Kawai (name)

Kawai (written 川井, 川合, 川相, 河井, 河合, 河相 or 可愛) is both a Japanese surname and feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

 * Ami Kawai (河合 亞美), Japanese television and theater actress
 * Aya Kawai (河合 彩), Japanese ice dancer
 * Ayumu Kawai (川井 歩), Japanese footballer
 * Chiharu Kawai (川合 千春), Japanese actress and voice actress
 * Eri Kawai (河井 英里), Japanese singer
 * Hayao Kawai (河合 隼雄), Japanese Jungian psychologist
 * Hiroo Kawai (河井 博大), Japanese professional golfer
 * Ikuko Kawai (川井 郁子), Japanese violinist and composer
 * Junichi Kawai (河合 純一), Japanese Paralympic swimmer
 * Kawai Gyokudō (川合 玉堂) or Kawai Yoshisaburō (川合 芳三郎), Japanese painter in the nihonga school, active from Meiji through Shōwa period Japan
 * Kawai Kanjirō (川合 芳三郎), Japanese potter
 * Kawai Michi (河井 道), Japanese educator, Christian activist, and proponent of Japanese-Western ties before, during, and after World War II
 * Kazumi Kawai (可愛 かずみ), Japanese actress
 * Kazuo Kawai (川井 一男), Japanese table tennis player
 * Kenji Kawai (川井 憲次), Japanese music composer
 * Kenta Kawai (川井 健太), former Japanese football player
 * Masahiro Kawai (川相 昌弘), former Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball infielder
 * Masao Kawai (河合 雅雄), Japanese primatologist
 * Misaki Kawai (河井 美咲), Japanese artist
 * Reishin Kawai (1931–2010), 8th dan aikido practitioner and acupuncturist
 * Risako Kawai (川井 梨紗子), Japanese sport wrestler
 * Ritsuko Kawai (河井 リツ子), the creator of the anime television show Hamtaro
 * Ryuji Kawai (河合 竜二), Japanese football player
 * Shunichi Kawai (川合 俊一), Japanese volleyball player, announcer and television personality
 * Sonoko Kawai (河合その子), former Japanese singer
 * Takashi Kawai (川井 貴志), Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher
 * Takanori Kawai (川合 孝典), Japanese politician
 * Tatsuo Kawai (河相 達夫), Japanese diplomat and writer
 * Tatsuo Kawai (wrestler) (川合 達夫), Japanese sport wrestler
 * Tetta Kawai (河井 哲太), Japanese footballer
 * Toru Kawai (河合 徹), Japanese stunt man and actor
 * Toshinobu Kawai (河合 季信), Japanese short track speed skater
 * Tsunenori Kawai (河合 常則), Japanese politician
 * Yoshio Kawai (河合 義雄), Japanese voice actor
 * Yosuke Kawai (河井 陽介), Japanese football player
 * Yudai Kawai (川井 雄太), Japanese baseball player
 * Yuki Kawai (河合 由貴), Japanese volleyball player
 * Yuumi Kawai (河合 優実), Japanese actress
 * Yumi Morio (森尾 由美) or Yumi Kawai (河合 由美), 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 (Serenity Wheeler in English dub), a character in the manga and anime series Yu-Gi-Oh!
 * Rika Kawai, a character in Wonder Egg Priority

Given name

 * Kawai Okada (born 1948), Japanese former actress and businesswoman