Arai (surname)
Arai is a Japanese surname.
"新井" means "new residence.”
Notable people with the surname include:
- Akino Arai, Japanese singer and lyricist
- Alberto Arai, Mexican architect and writer
- Atsushi Arai, Japanese water polo player
- Etsuji Arai, Japanese politician
- Hakuseki Arai, Japanese scholar and politician
- Haruhiko Arai, Japanese screenwriter
- Hideki Arai, Japanese manga artist
- Hirofumi Arai, Japanese actor
- Hiroto Arai, Japanese footballer
- Hiroyuki Arai, Japanese politician
- Iemitsu Arai, Japanese politician
- Ikunosuke Arai, Japanese samurai
- Izumi Arai, birthname of Japanese singer and actress Minami Takayama
- Kenichiro Arai, Japanese male professional wrestler
- Kenji Arai, Japanese male soccer player
- Kikuo Arai, Japanese male golfer
- Kiyoko Arai, Japanese manga artist
- Kozo Arai, Japanese retired soccer player
- Maki Arai, Japanese women's tennis player
- Marie Arai, Japanese female pair skater
- Masaru Arai, Japanese astronomer
- Masao Arai, Japanese male wrestler
- Matsuri Arai, Japanese diver
- Motoko Arai, Japanese science fiction writer
- Naoto Arai, Japanese footballer
- Nobuaki Arai, Japanese baseball player
- Nobuo Arai, Japanese male freestyle swimmer
- Noriko Arai, Japanese female wheelchair racer
- Noriko H. Arai, Japanese mathematical logician and artificial intelligence researcher
- Ryohei Arai , Japanese film director
- Ryohei Arai , Japanese male soccer player
- Ryōji Arai, Japanese illustrator
- Ryota Arai, Japanese baseball player
- Sasagu Arai, Japanese Biblical scholar
- Satomi Arai, Japanese voice actress
- Satoshi Arai, Japanese politician
- Shigeo Arai, Japanese male freestyle swimmer
- Shōgo Arai, Japanese politician
- Shota Arai, Japanese male soccer player
- Shota Arai, Japanese male soccer player
- Shoichi Arai, Japanese professional wrestler promoter
- Takahiro Arai, Japanese baseball player
- Takako Arai, Japanese beauty pageant contestant
- Tatsunori Arai, Japanese male soccer player
- Tatsuo Arai, Japanese engineer
- Tatsuya Arai, Japanese male soccer player
- Toshi Arai, Japanese rally driver and team owner
- Yuko Arai, Japanese female fencer
- Yumi Arai, birthname of Japanese musician Yumi Matsutoya
- Zack Arai, Japanese adult video director
