Surname

Kasai

Kasai (葛西) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean kudzu vine + west, and Wikidata lists 46 notable people with this family name.

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Written葛西かさいkudzu vine + west

What Kasai means

葛
kudzu vine
西
west

Where the name comes from

The kanji of Kasai mean kudzu vine + west. Many surnames like it began as descriptions of a family's land, trade or position before surnames were required for every household in 1875.

Famous people named Kasai

Noriaki Kasai 葛西 紀明Japanese ski jumper

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji