Asai is a Japanese surname which means "shallow well". Notable people with the surname include:

, Japanese race car driver , Japanese painter , Japanese long-distance runner , Japanese arranger, musician and composer , Japanese ice hockey player , Japanese baseball player Katsuaki Asai (born 1942), high-ranking teacher of Aikido in Germany , Japanese voice actress , Japanese writer , Japanese writer , Shotokan karate master , Japanese lacquer artisan , Japanese professional masked wrestler wrestling under the name Ultimo Dragon , Japanese voice actress

Fictional Characters

, a character in the manga series Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! Akihiko Asai, Ami's father

See also Azai clan