Mitarai Explained

Mitarai (written: 御手洗) is a Japanese surname. The rough translation is "a place for a purification ceremony with water at the entrance to shrines and temples".

Notable people with the surname include:

• , Japanese businessman
• , Japanese murder victim
• , Japanese businessman

Fictional Characters:

• Ryota Mitarai (御手洗　亮太|) A Character from
• Susugu Mitarai, a character in My Hero Academia

Other uses

• Mitarai Dam, a rockfill dam in Kagoshima Prefecture
• Mitarai, a coastal town on Osaki Shimojima Island in the Seto Inland Sea.
• Mitarai valley, a mountain valley in the Yoshino-Kumano National Park, Kansai region