Kishi may refer to: *

Kishi (Bible) Kishi (also Kushaiah) is a figure in the Old Testament. 1 Chronicles 6:44 states Kishi is a Merarite, and the father of the ancestor of Ethan (biblical figure), Ethan the minstrel. References External linksThe amazing name Kushaiah: meaning and e ...

, a biblical figure *

Kishi (folklore) The kishi is a two-faced demon in Angola. According to legend, a kishi has an attractive human man's face on the front of its body and a hyena's face on the back. Kishi are said to use their human face as well as smooth talk and other charms to att ...

, a two-faced demon in Angolan folklore

People with the surname

* Aino Kishi (born 1988), Japanese actress and AV Idol *

Asako Kishi was a Japanese journalist and culinary critic, best known for her role as a guest judge on Iron Chef Japan. Career Kishi was raised in Tokyo, and attended Kagawa Nutrition University. She began her writing career when she joined the Japanese mon ...

(born 1923), culinary critic *

Kishi Keiko is a Japanese actress, writer, and UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador. Life and career She made her acting debut in 1951. In the 1950s, David Lean had proposed her for the main role in ''The Wind Cannot Read'', which is about a Japanese language instruc ...

(born 1932), actress *

Kichimatsu Kishi Kichimatsu Kishi (岸吉松 ''Kishi Kichimatsu'', ?–1956) was a Japanese immigrant to the United States who worked as a farmer and businessman. Along with fellow immigrants from Japan, his impact on rice farming in the southern United States wou ...

(died 1956), founder of an agricultural colony and a small oil company *

Matsuo Kishi (18 September 1906 – 17 August 1985) was a Japanese film critic, director, screenwriter, producer, and biographer. His real name was Aji Shūichirō. Born in Tokyo, he became interested in film from his days in high school and, continuing on to K ...

(1906-1985), film critic and screenwriter *

Kishi Nobusuke was a Japanese bureaucrat and politician who was Prime Minister of Japan from 1957 to 1960. Known for his exploitative rule of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo in Northeast China in the 1930s, Kishi was nicknamed the "Monster of the Shō ...

(, 1896–1987), Japanese politician and 56th and 57th Prime Minister of Japan *

Nobuo Kishi is a Japanese politician who serves as the Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for National Security Policy and Nuclear Disarmament Issues. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he previously served as Minister of Defense of Japan from Se ...

(1959), Japanese politician, grandson of Nobusuke Kishi *, Japanese professional baseball player * Yoshito Kishi (born 1937), Japanese-American chemist

Places

Kishi, Hormozgan Gishi ( fa, گيشي, also romanized as Gīshī; also known as Kīshī) is a village in Ruydar Rural District, Ruydar District, Khamir County, Hormozgan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also call ...

, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran * Kisi, Nigeria or Kishi, a town in Oyo State, Nigeria

People with the surname

Places

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