Fukui
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Fukui is a Japanese name meaning "fortunate" or it can mean "one who is from the Fukui prefecture". It may refer to:
[edit] Places
- Fukui Prefecture
- Fukui, Fukui - the city of the same name in the prefecture
- Fukui Station, the main train station of Fukui city
[edit] Persons
- Kenichi Fukui - physical chemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1981
- Kenichiro Fukui - Japanese video game music composer, arranger and performer
- Kenji Fukui - Japanese television announcer, best known as the head commentator of television program Iron Chef, referred as "Fukui-san" in the program
- Mina Fukui - Japanese actress and tv tarento
- Morita Fukui - former commissioner of Nippon Professional Baseball
- Shozin Fukui - Japanese movie director and screenwriter
- Takeo Fukui - Japanese businessman, President and CEO of Honda
- Teru Fukui - Japanese politician, a member of the House of Representatives of Japan
[edit] Others
- 1948 Fukui earthquake, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake which struck Fukui prefecture in 1948
- 6924 Fukui, an Outer Main-belt asteroid
- For Fukui's Sake, a book about life as a foreigner in Fukui prefecture
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