Fukui (福井市, -shi^?) is the capital of Fukui Prefecture, Japan. The city is located in the north-central part of the prefecture on the coast of the Sea of Japan.

As of November 1, 2009, the city has an estimated population of 267,428 and a density of 499 persons per km². The total area is 536.17 km². Most of the population lives in a small central area; the city limits include rural plains, mountainous areas, and suburban sprawl along the Route 8 by-pass.

The city was incorporated under its present name on April 1, 1889, although it had been an important city in the region for at least 1000 years before that, serving as the capital of Echizen province during the Edo period (1603–1868).

Fukui was devastated by Allied bombing in 1945, and again by a major earthquake in 1948. The city has regained its energy and vitality. Hence, the city's official symbol—the phoenix.

On February 1, 2006, the towns of Miyama and Shimizu and the village of Koshino merged into the city of Fukui.

Fukui is home to several companies, including:

Shozin Fukui (福居ショウジン, Fukui Shōjin^?) is a Japanese movie director and screenwriter. According to the Internet Movie Database, he has produced two experimental shorts (Gerorisuto, and Caterpillar) and two full length surrealistic movies (964 Pinocchio, and Rubber's Lover). These four movies are widely available, having been reissued on DVD by Unearthed Films. According to other sources, he has released four more movies since then (Onne, Den-Sen, The Hiding and 『S-94』). These are almost completely unknown outside of Japan.

964 Pinocchio and Rubber's Lover are considered important, core films of the Japanese cyberpunk genre.

964 Pinocchio is often compared to Shinya Tsukamoto's cyberpunk classic Tetsuo: The Iron Man and it is worth noting that Fukui worked on the crew for Tetsuo. Many fans and critics consider Fukui's aesthetic to be sufficiently divergent from Tsukamoto's for his films to stand on their own, even considering the extremely deep similarities.