Surname
Mukai
Mukai (向井) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean to face + well, and Wikidata lists 62 notable people with this family name.
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What Mukai means
向
to face, toward
井
well
Where the name comes from
Like most Japanese surnames, Mukai describes a place. Its kanji point to a well, the kind of landmark a family was known by when surnames became compulsory for everyone in 1875.
Famous people named Mukai
Chiaki Mukai 向井 千秋Japanese physician and JAXA astronaut (born 1952)
From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.