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Kumagai (written: 熊谷 lit. "bear valley"), also transliterated as Kumagae, is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Andrew Kumagai (熊谷 アンドリュー; born 1993), Japanese footballer
• Goro Kumagai (熊谷吾良, 1932–2017), Japanese printmaker, educator
• Hitori Kumagai (熊谷 独; born 1936), Japanese writer
• Ichiya Kumagae (熊谷 一弥; 1890–1968), Japanese tennis player
• Koji Kumagai (熊谷 浩二; born 1975), Japanese footballer
• Mami Kumagai (熊谷 真実; born 1960), Japanese actress
• Masahiko Kumagai (熊谷 雅彦; born 1975), Japanese footballer
• Mie Kumagai, Japanese video game producer
• Motoichi Kumagai (熊谷 元一; 1909–2010), Japanese photographer
• Naoko Kumagai (熊谷 直子; born 1971), Japanese kickboxer
• Kumagai Naozane (熊谷 次郎 直実; 1141–1207/1208), Japanese soldier
• Noriaki Kumagai (born 1970), Japanese drummer
• Saki Kumagai (熊谷 紗希; born 1990), Japanese footballer who plays in the English, Women's Super League
• Seiji Kumagai (熊谷 誠二; born 1967), Japanese voice actor
• Kentarou Kumagai (熊谷 健太郎; born 1994), Japanese voice actor

Fictional characters:

• Kumagai (熊谷), character in the manga series Binbō-gami ga!

See also

• Kumagai-shuku (熊谷宿, Kumagai-shuku), eighth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō
• Kumagai Gumi, Japanese construction company