Sakai (name)
Sakai is both a Japanese surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname
- Atsushi Sakai, Japanese professional wrestler
- Frankie Sakai, Japanese comedian
- Gotoku Sakai, Japanese football player
- Hideyuki Sakai, Japanese professional Go player
- Hirofumi Sakai, Japanese retired race walker
- Hiroki Sakai, Japanese professional footballer
- Hiroko Sakai, Japanese softball player
- Hiroyuki Sakai, Japanese chef
- Sakai Hōitsu, Japanese painter
- Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer-songwriter
- Jin Sakai (born 1247), Japanese Samurai, Politician
- Kanako Sakai, Japanese voice actress
- Katsuyuki Sakai, Japanese rugby union player
- Kazufumi Sakai, Japanese basketball player
- Keikō Sakai, Japanese voice actor
- Kenichi Sakai, Japanese professional wrestler
- Kiyoshi Sakai, Japanese anime producer and animator
- Kōdai Sakai, Japanese voice actor
- Kōji Sakai, Japanese lieutenant general
- Maki Sakai, Japanese actress
- Manabu Sakai, Japanese politician
- Masaaki Sakai, Japanese actor, singer and martial artist
- Sakai Masahisa, Japanese samurai
- Masato Sakai, Japanese actor
- Masatoshi Sakai, record producer
- Miki Sakai, Japanese actress and singer
- Mikio Sakai, Japanese singer-songwriter
- Munehisa Sakai, Japanese anime director
- Natsumi Sakai (swimmer), Japanese swimmer
- Nick Sakai, Japanese-American actor and producer
- Noriko Sakai, Japanese singer and actress
- Richard Sakai, American television and film producer
- Saburō Sakai, Japanese naval aviator
- Seth Sakai, American actor
- Shiho Sakai, Japanese swimmer
- Sho Sakai, Japanese diver
- Shogo Sakai, Japanese former football player
- Shoichiro Sakai, Japanese mathematician
- Stan Sakai, Japanese-American cartoonist and comic book creator
- Sumie Sakai, Japanese professional wrestler
- Sakai Moka, Japanese singer, member of girl group ILLIT
- Sakai Tadaaki, Japanese feudal lord
- Sakai Tadakatsu, Japanese samurai and feudal lord
- Sakai Tadakatsu (Shōnai), Japanese samurai
- Sakai Tadakiyo, Japanese feudal lord and government official
- Sakai Tadamochi, Japanese feudal lord
- Sakai Tadatsugu, Japanese military commander
- Sakai Tadayo, Japanese feudal lord and government official
- Sakai Tadayuki, Japanese feudal lord
- Takao Sakai, Japanese bobsledder
- Takashi Sakai, Japanese lieutenant general
- Tatsuya Sakai, Japanese footballer
- Tatsuya Sakai (marksman), Japanese sport shooter
- Tomohito Sakai, Japanese professional baseball player
- Tomoyuki Sakai, Japanese former football player
- Toshihiko Sakai, Japanese socialist
- Toshio Sakai, Japanese photographer
- Toshio Sakai (Go player), Japanese professional Go player
- Toshiyuki Sakai, Japanese ice hockey player
- Yoshihiro Sakai, Japanese professional wrestler
- Yoshinori Sakai, Japanese athlete
- Yoshio Sakai, Japanese field hockey player
- Yuki Sakai (footballer, born 1989), Japanese football player
Given name
- Sakai Tanaka, Japanese freelance journalist