga series A Devil and Her Love Song
- Yumeko Kawai is a character from series Ninja Hattori
- Yukari Kawai is a teenage character of main character's older brother's friend from Obake no Q-taro
- Shizuka Kawai, a character in the manga and anime series Yu-Gi-Oh!
- Rika Kawai, a character in ''Wonder Egg Priority''
Given name
- Kawai Okada, Japanese former actress and businesswoman