Ships
- IJN Oi Captain from 23 July 1943 · Relieved on 12 February 1944
Shigezo Kawai was a captain in the Imperial Japanese Navy who commanded the light cruiser Oi from 23 July 1943 to 12 February 1944.
The sources used here do not record his date or place of birth or anything about his family.
He graduated from the Naval Academy at Etajima in its 46th class, and before this command he had been operations staff officer at Yokosuka Naval District headquarters.
He took command on 23 July 1943, when Oi was a guardship and transport in the Netherlands East Indies. He was relieved at Surabaya on 12 February 1944.
He became a staff officer of the 30th Special Base Force and was later promoted rear admiral.