Sakurai (surname)
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Sakurai (written: 桜井 or 櫻井 literally "well of the cherry blossom") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese singer
- Hayato Sakurai (born 1975), mixed martial arts fighter
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese ice hockey player
- Jun John Sakurai (1933–1982), physicist
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese swimmer
- Kazutoshi Sakurai (born 1970), musician
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese baseball player
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese triple jumper
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese ice hockey player
- Masahiro Sakurai (桜井 政博, born 1970), game designer
- Masaru Sakurai (born 1955), singer for The Alfee
- Makoto Sakurai (born 1972), right-wing activist
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese idol, singer and actress
- Template:Nihongo, singer, songwriter and actor, member of Arashi
- Template:Nihongo, football player
- Template:Nihongo, general of the Imperial Japanese Army
- Takahiro Sakurai (born 1974), voice actor
- Takao Sakurai (born 1941), Japanese boxer
- Tokutaro Sakurai (1897–1980), general of the Imperial Japanese Army
- Tomo Sakurai (1971–2025), Japanese actress and singer
- Toshiharu Sakurai (born 1964), Japanese voice actor
- Yoshiko Sakurai (born 1945), journalist
- Tetsuo Sakurai (born 1957), bassist of Casiopea
Fictional characters
- Kanade Sakurai, one of the main characters in the anime/manga Candy Boy
- Shizuku Sakurai, one of the supporting characters in the anime/manga Candy Boy
- Yukino Sakurai, another one of the main characters in the anime/manga Candy Boy
- Yuuto Sakurai, one of the supporting characters in the television series Kamen Rider Den-O
- Rihoko Sakurai, one of the 6 lead females of the anime and manga Amagami SS
- Tomoki Sakurai, main character of Heaven's Lost Property
- Kouichi Sakurai, one of the main 'prince' of otome game Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side: 3rd Story
- Goro Sakurai, one of the main characters in the J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai
- Ryō Sakurai, a character from the anime/manga Kuroko no Basket
- Izumi Sakurai, a character from the anime/manga Nichijou
- Makoto Sakurai, a character from the anime/manga Nichijou
- Shinichi Sakurai, one of the main characters in the anime and manga Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!
- Ryoko Sakurai, a character in the manga and anime series Great Teacher Onizuka
- Keiwa Sakurai, one of the main characters in the television series Kamen Rider Geats
- Haruka Sakurai, one of the characters in the interactive music video series MILGRAM
- Nozomi Sakurai, one of the three main characters in the anime Kamisama Minarai: Himitsu no Cocotama
See also
- Sakurai's Object, a star named after Japanese amateur astronomer Yukio Sakurai