Surname
Tsutsui
Tsutsui (筒井) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean cylinder; pipe + well, and Wikidata lists 79 notable people with this family name.
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What Tsutsui means
筒
cylinder; pipe
井
well
Where the name comes from
Like most Japanese surnames, Tsutsui 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 Tsutsui
Yasutaka Tsutsui 筒井 康隆Japanese novelist, science fiction author, and actor (1934-)
Noriaki Tsutsui 筒井 紀章Japanese association football player
From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.