Kanai (surname)

Kanai (written: かない, 金井) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Hideta Kanai (金井 秀太; born 1938), Japanese javelin thrower
• Hiroyuki Kanai, Japanese philatelist
• Katsu Kanai, Japanese film director
• Kikuko Kanai (1911–1986), Japanese composer
• Kota Kanai (金井 恒太; born 1986), Japanese shogi player
• Kiyotaka Kanai, astronomer
• Lincoln Kanai, Japanese-American activist
• Mieko Kanai, fiction writer
• Mika Kanai (かない みか), voice actress, also known as Mika Yamadera
• Mitsunari Kanai, aikido teacher
• Norishige Kanai, Japanese astronaut
• Noritoshi Kanai (金井 紀年; 1923–2017), Japanese businessman
• Ryuta Kanai (金井 隆太; born 1989), Japanese footballer
• Taio Kanai (金井 大旺; born 1995), Japanese hurdler
• Yuta Kanai, actor
• Yutaka Kanai (1959–1990), Japanese long-distance runner

• Izumi Kanai, a character in the film Battle Royale
• Kamon Kanai, antagonist in Yakuza 5