Toshinobu Kawai

Toshinobu Kawai
Medal record
Men's short-track speed skating
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Albertville 5000 m relay
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1986 Sapporo 1500 m
Silver medal – second place 1986 Sapporo 500 m

Toshinobu Kawai (河合 季信, Kawai Toshinobu, born 19 December 1967 in Nagoya, Japan) is a Japanese short-track speed skater, who won a bronze medal in the 5000 m relay at the 1992 Winter Olympics together with teammates Yuichi Akasaka, Tatsuyoshi Ishihara and Tsutomu Kawasaki. Before 1992, he won two gold medals in the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, 1985 and 1987.

He is currently working at the University of Tsukuba.