Ishii (, "stone well") is a

Japanese surname Officially, among Japanese names there are 291,129 different Japanese surnames, as determined by their kanji, although many of these are Japanese orthography, pronounced and romanization of Japanese, romanized similarly. Conversely, some surnames w ...

. Notable people with the surname include: * Akio Ishii (born 1955), Japanese baseball player * Ami Ishii (born 1980), Japanese gravure idol *

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 Ishi ...

(born 1998), Japanese performer, model and actress *

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 High ...

(born 1955), Japanese-American golfer *

Erika Ishii Erika Ishii is an American voice actress and host. She is best known as the voice of video game characters such as Valkyrie in ''Apex Legends'', as well as her appearances in actual play web series including ''L.A. by Night'' and ''Dimension 20''. ...

, Voice actor *

Hiroshi Ishii (computer scientist) is a Japanese computer scientist. He is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Ishii pioneered the Tangible User Interface in the field of Human-computer interaction with the paper ''"Tangible Bits: Towards Seamless Interfac ...

, professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology *

Hiroshi Ishii (golfer) is a common masculine Japanese given name. It can also be transliterated as Hirosi. Possible writings Hiroshi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *浩, "meaning" *汎 *弘, *宏, *寛, *洋, *博, *博一, *博司, ...

(born 1941), Japanese golfer *, Japanese manga artist * Hitoshi Ishii (born 1947), Japanese mathematician *, Japanese footballer *

Kan Ishii was a Japanese composer, and the brother of composer Maki Ishii. His father, was a prominent Japanese ballet dancer. His ''Symphonia Ainu'' won a prize at the 1958 Art Festival, inspiring him to do further work inspired by nationalist primitivi ...

(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 direc ...

(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 current manager and general manager for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He pl ...

(born 1973), Japanese baseball player *

Kazuyoshi Ishii is a Japanese master of Seidokaikan karate and founder of the K-1 fighting circuit, a widely televised international martial arts competition combining Muay Thai, karate, sanshou, taekwondo, kenpo, boxing, and kickboxing.Maylam, J. (2001)K-1 h ...

(born 1953), Japanese karateka *

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. Strongly influenced by De ...

, Japanese DJ and music producer * Kentarō Ishii, Japanese shogi player *

Kikujiro Ishii ''Kikujiro'' () is a 1999 Japanese road drama film starring, written, and directed by Takeshi Kitano. Its score was composed by Joe Hisaishi. The film was entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. ''Kikujiro'' tells the story of a young boy sea ...

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

Koichi Ishii , sometimes credited as Kouichi Ishii, is a video game designer perhaps best known for creating the ''Mana (series), Mana'' series (known as ''Seiken Densetsu'' in Japan). He joined Square (video game company), Square (now Square Enix) in 1987, wh ...

, Japanese video game director *

Koki Ishii is a Japanese football player. He plays for Gainare Tottori. Career After attending Kansai University - where he also served as captain - Ishii signed with the J3 League club Gainare Tottori are a Japanese football club, based in Tottori, ...

(born 1995), Japanese footballer *

Kouji Ishii ''Kouji'' ({{zh, c=口技), 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 i ...

(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, and brother of composer Kan Ishii. Biography Born in Tokyo, Ishii studied composition privately (with Akira Ifukube and Tomojiro Ikenouchi) and conducting with Akeo Watanabe from 1952 ...

(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 An intendant (; pt, intendente ; es, intendente ) was, and sometimes still is, a public official, especially in ...

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

Satoshi Ishii is a Japanese-born judoka, mixed martial artist, kickboxer and submission grappler who has held Croatian citizenship since 2019. Ishii won the gold medal in Olympic Judo at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics, a silver medal at the ...

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

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 19 ...

(born 1951), Japanese footballer *

Shiro Ishii Shiro, Shirō, Shirow or Shirou may refer to: People * Amakusa Shirō (1621–1638), leader of the Shimabara Rebellion * Ken Shiro (born 1992), Japanese boxer * Shiro Azumi, Japanese football player 1923–1925 * Shiro Ichinoseki (born 1944), ...

(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) was a Japanese film director, screenwriter and manga artist. He directed several ''pinku eiga'' erotic films, but his most notable feature was the 1995 crime thriller ''Gonin'' starring Takeshi Kitano. Filmography Director :1988 '' Angel Gut ...

(born 1946), 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 ''pinku eiga'' such as ''Shogun's Joy of Torture'' ( 1968). He also dire ...

(1924–2005), Japanese film director *

Tomiko Ishii is a Japanese actress. Filmography Films *''Gate of Flesh'' (1964), Roku *Daimon Otokode Shinitai (1969) *''The Ramen Girl'' (2009), Megumi Television *''Oshin'' (1983), Mrs. Sakuragi *''Kinpachi-sensei is a Japanese television drama that ...

(born 1935), Japanese actress *

Tomohiro Ishii is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). He also makes additional appearances for All Elite Wrestling (AEW). He is also known for his work with the independent Fighting World of Japan Pro Wrestling ( ...

(born 1975), 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 Japan women's national volleyball team, All-Japan women's volleyball team. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olymp ...

(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 film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It stars Uma Thurman as the Bride, who swears revenge on a team of assassins (Lucy Liu, Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah, and Vivica A. Fox) an ...

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