# Ishii

Ishii (石井, "stone well") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Adena Ishii, American politician
* 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
* Chie Ishii (石井 千恵, born 1983), 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
* Hisaichi Ishii (石井 壽一, born 1951), Japanese manga artist
* Hitoshi Ishii (born 1947), Japanese mathematician
* Kaisei Ishii (石井 快征, born 2000), 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
* Keisuke Ishii (石井 慧介, born 1985), 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
* Kikuyo Ishii (石井 菊代, born 1954), 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
* Masanori Ishii (石井 正則, born 1973), 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
* Shohachi Ishii (石井 庄八, 1926–1980), 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
* Tomohiro Ishii (石井 智宏, born 1975), Japanese professional wrestler
* Tomoo Ishii (石井 朝夫, 1923–2022), Japanese golfer
* Tomoya Ishii (石井 智也, born 1989), Japanese alpine skier
* Vania Ishii (born 1973), Japanese-Brazilian judoka
* Yasushi Ishii (born 1970), Japanese singer and composer
* Yoneo Ishii (石井 米雄, 1929–2010), Japanese historian
* Yuka Ishii (石井 遊佳, born 1963), 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, Kill Bill: Volume 1