Famous People with Name Kawai

Ryuji Kawai            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Ryuji Kawai: a is a Japanese football player who currently plays for the J-league team Yokohama F. Marinos.

Tatsuo Kawai            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Tatsuo Kawai: was a Japanese diplomat and author [1]. He was a leaning proponent of expansionism in Japan before World War II but later became a pacifist and was Japan's first Ambassador to Australia.Kawai was born in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture. graduated from Tokyo Imperial University in 1915. He passed the diplomatic service examination in 1918 and was appointed vice-consul to Tsinan, China in 1919. He was promoted in 1921 and served as Secretary to the Japanese Embassy in Washington, D.C. and then Secretary to the Department of Commerce in 1921. He became the Japanese Consul to Vancouver in 1925 and Tsingtao in 1928. He became Chief of the Foreign Department of the Kwantung Leased Territory in 1930 and Secretary to the Japanese Advisor to the Lytton Commission of the League of Nations.

Aya Kawai            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Aya Kawai: a Japanese figure skater. She competed in Ice Dancing with Hiroshi Tanaka. They placed 23rd in the 1998 Winter Olympic Games. They were two-time Japanese national champions.

Katsuyuki Kawai            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Katsuyuki Kawai: a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Hiroshima, Hiroshima and graduate of Keio University, he ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives in 1993 after serving in the assembly of Hiroshima Prefecture. He ran again three years later and was elected for the first time, but lost the seat in 2000. He was re-elected in 2003.

Takanori Kawai            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Takanori Kawai: a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Kyoto, Kyoto and graduate of Ritsumeikan University, he was elected for the first time in 2007 after working at Teijin since 1987.