List of Famous people with last name Kawai

Chiharu Kawai is a Japanese actress and voice actress. She is well known for her role as Mayumi Sasaki in Carved.

Shunichi Kawai is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics. Since retiring he has been working as a sports announcer and television tarento.

Sonoko Kawai , married name Sonoko Gotō is a former Japanese singer. She was originally member number 12 of Onyanko Club.

Yudai Kawai is a retired professional Japanese baseball player. He played pitcher for the Chunichi Dragons.

Takanori Kawai is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet. A native of Kyoto, Kyoto and graduate of Ritsumeikan University, he was elected for the first time in 2007 after working at Teijin since 1987.

Masao Kawai was a Japanese primatologist, who forwarded the concept of kyokan as a means of studying primates in his book Life of Japanese Monkeys (1969).

Ryunosuke Kawai is a Japanese actor. He was represented by T-artist and Riche Management and later, in May 2016, became a freelancer.

Hayao Kawai (1928–2007) was a Japanese Jungian psychologist who has been described as "the founder of Japanese Analytical and Clinical Psychology". He introduced the sandplay therapy concept to Japanese psychology. He participated in Eranos from 1982. Kawai was the director of the International Research Center for Japanese Studies from 1995 to 2001. As chief of the Agency for Cultural Affairs from 2002 to 2007, he oversaw the popular Nihon no Uta Hyakusen song selection, as well as the "Kokoro no Note" ethics textbook now used in all Japanese primary schools. He died in Tenri Hospital following a stroke.

Yosuke Kawai is a Japanese football player for Shimizu S-Pulse.

Aya Kawai is a Japanese former competitive ice dancer. She competed with Hiroshi Tanaka. They placed 23rd in the 1998 Winter Olympic Games. They were two-time Japanese national champions.