Kasai (surname)

Kasai (written: 河西, 葛西 or 笠井) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Akira Kasai (笠井 亮, born 1952), Japanese politician
• Akira Kasai (dancer) (笠井 叡, born 1943), Japanese dancer
• Haruka Kasai (葛西 春香, born 2004), Japanese Nordic combined skier and ski jumper
• Hisashi Kasai (葛西 久, born 1943), Japanese ice hockey player
• Jun Kasai (葛西 純, born 1974), Japanese professional wrestler
• Ken'ichi Kasai (カサヰ ケンイチ, born 1970), Japanese anime director
• Kenji Kasai (笠井 賢二), Japanese table tennis player
• Kenta Kasai (笠井 健太, born 1985), Japanese football player
• Kimiko Kasai (笠井 紀美子, born 1945), retired Japanese jazz singer
• Masae Kasai (河西 昌枝, 1933–2013), former Japanese volleyball player
• Morio Kasai (葛西 森夫, 1922–2008), Japanese surgeon
• Noriaki Kasai (葛西 紀明, born 1972), Japanese ski jumper
• Tomomi Kasai (河西 智美, born 1991), Japanese singer, actress and a former member of the idol group AKB48
• Yoshiko Yoshiizumi (葛西 賀子) née Kasai (born 1980), Japanese ski jumper
• Yūichi Kasai (葛西 裕一, born 1969), Japanese boxer and boxing trainer
• Yuna Kasai (葛西 優奈, born 2004), Japanese Nordic combined skier and ski jumper

See also

• Kasai clan