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
, Japanese television and theater actress , Japanese ice dancer , Japanese footballer , Japanese actress and voice actress , Japanese singer , Japanese Jungian psychologist , Japanese professional golfer , Japanese violinist and composer , Japanese Paralympic swimmer or , Japanese painter in the nihonga school, active from Meiji through Shōwa period Japan , Japanese potter , Japanese educator, Christian activist, and proponent of Japanese-Western ties before, during, and after World War II , Japanese actress , Japanese table tennis player , Japanese music composer , former Japanese football player , former Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball infielder , Japanese primatologist , Japanese artist Reishin Kawai (1931–2010), 8th dan aikido practitioner and acupuncturist , Japanese sport wrestler , the creator of the anime television show Hamtaro , Japanese football player , Japanese volleyball player, announcer and television personality , former Japanese singer , Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher , Japanese politician , Japanese diplomat and writer , Japanese sport wrestler , Japanese footballer , Japanese stunt man and actor , Japanese short track speed skater , Japanese politician , Japanese voice actor , Japanese football player , Japanese baseball player , Japanese volleyball player , Japanese actress or , Japanese voice actress
Fictional characters Maria Kawai (可愛マリア), a character in the manga series A Devil and Her Love Song Yumeko Kawai (河合由美子), a character from series Ninja Hattori Yukari Kawai (河井ユカリ), a teenage character of main character's older brother's friend from Obake no Q-taro Shizuka Kawai (川井静香) (Serenity Wheeler in English dub), a character in the manga and anime series Yu-Gi-Oh! Rika Kawai (川井リカ), a character in Wonder Egg Priority
Given name
Kawai Okada (born 1948), Japanese former actress and businesswoman
See also Kawhi