Asai (surname)

Asai is a Japanese surname which means "shallow well". Notable people with the surname include:

• Akihiro Asai (浅井 亮博, born 1975), Japanese race car driver
• Asai Chū (浅井 忠, 1856–1907), Japanese painter
• Eriko Asai (浅井 えり子, born 1959), Japanese long-distance runner
• Hiroshi Asai (麻井 寛史, born 1978), Japanese arranger, musician and composer
• Isao Asai (浅井 功, born 1942), Japanese ice hockey player
• Itsuki Asai (浅井 樹, born 1971), Japanese baseball player
• Katsuaki Asai (born 1942), high-ranking teacher of Aikido in Germany
• Kiyomi Asai (浅井 清己, born 1974), Japanese voice actress
• Makate Asai (朝井 まかて, born 1959), Japanese writer
• Asai Ryōi (浅井 了意, c. 1612–1691), Japanese writer
• Tetsuhiko Asai (浅井 哲彦, 1935–2006), Shotokan karate master
• Yasuhiro Asai (浅井 康宏, born 1983), Japanese lacquer artisan
• Yoshihiro Asai (浅井 嘉浩, born 1966), Japanese professional masked wrestler wrestling under the name Ultimo Dragon
• Yoshiko Asai (浅井 淑子, born 1941), Japanese voice actress

Fictional Characters

• Ami Asai (亜細亜実), a character in the manga series Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!
  • Akihiko Asai, Ami's father

See also

• Azai clan