Famous People with Name Arai

Araiwa Kamenosuke            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Araiwa Kamenosuke: was a Japanese sumo wrestler from Tottori Prefecture. His highest rank was ozeki. He made a debut in January 1894. He was promoted to the top makuuchi division in January 1897. He won six championships before the modern yusho system was established. In tw

Marie Arai            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Marie Arai: a Japanese figure skater who is now a coach. She competed in pairs with Yamato Tamura and Shin Amano. Arai and Amano placed 20th in the 1998 Winter Olympic Games. They also won the Japan Figure Skating Championships in 1995.

Maki Arai            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Maki Arai: a professional Japanese women's tennis player. She turned professional in 2003. Her current record is 0–1.

Etsuji Arai            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Etsuji Arai: a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Fukaya, Saitama and graduate of Kanagawa Dental College, he obtained his medical license in 1984 and became the assistant director at a hospital in Fukaya in 1986. He was elected to the assembly of Saitama Prefecture in 2003 (serving for one term) and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005.

Hiroyuki Arai            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Hiroyuki Arai: a Japanese politician, an independent and member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Tamura, Fukushima and graduate of Waseda University, he had served in the assembly of Fukushima Prefecture for one term since 1987. He was elected to House of Representatives for the first time in 1993 after running unsuccessfully in 1990. After losing the seat in 2003, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2004 as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.

Shogo Arai            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Shogo Arai: the governor of Nara Prefecture in Japan, first elected in 2007. A graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Transport, attending Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs as a ministry official. Leaving the ministry in 2001, he was elected to the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan (national legislature) for the first time in the same year.