Arai (surname)

Arai (written: 新井 or 荒井) is a Japanese surname.

"新井" means "new residence.”

Notable people with the surname include:


 * Akino Arai (新居 昭乃), Japanese singer and lyricist
 * Alberto Arai (1915–1955), Mexican architect and writer
 * Atsushi Arai (荒井 陸), Japanese water polo player
 * Etsuji Arai (新井 悦二), Japanese politician, younger brother of Iemitsu Arai
 * Hakuseki Arai (新井 白石), Japanese scholar and politician
 * Haruhiko Arai (荒井 晴彦), Japanese screenwriter
 * Hideki Arai (新井 英樹), Japanese manga artist
 * Hirofumi Arai (新井 浩文), Japanese actor
 * Hiroto Arai (新井 博人), Japanese footballer
 * Hiroyuki Arai (荒井 広幸), Japanese politician
 * Iemitsu Arai (新井 家光), Japanese politician, older brother of Etsuji Arai
 * Ikunosuke Arai (荒井 郁之助), Japanese samurai
 * Izumi Arai (新井 泉) (born 1964), birthname of Japanese singer and actress Minami Takayama (高山 みなみ)
 * Kenichiro Arai (新井 健一郎), Japanese male professional wrestler
 * Kenji Arai (新井 健二), Japanese football player
 * Kikuo Arai (新井 規矩雄), Japanese male golfer
 * Kiyoko Arai (あらい きよこ), Japanese manga artist
 * Kozo Arai (荒井 公三), Japanese retired football player
 * Maki Arai (新井 麻葵), Japanese women's tennis player
 * Marie Arai (荒井 万里絵), Japanese female pair skater
 * Masao Arai (荒井 政雄), Japanese male wrestler
 * Masaru Arai (新井 優), Japanese astronomer
 * Matsuri Arai (荒井 祭里), Japanese diver
 * Motoko Arai (新井 素子), Japanese science fiction writer
 * Nanao Arai (荒井 菜々緒), Japanese model and actress
 * Naoto Arai (新井 直人), Japanese footballer
 * Nobuaki Arai (荒井 修光), Japanese baseball player
 * Nobuo Arai (新井 信男), Japanese male freestyle swimmer
 * Noriko Arai (荒井 のり子), Japanese female wheelchair racer
 * Noriko H. Arai (新井 紀子), Japanese mathematical logician and artificial intelligence researcher
 * Ryohei Arai (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Arai Ryoichiro (新井 領一郎), Japanese businessman
 * Ryōji Arai (荒井 良二), Japanese illustrator
 * Ryota Arai (新井 良太), Japanese baseball player
 * Sasagu Arai (荒井 献), Japanese Biblical scholar
 * Satomi Arai (新井 里美), Japanese voice actress
 * Satoshi Arai (荒井 聰), Japanese politician
 * Shigeo Arai (新井 茂雄), Japanese male freestyle swimmer
 * Shōgo Arai (荒井 正吾), Japanese politician
 * Shota Arai (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Shoichi Arai (荒井 昌一), Japanese professional wrestler promoter
 * Takahiro Arai (新井 貴浩), Japanese baseball player
 * Takako Arai (新井 貴子), Japanese beauty pageant contestant
 * Tatsunori Arai (新居 辰基), Japanese football player
 * Tatsuo Arai (長井 研究室), Japanese engineer
 * Tatsuya Arai (新井 辰也), Japanese football player
 * Toshi Arai (新井 敏弘), Japanese rally driver and team owner
 * Yuko Arai (新井 祐子), Japanese female fencer
 * Yumi Arai (荒井 由実) (born 1954), birthname of Japanese musician Yumi Matsutoya (松任谷 由実)
 * Zack Arai, Japanese adult video director