Sakurai (surname)

Sakurai (written: 桜井 or literally "well of the cherry blossom") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Atsushi Sakurai (櫻井 敦司), Japanese singer
 * Hayato Sakurai (born 1975), mixed martial arts fighter
 * Hideo Sakurai (桜井 秀男), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Jun John Sakurai (1933–1982), physicist
 * Junko Sakurai (桜井 純子), Japanese swimmer
 * Kazutoshi Sakurai (born 1970), musician
 * Kodai Sakurai (桜井 広大), Japanese baseball player
 * Koji Sakurai (桜井 孝次), Japanese triple jumper
 * Kunihiko Sakurai (桜井 邦彦), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Masahiro Sakurai (桜井 政博, born 1970), game designer
 * Masaru Sakurai (born 1955), singer for The Alfee
 * Makoto Sakurai (born 1972), right-wing activist
 * Reika Sakurai (桜井 玲香), Japanese idol, singer and actress
 * Sho Sakurai (櫻井 翔), singer, songwriter and actor, member of Arashi
 * Shogo Sakurai (桜井 鐘吾), football player
 * Shōzō Sakurai (桜井省三), general of the Imperial Japanese Army
 * Takahiro Sakurai (born 1974), voice actor
 * Takao Sakurai (born 1941), Japanese boxer
 * Tokutaro Sakurai, (1897–1980), general of the Imperial Japanese Army
 * Toshiharu Sakurai (born 1964), Japanese voice actor
 * Yoshiko Sakurai (born 1945), journalist
 * Tetsuo Sakurai (born 1957), bassist of Casiopea

Fictional characters

 * Kanade Sakurai, one of the main characters in the anime/manga Candy Boy
 * Shizuku Sakurai, one of the supporting characters in the anime/manga Candy Boy
 * Yukino Sakurai, another one of the main characters in the anime/manga Candy Boy
 * Yuuto Sakurai, one of the supporting characters in the television series Kamen Rider Den-O
 * Rihoko Sakurai, one of the 6 lead females of the anime and manga Amagami SS
 * Tomoki Sakurai, main character of Heaven's Lost Property
 * Kouichi Sakurai, one of the main 'prince' of otome game Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side: 3rd Story
 * Goro Sakurai, one of the main characters in the J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai
 * Ryō Sakurai, a character from the anime/manga Kuroko no Basket
 * Izumi Sakurai, a character from the anime/manga Nichijou
 * Makoto Sakurai, a character from the anime/manga Nichijou
 * Shinichi Sakurai, one of the main characters in the anime and manga Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!
 * Ryoko Sakurai, a character in the manga and anime series Great Teacher Onizuka
 * Keiwa Sakurai, one of the main characters in the television series Kamen Rider Geats
 * Haruka Sakurai, one of the characters in the interactive music video series MILGRAM
 * Nozomi Sakurai, one of the three main characters in the anime Kamisama Minarai: Himitsu no Cocotama