Murai (surname)

Murai (written: 村井 lit. "village well") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Daijiro Murai (村井 大次郎, born 1962), Japanese rugby union player
• Ernest Isao Murai (1900–1981), Japanese American political official
• Hideki Murai (born 1980), Japanese politician
• Hideo Murai (1958–1995), member of the Aum Shinrikyo cult
• Jin Murai (born 1937), Governor of Nagano Prefecture
• Jun Murai (born 1955), Japanese computer scientist
• Kazusa Murai (born 1975), Japanese voice actress
• Katsuyuki Murai (born 1969), Japanese actor
• Keisuke Murai (村井 啓介, born 1973), Japanese rower
• Kenjirō Murai, member of Cali Gari
• Kunio Murai (born 1944), Japanese actor and voice actor
• Muneaki Murai (born 1973), Japanese politician
• Murai Sadakatsu (1528–1582), Japanese samurai
• Murai Shimako (born 1928), Japanese playwright
• Shinji Murai (born 1979), Japanese football player
• Taiki Murai (born 1993), Japanese footballer
• Tomio Murai (村井 富雄, born 1948), Japanese rower
• Yoshihiro Murai (born 1960), Governor of Miyagi Prefecture

See also

• Imura