Murai (written: lit. "village well") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese rugby union player * Ernest Isao Murai (1900–1981), Japanese American political official * Hideki Murai (born 1980), Japanese politician *

Hideo Murai Hideo Murai (村井秀夫 ''Murai Hideo'', December 5, 1958 – April 23, 1995) was a member of the Aum Shinrikyo cult and one of the perpetrators responsible for the Sakamoto family murder. Murai held a doctorate in astrophysics. He was reporte ...

(1958–1995), member of the

Aum Shinrikyo , formerly , is a Japanese doomsday cult founded by Shoko Asahara in 1987. It carried out the deadly Tokyo subway sarin attack in 1995 and was found to have been responsible for the Matsumoto sarin attack the previous year. The group says ...

cult * Jin Murai (born 1937), Governor of Nagano Prefecture *

Jun Murai is a Japanese professor and administrator known as "the father of Internet in Japan" and "Internet Samurai". He is a professor at Keio University. Murai is the founder of JUNET and founder of the WIDE Project. Murai graduated from Keio Univer ...

(born 1955), Japanese computer scientist *

Kazusa Murai is a Japanese voice actress. Notable voice roles Anime *Kamichama Karin (Miyon Yi) *Angelic Layer (Maria Shibata) * Boys Be... (Chiharu Nitta) * Digimon Adventure 02 (Jun Motomiya) *Devil Lady (Kazumi Takiura) * Full Metal Panic! (Dana) *Ginban ...

(born 1975), Japanese voice actress *

Katsuyuki Murai (born December 17, 1969) is a Japanese actor known for playing the Rose Orphnoch in '' Kamen Rider 555''. Roles *'' Kamen Rider 555'' as Kyoji Murakami/Rose Orphnoch *'' Kamen Rider 555: Paradise Lost'' as Kyoji Murakami *'' Kamen Rider Bla ...

(born 1969), Japanese actor *, Japanese rower *Kenjirō Murai, member of Cali Gari *

Kunio Murai is a Japanese actor and voice actor. He is famous for Japanese dubbing roles for Harrison Ford (Especially for Indiana Jones). Filmography Films * '' Godzilla vs. Gigan'' (1972) (Takashi Shima) * ''Japan Sinks'' (1973) (Kataoka) * ''The Batt ...

(born 1944), Japanese actor and voice actor * Muneaki Murai (born 1973), Japanese politician * Murai Sadakatsu (1528–1582), Japanese samurai *

Murai Shimako was a Japanese playwright. She was born in Hiroshima, but was not in the city on the day of the atomic bombings. She lost many friends in the bombing, and her profound sense of guilt led her to devote most of her life to producing plays connecte ...

(born 1928), Japanese playwright *

Shinji Murai is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. Club career Murai was born in Chiba on December 1, 1979. He joined his local club JEF United Ichihara (later ''JEF United Chiba'') from youth team in 1998. He became a re ...

(born 1979), Japanese football player * Taiki Murai (born 1993), Japanese footballer *, Japanese rower *

Yoshihiro Murai is a Japanese politician and current governor of Miyagi Prefecture. A native of Toyonaka, Osaka and former serviceman of Japan Self-Defense Forces, he was first elected governor in 2005 after serving in the assembly of the prefecture since 1995. ...

(born 1960), Governor of Miyagi Prefecture

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