Imai ( — characters for "now" and "water well", meaning "new place of residence") is a Japanese surname. ''The Japanese characters link to the

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Asami Imai is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with Early Wing. She debuted as a voice actress in 1999 and as singer in 2009 by releasing her first single "Day by Day / Shining Blue Rain" under the 5pb. Records label. She is also well known f ...

( 今井麻美), voice actor * Eriko Imai ( 今井絵理子), artist *, Japanese figure skater *, Japanese cross-country skier *

Hisae Imai was a Japanese photographer who specialized in the photography of horses. Biography Born in Tokyo in 1931, Imai graduated from Bunka Gakuin () in 1952. Her father owned a photography studio in the Matsuya department store in Ginza, and after ...

( 今井寿恵), photographer *

Hisashi Imai is a Japanese musician and songwriter. He is known as lead guitarist of the rock band Buck-Tick since 1983. He has also performed in musical side-projects such as Schaft (1991–1994, 2015), Schwein (2001), and more recently Lucy (2004). Ca ...

( 今井寿), Japanese rock musician * Isao Imai (disambiguation), multiple people * Kenji Imai (disambiguation), multiple people * Kohzoh Imai (今井浩三, born 1948), Japanese scientist *, Japanese snowboarder *

Masaaki Imai right is a Japanese organizational theorist and management consultant, known for his work on quality management, specifically on Kaizen. Life and work Born in Tokyo, Imai obtained his BA from Tokyo University in 1955, where he continued to d ...

(born 1930), Japanese organizational theorist * Miki Imai (disambiguation), multiple people *

Nobuko Imai , is a Japanese classical violist with an extensive career as soloist and chamber musician. Since 1988 she has played a 1690 Andrea Guarneri instrument. Biography Imai began her musical training at the age of six. She began studying at Tokyo' ...

( 今井信子), classical violist *

Runa Imai is a Japanese swimmer. She qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre individual medley, 200 meter individual medley. She swam the 11th best time in the heats and qu ...

(born 2000), Japanese swimmer * Sōkyū Imai ( 今井宗久), merchant *

Tadashi Imai was a Japanese film director known for social realist filmmaking informed by a left-wing perspective. His most noted films include ''An Inlet of Muddy Water'' (1953) and ''Bushido, Samurai Saga'' (1963). Life Although leaning towards left-wing p ...

( 今井正), film director *, Japanese middle-distance runner * Tomoki Imai, Japanese footballer * Toshiaki Imai ( 今井敏明), football manager *

Tsubasa Imai is a Japanese singer, actor and dancer formerly in the Japanese agency Johnny & Associates. He joined Johnny & Associates in 1995 and officially debuted in 2002 in the duo Tackey & Tsubasa with Hideaki Takizawa. They are signed to the record lab ...

( 今井翼), Japanese singer and actor *

Yuka Imai is a Japanese former voice actress who was previously represented by Gekidan Moonlight and by Atomic Monkey at the time of her retirement. She was born in Atami, Shizuoka. On August 30, 2018, she announced her retirement from voice acting, whic ...

( 今井由香 born 1970), voice actor *, Japanese actor

Fictional characters

* Hotaru Imai (今井蛍), a character from ''Alice Academy'' * Nobume Imai (今井信女), a character from ''

Gintama is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hideaki Sorachi. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from December 2003 to September 2018, later in ''Jump Giga'' from December 2 ...

'' *Lisa Imai (今井リサ), a character from ''

BanG Dream! ''BanG Dream!'', also known as , is a Japanese music media franchise owned by Bushiroad. Created by Bushiroad president Takaaki Kidani in January 2015 with original story by Kō Nakamura, the project began as a manga before e ...

Fictional characters

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