Asai (surname)

Asai is a Japanese surname which means "shallow well". Notable people with the surname include:


 * Akihiro Asai (浅井 亮博), Japanese race car driver
 * Asai Chū (浅井 忠), Japanese painter
 * Eriko Asai (浅井 えり子), Japanese long-distance runner
 * Hiroshi Asai (麻井 寛史), Japanese arranger, musician and composer
 * Isao Asai (浅井 功), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Itsuki Asai (浅井 樹), Japanese baseball player
 * Katsuaki Asai (born 1942), high-ranking teacher of Aikido in Germany
 * Kiyomi Asai (浅井 清己), Japanese voice actress
 * Makate Asai (朝井 まかて), Japanese writer
 * Asai Ryōi (浅井 了意), Japanese writer
 * Tetsuhiko Asai (浅井 哲彦), Shotokan karate master
 * Yasuhiro Asai (浅井 康宏), Japanese lacquer artisan
 * Yoshihiro Asai (浅井 嘉浩), Japanese professional masked wrestler wrestling under the name Ultimo Dragon
 * Yoshiko Asai (浅井 淑子), Japanese voice actress

Fictional Characters

 * Ami Asai (亜細亜実), a character in the manga series Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!
 * Akihiko Asai, Ami's father