Taio Kanai (金井大旺, Kanai Taiō, born 28 September 1995) is a Japanese athlete specialising in the high hurdles.^[1] He finished fourth at the 2017 Summer Universiade.

His personal best in the 110 metres hurdles was 13.34 (+0.3 m/s) set in Machida in 2020, until his 13.16 (+1.7) national record set in Hiroshima in 2021.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Japan
2014	Asian Junior Championships	Taipei, Taiwan	1st	110 m hurdles (99 cm)	13.33
	World Junior Championships	Eugene, United States	11th (sf)	110 m hurdles (99 cm)	13.85
2017	Universiade	Taipei, Taiwan	4th	110 m hurdles	13.69
2018	Asian Games	Jakarta, Indonesia	7th	110 m hurdles	13.74
	Continental Cup	Ostrava, Czech Republic	6th	110 m hurdles	13.721
2019	Asian Championships	Doha, Qatar	5th	110 m hurdles	13.64
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	29th (h)	110 m hurdles	13.74
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	24th (sf)	110 m hurdles	26.11

¹Representing Asia-Pacific