| Issei Nishikawa | |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Office: | Governor of Fukui Prefecture |
| Term Start: | 23 April 2003 |
| Term End: | 22 April 2019 |
| Alma Mater: | Kyoto University |
| Predecessor: | Yukio Kurita |
| Successor: | Tatsuji Sugimoto |
| Birth Date: | 1945 1, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Asahi, Fukui, Japan |
is a Japanese politician and a former governor of Fukui Prefecture in Japan. He was elected first in 2003. A native of Asahi, Fukui and graduate of Kyoto University with the B.L. degree in 1968, he joined the Ministry of Home Affairs in 1968.