Ishii

For the town in Tokushima, see Ishii, Tokushima.

Ishii (石井, "stone well") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Akio Ishii (born 1955), Japanese baseball player
• Ami Ishii (born 2002), Japanese freestyle wrestler
• Anna Ishii (born 1998), Japanese performer, model and actress
• Baku Ishii (1886–1962), Japanese dancer
• Chie Ishii (石井 千恵, born 1983), Japanese professional wrestler
• David Ishii (born 1955), Japanese-American golfer
• Erika Ishii, American voice actor
• Gakuryū Ishii, (b. 1957) Japanese film director aka Sogo Ishii
• Hiroshi Ishii (computer scientist), professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Hiroshi Ishii (golfer) (born 1941), Japanese golfer
• Hisaichi Ishii (石井 壽一, born 1951), Japanese manga artist
• Hitoshi Ishii (born 1947), Japanese mathematician
• Kaisei Ishii (石井 快征, born 2000), Japanese footballer
• Kan Ishii (1921–2009), Japanese composer, and the brother of composer Maki Ishii
• Katsuhito Ishii (born 1966), Japanese film director
• Kazuhisa Ishii (born 1973), Japanese baseball player
• Kazuyoshi Ishii (born 1953), Japanese karateka
• Keisuke Ishii (石井 慧介, born 1985), Japanese professional wrestler
• Ken Ishii, Japanese DJ and music producer
• Kentarō Ishii, Japanese shogi player
• Kikujiro Ishii (1866–1945), Japanese diplomat who negotiated the Lansing-Ishii Agreement
• Kikuyo Ishii (石井 菊代, born 1954), Japanese swimmer
• Koichi Ishii, Japanese video game director
• Koki Ishii (born 1995), Japanese footballer
• Kouji Ishii (born 1960), Japanese voice actor (real name Kōzō Ishii)
• Kunio Ishii (born 1941), professional Go player
• Maki Ishii (1936–2003), Japanese composer, and the brother of composer Kan Ishii
• Mario Alberto Ishii (born 1951), Argentine politician
• Masanori Ishii (石井 正則, born 1973), Japanese actor, comedian and narrator
• Satoshi Ishii (born 1986), Japanese judoka and mixed martial arts fighter
• Shigemi Ishii (born 1951), Japanese footballer
• Shirō Ishii (1892–1959), military physician who created and ran Japan's biological warfare program
• Shohachi Ishii (石井 庄八, 1926–1980), Japanese sport wrestler
• Sogo Ishii (born 1957), Japanese film director
• Susumu Ishii (1924–1991), second kaicho (Godfather) of the Inagawa-kai yakuza gang in Japan
• Takashi Ishii (film director) (born 1946), Japanese film director and screenwriter
• Takashi Ishii (baseball) (born 1971), Japanese baseball pitcher and coach
• Takeo Ishii (born May 3, 1947), Japanese yodeler
• Takuro Ishii (born 1970), Japanese baseball player
• Tatsuya Ishii (born 1959), Japanese singer, songwriter, artist, and industrial designer
• Teruo Ishii (1924–2005), Japanese film director
• Tomiko Ishii (born 1935), Japanese actress
• Tomohiro Ishii (石井 智宏, born 1975), Japanese professional wrestler
• Tomoo Ishii (石井 朝夫, 1923–2022), Japanese golfer
• Tomoya Ishii (石井 智也, born 1989), Japanese alpine skier
• Vania Ishii (born 1973), Japanese-Brazilian judoka
• Yasushi Ishii (born 1970), Japanese singer and composer
• Yoneo Ishii (石井 米雄, 1929–2010), Japanese historian
• Yuka Ishii (石井 遊佳, born 1963), Japanese writer
• Yuki Ishii (born 1991), volleyball player
• Yutaka Ishii (1920–?), Japanese baseball player

Fictional characters

• O-Ren Ishii, a fictional character and the main antagonist from the Quentin Tarantino film, Kill Bill: Volume 1