List of Famous people named Arai

Similar names: Ari, Arie, Ary, Ara, Yara, Aria, Ariya, Aaro, Ario, Arye, Aare, Aarya, Iyari, Aarre, Are, Arya. Here are some famous Arais:

Arai Hakuseki

First Name Arai

Last Name Hakuseki

Born on March 24, 1657

Died on June 29, 1725 (aged 68)

Arai Hakuseki was a Confucianist, scholar-bureaucrat, academic, administrator, writer and politician in Japan during the middle of the Edo period, who advised the shōgun Tokugawa Ienobu. His personal name was Kinmi or Kimiyoshi (君美). Hakuseki (白石) was his pen name. His father was a Kururi han samurai Arai Masazumi.

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Arai Shōkei

First Name Arai

Last Name Shōkei

Born on January 12, 1948

Died on February 19, 1998 (aged 50)

Born in Japan, Ōsaka Prefecture

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Arai Ikunosuke

First Name Arai

Last Name Ikunosuke

Born on June 12, 1836

Died on July 19, 1909 (aged 73)

Arai Ikunosuke was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period. Prominent as Navy Minister of the Republic of Ezo, he later became famous as the first head of the Japan Meteorological Agency. Also known as Akinori (顕徳) or Akiyoshi (顕理).

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