Fukui (surname)
Fukui is a Japanese name meaning "fortunate" or sometimes "one who is from the Fukui prefecture". Notable people with the surname include:
- Kenichi Fukui, physical chemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1981
- Kenichiro Fukui, Japanese video game music composer, arranger and performer
- Kenji Fukui, Japanese television announcer, best known as the head commentator of television program Iron Chef, referred as "Fukui-san" in the program
- Koki Fukui, Japanese footballer
- Masato Fukui, Japanese soccer player
- Mieko Fukui, Japanese women's basketball player
- Mina Fukui, Japanese actress and television personality
- Morita Fukui, former commissioner of Nippon Professional Baseball
- Shozin Fukui, Japanese movie director and screenwriter
- Takeo Fukui, Japanese businessman, President and CEO of Honda
- Teru Fukui, Japanese politician, a member of the House of Representatives of Japan
