Ishii (, "stone well") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: Akio Ishii (born 1955), Japanese baseball player Ami Ishii (born 1980), Japanese gravure idol Anna Ishii (born 1998), Japanese performer, model and actress David Ishii (born 1955), Japanese-American golfer Erika Ishii, Voice actor Hiroshi Ishii (computer scientist), professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Hiroshi Ishii (golfer) (born 1941), 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 (born 1966), Japanese film director Kazuhisa Ishii (born 1973), Japanese baseball player Kazuyoshi Ishii (born 1953), Japanese karateka Ken Ishii, Japanese DJ and music producer Kentarō Ishii, Japanese shogi player Kikujiro Ishii (1866–1945), Japanese diplomat who negotiated the Lansing-Ishii Agreement , 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 , Japanese actor, comedian and narrator Satoshi Ishii (born 1986), Japanese judoka and mixed martial arts fighter Shigemi Ishii (born 1951), Japanese footballer Shirō Ishii (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) (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 (born 1975), Japanese professional wrestler , Japanese golfer , Japanese alpine skier Vania Ishii (born 1973), Japanese-Brazilian judoka Yasushi Ishii (born 1970), Japanese singer and composer , Japanese historian , 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 Japanese-language surnames