Ishii Explained

Ishii ("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
• , 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
• , Japanese manga artist
• Hitoshi Ishii (born 1947), Japanese mathematician
• , 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
• , 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
• , 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
• , Japanese actor, comedian and narrator
• Satoshi Ishii (born 1986), Japanese judoka and mixed martial arts fighter
• Sayaka Ishii (born 2005), Japanese tennis player
• Shigemi Ishii (born 1951), Japanese footballer
• Shirō Ishii (1892–1959), military physician who created and ran Japan's biological warfare program
• , 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
• , Japanese professional wrestler
• , Japanese golfer
• , Japanese alpine skier
• Vania Ishii (born 1973), Japanese-Brazilian judoka
• Yasushi Ishii (born 1970), Japanese singer and composer
• , Japanese historian
• , 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,