Arai
Arai or ARAI means:
- Arai (Niigata) , former city in Niigata prefecture, Japan today incorporated into Myōkō
- Arai (Shizuoka) , Japanese city in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
- Arai Helmet , Japanese manufacturer of helmets
- a group of female demons and personification of the curses in Greek mythology, see Ara (mythology)
- Automotive Research Association of India , an industrial research association of the automotive industry with the Indian Ministry of Industry
such as:
- Left May , a language group of the Papuan languages
Arai is a family name for the following people:
- Akino Arai (* 1959), Japanese singer
- Alberto Arai (1915–1955), Mexican architect
- Chizuru Arai (* 1993), Japanese judoka
- Arai Hakuseki (1657–1725), Confucian scholar, economist, poet and advisor to the Shogun Tokugawa Ienobu
- Hikaru Arai (* 1999), Japanese soccer player
- Hirofumi Arai (* 1979), Japanese actor
- Hirooki Arai (* 1988), Japanese walker
- Hiroto Arai (* 1996), Japanese football player
- Ikki Arai (* 1993), Japanese football player
- Izumi Arai, real name of singer and voice actress Minami Takayama
- Jumpei Arai (soccer player, 1989) (* 1989), Japanese soccer player
- Jumpei Arai (soccer player, 1994) (* 1994), Japanese soccer player
- Kenji Arai (* 1978), Japanese football player
- Kōzō Arai (born 1950), Japanese football player
- Kyūya Arai († 2012), Japanese manager
- Makoto Arai (* 1950), Japanese lawyer and university professor
- Marie Arai (* 1981), Japanese figure skater
- Masao Arai (* 1949), Japanese wrestler
- Masaru Arai (* 1952), Japanese astronomer
- Mikihito Arai (* 1994), Japanese football player
- Mizuki Arai (born 1997), Japanese football player
- Naoto Arai (* 1996), Japanese soccer player
- Nobuo Arai (1909–1990), Japanese swimmer
- Noriko Arai (* 1962), Japanese mathematician, computer scientist and university professor
- Arai Ōsui (1846–1922), Japanese Christian
- Riichi Arai (born 1933), Japanese basketball player
- Ryōhei Arai (soccer player) (born 1990), Japanese soccer player
- Ryōhei Arai (* 1991), Japanese javelin thrower
- Sasagu Arai (* 1930), Japanese theologian
- Satomi Arai (* 1980), Japanese voice actress
- Satoru Arai (* 1947), Japanese toboggan runner
- Satoshi Arai (* 1946), Japanese politician
- Arai Shigeo (1916–1944), Japanese swimmer
- Shōgo Arai (* 1945), Japanese politician
- Shōta Arai (soccer player, 1985) (born 1985), Japanese soccer player
- Shōta Arai (soccer player, 1988) (* 1988), Japanese soccer player
- Shu Arai (* 1975), Japanese table tennis player
- Shūga Arai (* 1999), Japanese football player
- Takahiro Arai (* 1977), Japanese baseball player
- Tatsunori Arai (* 1983), Japanese football player
- Tatsuya Arai (* 1988), Japanese football player
- Toru Arai , Japanese painter
- Toshihiro Arai (* 1966), Japanese rally driver
- Toyomi Arai († 2012), Japanese poet
- Yoshinori Arai (* 1948), Japanese rower
- Yuko Arai (* 1973), Japanese fencer
