Yoshio Kawai is a Japanese voice actor and actor born on March 27, 1954, in Tokyo, Japan. He is a veteran in the voice acting industry, having been active since the 1970s, and was formerly affiliated with the talent management firm Arts Vision.

Kawai has built an extensive and diverse filmography across anime television series, original video animations, animated films, and video games. In anime, his roles include Mach Lander in The Brave Fighter of Legend Da-Garn, Kōzō Kira in the original Captain Tsubasa, Asimov in Geneshaft, Kennedy Grahman in Mobile Fighter G Gundam, and the Aiwa Academy Coach in Slam Dunk. He also contributed to the Macross franchise, voicing Haruaki Matsumoto in The Super Dimension Fortress Macross and a character named Matsuki in the original series. His work in the 1990s and 2000s includes roles in series such as Geneshaft, Rockman.EXE Stream, and Tenchi Universe. Notably, he provided voices for multiple installments of the Urotsukidōji franchise, including the role of Gashim in several series and editions.

Beyond animation, Kawai has an extensive career in tokusatsu, the Japanese live-action special effects genre. He provided monster voices for numerous entries in the long-running Super Sentai series, including Hikari Sentai Maskman, Choujuu Sentai Liveman, Kousoku Sentai Turboranger, Chikyu Sentai Fiveman, Choujin Sentai Jetman, Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger, Ninja Sentai Kakuranger, Chouriki Sentai Ohranger, Mirai Sentai Timeranger, and Ninpuu Sentai Hurricanger. His filmography also includes voice work in OVA series like Megazone 23, Record of Lodoss War, and Legend of the Galactic Heroes, as well as theatrical films such as Memories. In the realm of video games, his credits include Summon Night. His long career is marked by frequent collaborations with a network of fellow voice actors, including盐屋浩三 (Kōzō Shioya), 大泷进矢 (Shinya Ōtaki), 西村知道 (Tomomichi Nishimura), and 绪方贤一 (Kenichi Ogata).