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meaning "fortunate" or sometimes "one who is from the Fukui prefecture". Notable people with the surname include: *

Kenichi Fukui was a Japanese chemist, known as the first Asian person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Fukui was co-recipient of the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Roald Hoffmann, for their independent investigations into the mechanisms of ch ...

(1918–1998), physical chemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1981 *

Kenichiro Fukui is a Japanese video game composer and electronic musician. Before working at Square Enix, he was employed at Konami. He was also an arranger and a keyboardist in the band The Black Mages. Additionally, Fukui arranged Angela Aki's "Kiss Me Good-By ...

, Japanese video game music composer, arranger and performer *

Kenji Fukui is a Japanese television announcer. He began his broadcasting career in 1976 with Fuji Television, and was one of the three longest-serving television presenters on the Fuji network, before he quit the station in 2013. Fukui has hosted numerous ...

(born 1953), Japanese television announcer, best known as the head commentator of television program ''Iron Chef'', referred as "Fukui-san" in the program *, Japanese footballer *

Masato Fukui is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Albanian club Kamza. Club career Gainare Tottori In 2011, he joined Gainare Tottori in J2 League, on 6 March 2011 he made his first appearance for the team. Home United In 2013 ...

(born 1988), Japanese soccer player *, Japanese women's basketball player *

Mina Fukui is a Japanese former actress, television personality and gravure model from Nabari, Mie Prefecture. She worked under the Horipro talent agency. Career Even though she had been featured as a guest or assistant in several shows during the 1990s ...

(born 1984), Japanese actress and television personality * Morita Fukui, former commissioner of Nippon Professional Baseball *, Japanese jazz pianist *

Shozin Fukui is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He has produced three experimental shorts ('' Metal Days, Gerorisuto'', and ''Caterpillar'') and two full-length films (''964 Pinocchio'', and '' Rubber's Lover''). These movies (excluding ''Metal ...

, Japanese movie director and screenwriter * Takeo Fukui (born 1944), Japanese businessman, President and CEO of Honda *

Teru Fukui is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). Overviews A native of Osaka, Osaka and graduate of the University of Tokyo , abbreviated as or UTokyo, ...

(born 1953), Japanese politician, a member of the House of Representatives of Japan

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