Ishii (, "stone well") is a

Japanese surname Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

. Notable people with the surname include: *

Adena Ishii Adena Ishii (c.1990) is an American politician serving as the Mayor of Berkeley, California since 2024. She is the first Asian American and woman of color to be elected to the position. Personal life Ishii was born in Los Angeles and grew up i ...

, American politician * Akio Ishii (born 1955), Japanese baseball player * Ami Ishii (born 2002), Japanese freestyle wrestler *

Anna Ishii is a Japanese dancer, actress and model. She is a former member of E-girls and represented by LDH. Early life Ishii was born on July 11, 1998, in Tokyo, Japan. She has an elder brother, a younger brother, and a younger sister named Chino Is ...

(born 1998), Japanese performer, model and actress * Baku Ishii (1886–1962), Japanese dancer *, Japanese professional wrestler *

David Ishii David S. Ishii (born July 26, 1955) is an American professional golfer of Japanese descent. Early life Ishii grew up on the island of Kauai in Hawaii and graduated from Kauai High School. As a junior in high school, he won the Hawaii State Hig ...

(born 1955), Japanese-American golfer *

Erika Ishii Erika Mari Ishii (born March 7, 1987) is an American voice actor and Television presenter, host. They are best known as the voice of video game characters such as Valkyrie in ''Apex Legends'', and for their appearances in actual play web series ...

, American voice actor *

Gakuryū Ishii , formerly known as , is a Japanese filmmaker known for his stylistic punk films, which helped spark the cyberpunk movement in Japan. A number of contemporary filmmakers including Quentin Tarantino have cited Ishii's films as an influence. Early ...

, (b. 1957) Japanese film director aka Sogo Ishii *

Hiroshi Ishii (computer scientist) is a Japanese computer scientist and a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is also Associate Director of the MIT Media Laboratory. Early life and education Ishii was born in Tokyo and raised in Sapporo, Japan. He receive ...

, professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology *

Hiroshi Ishii (golfer) Hiroshi Ishii (3 June 1941 – 27 December 2006) was a Japanese professional golfer. Ishii played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning seven times. Professional wins (10) PGA of Japan Tour wins (7) 1Co-sanctioned by the Asia Golf Circuit PGA o ...

(1941–2006), 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 is a Japanese film director best known for directing '' The Taste of Tea'' (2004), '' Funky Forest'' (2005), and ''Smuggler'' (2011). Career After graduating from Musashino Art University, Ishii got a job at Tohokushinsha Film and began dire ...

(born 1966), Japanese film director *

Kazuhisa Ishii Kazuhisa Ishii (石井一久 ''Ishii Kazuhisa'') (born September 9, 1973) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher and manager and general manager. He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yakult Swallows and Saitama Se ...

(born 1973), Japanese baseball player *

Kazuyoshi Ishii is a Japanese karateka, promoter, and business man. He was born in Uwajima City, Ehime Prefecture. Graduated from Ehime Prefectural Uwajima Higashi High School. He is known as the founder of Seidokaikan, a karate organization, and the founder ...

(born 1953), Japanese karateka *, Japanese professional wrestler *

Ken Ishii is a Japanese Disc jockey, DJ and record producer from Sapporo. He graduated from Hitotsubashi University. He has released work under his own name as well as under the pseudonyms FLR, Flare, UTU, Yoga, and Rising Sun. Ishii had his first relea ...

, Japanese DJ and music producer *

Kentarō Ishii is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7- dan. Early life and apprenticeship Ishii was born on April 13, 1992, in Chiba, Chiba. He became interested in shogi after receiving a shogi set as a present from his grandfather, and started att ...

, Japanese shogi player *

Kikujiro Ishii is a 1999 Japanese road drama film written, directed and co-edited by Takeshi Kitano, who also stars in the film with Yusuke Sekiguchi. Its score was composed by Joe Hisaishi. The film was entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. ''Kikujiro' ...

(1866–1945), Japanese diplomat who negotiated the Lansing-Ishii Agreement *, Japanese swimmer *

Koichi Ishii , sometimes credited as Kouichi Ishii, is a video game designer best known for creating the ''Mana'' series (known as ''Seiken Densetsu'' in Japan). He joined Square (now Square Enix is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational hol ...

, Japanese video game director *

Koki Ishii is a Japanese football player who plays for club AC Nagano Parceiro. Career After attending Kansai University, where he also served as captain of its football team, Ishii signed with the J3 League or simply J3 is the third division of . ...

(born 1995), Japanese footballer *

Kouji Ishii ''Kouji'' (), which can be translated literally as "mouth skill" or "skill of mouth" is a Chinese vocal mimicry performance art which utilizes the human speech organs to mimic the sounds of everyday life. When this vocal mimicry is combined with v ...

(born 1960), Japanese voice actor (real name Kōzō Ishii) *

Kunio Ishii is a professional Go player. Biography Ishii became an insei in 1954, then a professional in 1956 under the guidance of his teacher Hokosawa Senjin. By 1978, he was at the highest rank of order, 9 dan. Although he competed in countless tour ...

(born 1941), professional Go player *

Maki Ishii was a Japanese composer of contemporary classical music. Biography Born in Tokyo, Ishii studied composition privately (with Akira Ifukube and Tomojiro Ikenouchi) and conducting with Akeo Watanabe from 1952 in Tokyo. In 1958, he moved to Berl ...

(1936–2003), Japanese composer, and the brother of composer Kan Ishii *

Mario Alberto Ishii Mario Alberto Ishii (born 22 June 1951) is an Argentine politician of the Justicialist Party, currently serving as '' intendente'' (mayor) of José C. Paz, a '' partido'' in the Greater Buenos Aires Greater Buenos Aires (, GBA), also known a ...

(born 1951), Argentine politician *, Japanese actor, comedian and narrator *

Satoshi Ishii is a Japanese-Croatian retired Mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist, kickboxer, professional boxer and judoka who has held Croatian citizenship since 2019. Ishii won the gold medal in Judo at the Summer Olympics, Olympic Judo at the Beijing ...

(born 1986), Japanese judoka and mixed martial arts fighter *

Sayaka Ishii is a Japanese professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings of world No. 188 in singles, achieved on 17 March 2025, and No. 285 in doubles, achieved on 19 May 2025. Early life Ishii was born in Shibuya, Tokyo. Her father, Takuro Ish ...

(born 2005), Japanese tennis player *

Shigemi Ishii is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. Club career Ishii was born on July 7, 1951. After graduating from Chuo University, he joined Furukawa Electric in 1976. The club won the league champions in 1976 and 198 ...

(born 1951), Japanese footballer *

Shirō Ishii Surgeon General was a Japanese microbiologist and Military medicine, army medical officer, who served as the director of Unit 731, a biological warfare unit of the Imperial Japanese Army. Ishii led the development and application of biological ...

(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 Susumu Ishii was the second ''kaicho'' (godfather) of the Inagawa-kai yakuza gang in Japan. He was also fifth ''socho'' of the Yokosuka-ikka. Ishii was born in Yokosuka in 1924. As a child, he moved with his family to Kamakura where they ran a sm ...

(1924–1991), second kaicho (Godfather) of the Inagawa-kai yakuza gang in Japan *

Takashi Ishii (film director)
was a Japanese

(1946–2022), Japanese film director and screenwriter *

Takashi Ishii (baseball) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher and coach. He pitched for 14 seasons for the Seibu Lions and made three All-Star teams. His brother Akio Ishii was drafted in 1986 but never made it into Nippon Pro Baseball. Career Takashi Ishii play ...

(born 1971), Japanese baseball pitcher and coach * Takeo Ishii (born May 3, 1947), Japanese yodeler *

Takuro Ishii is a retired Japanese professional baseball player. He currently is a coach for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Ishii was regarded as one of the best Japanese shortstops of the late 1990s and early 200 ...

(born 1970), Japanese baseball player *

Tatsuya Ishii , also known as Tatuya Ishii (born September 22, 1959) is a Japanese singer-songwriter, artist, and industrial designer from Ibaraki Prefecture. Biography In 1985, he debuted as vocalist in the band . In 1992, their single won the Japanese ...

(born 1959), Japanese singer, songwriter, artist, and industrial designer *

Teruo Ishii was a Japanese film director best known in the West for his early films in the ''Super Giant'' series, and for his films in the ''ero guro'' ("erotic-grotesque") subgenre of sexploitation such as '' Shogun's Joy of Torture'' (1968). He also dire ...

(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 is a Japanese musician from Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. He specializes in experimental, jazz fusion and hard rock. He is famous for his work with anime scores. He composed music for and scored the first ''Hellsing'' anime, with the ...

(born 1970), Japanese singer and composer *, Japanese historian *, Japanese writer *

Yuki Ishii is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Hisamitsu Springs. She also played for the All-Japan women's volleyball team. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's volleyball. Career Ishii played for the All-Japan team for th ...

(born 1991), volleyball player * Yutaka Ishii (1920–?), Japanese baseball player

Fictional characters

O-Ren Ishii ''Kill Bill: Volume 1'' is a 2003 American martial arts action film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It stars Uma Thurman as the Bride, who swears revenge on a group of assassins (Lucy Liu, Daryl Hannah, Vivica A. Fox and Michael Mad ...

, a fictional character and the main antagonist from the Quentin Tarantino film, Kill Bill: Volume 1 {{Surname Japanese-language surnames