Kumagai

Kumagai (written: 熊谷 lit. "bear valley"), also transliterated as Kumagae, is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Andrew Kumagai (熊谷 アンドリュー; born 1993), Japanese footballer
  • Goro Kumagai (熊谷吾良, 1932–2017), Japanese printmaker, educator
  • Hitori Kumagai (熊谷 独; born 1936), Japanese writer
  • Ichiya Kumagae (熊谷 一弥; 1890–1968), Japanese tennis player
  • Koji Kumagai (熊谷 浩二; born 1975), Japanese footballer
  • Mami Kumagai (熊谷 真実; born 1960), Japanese actress
  • Masahiko Kumagai (熊谷 雅彦; born 1975), Japanese footballer
  • Mie Kumagai, Japanese video game producer
  • Motoichi Kumagai (熊谷 元一; 1909–2010), Japanese photographer
  • Naoko Kumagai (熊谷 直子; born 1971), Japanese kickboxer
  • Kumagai Naozane (熊谷 次郎 直実; 1141–1207/1208), Japanese soldier
  • Noriaki Kumagai (born 1970), Japanese drummer
  • Saki Kumagai (熊谷 紗希; born 1990), Japanese footballer who plays in the English, Women's Super League
  • Seiji Kumagai (熊谷 誠二; born 1967), Japanese voice actor
  • Kentarou Kumagai (熊谷 健太郎; born 1994), Japanese voice actor

Fictional characters:

See also

  • Kumagai-shuku (熊谷宿, Kumagai-shuku), eighth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō
  • Kumagai Gumi, Japanese construction company