Matsui Explained

Matsui (written: 松井 or 松居) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• , Japanese model, actress and former idol
• , Japanese videogame designer
• , Japanese economist
• Bob Matsui (1941–2005), US California Congressman
• , Japanese screenwriter and film director
• , Japanese mixed martial arts fighter
• , Japanese footballer
• Doris Matsui (born 1944), US congresswoman from California, widow of Bob Matsui
• , Japanese fashion designer
• , Japanese artist
• Japanese artist
• , Japanese lyricist
• , Japanese former professional baseball player
• , Japanese businessman and politician
• , Japanese general
• , Japanese actress
• , Japanese singer, SKE48
• , Japanese former professional baseball player
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese actress, investor, businesswoman, essayist, university professor (special appointment), and lifestyle (household chores) adviser
• , Japanese badminton player
• , Japanese smooth jazz musician
• , Japanese statesman and diplomat
• KJ Matsui, Japanese basketball player for Columbia University
• Koji Matsui (disambiguation), multiple people
• , Japanese professional baseball player
• , Japanese cryptographer
• , Japanese voice actor
• , Japanese singer, SKE48
• , Japanese idol and pianist, former AKB48
• , Japanese karateka and Director of the International Karate Organization
• , Japanese actress and singer
• , Japanese planetary scientist, geophysicist, science communicator and academic
• , Japanese Lieutenant General
• , Japanese tennis player
• Yasuo Matsui (1877–1962), Japanese-American architect
• , Japanese journalist and women's rights activist
• , Japanese filmmaker
• , Japanese professional baseball player
• , Japanese manga artist
• , Japanese professional baseball player

Fictional characters:

• Chisato Matsui, character in Battle Royale novel, film and manga
• Watanabe Matsui, character in the Megatokyo manga
• Ricky Matsui, character from the web series Dimension 20

Companies and Brands:

• Matsui (brand), a former "own-brand" for electrical appliances used by Dixons Group stores in the UK
• Matsui (construction company), a Japanese construction company founded in 1586

See also

• Mitsui, a Japanese corporation with a similar name