Sakai
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Sakai most often refers to one of the following:
  • Sakai, Osaka
    Sakai, Osaka
    is a city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It has been one of the largest and most important seaports of Japan since the Medieval era.Following the February 2005 annexation of the town of Mihara, from Minamikawachi District, the city has grown further and is now the fourteenth most populous city in...

    , a city in Osaka Prefecture
    Osaka Prefecture
    is a prefecture located in the Kansai region on Honshū, the main island of Japan. The capital is the city of Osaka. It is the center of Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto area.- History :...

    , Japan
  • Sakai (name)
    Sakai (name)
    -Family name:*Daniel Sakai, Oakland SWAT police officer killed in 2009.*Frankie Sakai , a Japanese comedian*Gotoku Sakai , a Japanese football player currently playing for Albirex Niigata...

    , Japanese surnames written with various kanji
  • Sakai Project
    Sakai Project
    This page is about the software project, for other meanings, see Sakai.Sakai is a community of academic institutions, commercial organizations and individuals who work together to develop a common Collaboration and Learning Environment...

    , an open-source educational and research software project
  • Sakai (Malaysian word), a word translated from Malay (Bahasa Malayu) to Chinese slang


It may also refer to:

Locations
  • Sakai, Fukui
    Sakai, Fukui
    is a city located in Fukui, Japan. It lies to the north of Fukui City. It was founded on March 20, 2006, by the merger of the towns of Harue, Maruoka, Mikuni, and Sakai of the former Sakai District, which was dissolved in this merger....

    , a city in Fukui Prefecture, Japan
    • Sakai, Fukui (town)
      Sakai, Fukui (town)
      was a town located in Sakai District, Fukui, Japan.As of 2003, the town of Sakai had an estimated population of 13,082 and a density of 412.68 persons per km². The total area was 31.70 km².-Merger:...

      , a former town and current neighborhood in Sakai, Fukui, Japan
  • Sakai, Gunma
    Sakai, Gunma
    Sakai was a town located in Sawa District, Gunma, Japan.On January 1, 2005 Sakai, along with the town of Akabori, and the village of Azuma, all from Sawa District, was merged into the expanded city of Isesaki and no longer exists as an independent municipality.As of 2003, the town had an estimated...

    , a former town in Gunma Prefecture, Japan
  • Sakai, Ibaraki
    Sakai, Ibaraki
    is a town located in Sashima District, Ibaraki, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 27,017 and a density of 580.01 persons per km². The total area is 46.58 km²....

    , a town in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
  • Sakai, Nagano
    Sakai, Nagano
    was a village located in Higashichikuma District, Nagano, Japan.As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 1,588 and a density of 42.45 persons per km². The total area was 37.41 km²....

    , a village in Nagano Prefecture, Japan


Other
  • Sakai (tribe), an indigenous people of the Malay Peninsula
  • Sakai bugyō
    Sakai bugyo
    were officials of the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo period Japan. Appointments to this prominent office were usually fudai daimyō. Conventional interpretations have construed these Japanese titles as "commissioner" or "overseer" or "governor."...

    , officials of the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo period Japan
  • Sakai clan
    Sakai clan
    The was a Japanese samurai clan that claimed descent from the Nitta branch of the Minamoto clan, who were in turn descendants of Emperor Seiwa. Serata Arichika, a samurai of the 14th century, was the common ancestor of both the Sakai clan and the Matsudaira clan, which the Sakai later served...

    , a Japanese clan
  • Sakai Line
    Sakai Line
    is a railway line of West Japan Railway Company between Yonago and Sakaiminato all within Tottori Prefecture, Japan.- Route data :*Company:Distance:** West Japan Railway Company :*** Yonago — Sakaiminato...

    , a railway line of West Japan Railway Company between Yonago and Sakaiminato in Tottori Prefecture, Japan
  • Sakai Station, a train station on the Nankai Main Line in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
  • Osaka Blazers Sakai
    Osaka Blazers Sakai
    Osaka Blazers Sakai is a men's volleyball team based in Sakai city, Osaka, Japan. It plays in V.Premier League.The club was founded in 1939 as part of the Kitakyushu, Fukuoka-based Yawata Steel athletic club which also included football club Yawata Steel F.C....

    , a men's volleyball team in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
  • Sakai incident
    Sakai incident
    The was the killing of 11 French sailors from the French corvette Dupleix in the port of Sakai near Osaka, Japan in 1868.On March 8, 1868, a skiff sent to Sakai was attacked by samurai of the Tosa clan; 11 sailors and Midshipman Guillou were killed...

     (1868), the killing of 11 French sailors from the French corvette Dupleix in the port of Sakai, Osaka, Japan
  • Sakai (Indonesia)
    Sakai (Indonesia)
    Sakai is one of the tribes in Indonesia who live in the interior of Riau, Sumatra. Sakai is a Minangkabau descent who migrated to the edge of Gasib River, upstream of Rokan River, Riau hinterland in the 14th century. As with Kampar, Kuantan, and Indragiri people, Sakai is a community of Pagaruyung...

    , one of the tribes in Riau, Indonesia

See also

  • Saikai, Nagasaki
    Saikai, Nagasaki
    is a city located in Nagasaki, Japan.Saikai City was formed through the merger of five towns on the northern tip of Nishisonogi Peninsula on April 1, 2005: the former town of Saikai, Ōseto, Ōshima, Sakito and Seihi, all from Nishisonogi District...

    , a city with a similar-sounding name in Nagasaki, Japan
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