Murai (surname)
Murai is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Daijiro Murai, Japanese rugby union player
- Ernest Isao Murai, Japanese American political official
- Hideo Murai, member of the Aum Shinrikyo cult
- Jin Murai, Governor of Nagano Prefecture
- Jun Murai, Japanese computer scientist
- Kazusa Murai, Japanese voice actress
- Katsuyuki Murai, Japanese actor
- Keisuke Murai, Japanese rower
- Kenjirō Murai, member of Cali Gari
- Kunio Murai, Japanese actor and voice actor
- Muneaki Murai, Japanese politician
- Murai Sadakatsu, Japanese samurai
- Murai Shimako, Japanese playwright
- Shinji Murai, Japanese football player
- Taiki Murai, Japanese footballer
- Tomio Murai, Japanese rower
- Yoshihiro Murai, Governor of Miyagi Prefecture