Ishikawa (surname)

Ishikawa (written: 石川 lit. "stone river") is the 28th most common Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Akio Ishikawa (石川 陽生, born 1963), Japanese shogi player
• Arisa Ishikawa (石川 安里沙) or Sumire (1987–2009), Japanese fashion model
• Bun'yō Ishikawa (石川 文洋, born 1938), Japanese photographer and photojournalist
• Chiaki Ishikawa (石川智晶, born 1969), Japanese musician
• Chu Ishikawa (石川 忠, born 1966), Japanese composer and musician
• Daichi Ishikawa (石川 大地, born 1996), Japanese footballer
• Goemon Ishikawa (石川 五右衛門, 1558–1594), Japanese outlaw hero
• Hajime Ishikawa (石川 元, born 1941), Japanese rower
• Haruna Ishikawa (石川 晴菜, born 1994), Japanese alpine skier
• Hideo Ishikawa (石川 英郎, born 1969), Japanese voice actor
• Hideshi Ishikawa (石川 日出志, born 1954), Japanese archaeologist
• Jun Ishikawa (石川 淳, 1899–1987), Japanese author
• Kaito Ishikawa (石川 界人, born 1993), Japanese voice actor
• Kaoru Ishikawa (石川 馨, 1915–1989), Japanese university professor, developer of the Ishikawa diagram
• Kasumi Ishikawa (石川 佳純, born 1993), female Japanese table tennis player
• Kei Ishikawa (石川 慧, born 1993), Japanese footballer
• Kenji Ishikawa (石川 健二, born 1946), Japanese swimmer
• Koji Ishikawa (いしかわ こうじ, born 1963), Japanese children's book author and illustrator
• Kōyō Ishikawa (石川 光陽, 1904–1989), Japanese photographer
• Masamochi Ishikawa (石川 雅望, 1754–1830), Japanese scholar, poet and writer
• Mayu Ishikawa (石川 真佑, born 2000), Japanese female volleyball player.
• Melody Miyuki Ishikawa (born 1982), Japanese-American pop singer and television host
• Miki Ishikawa (born 1991), Japanese-American actress and singer
• Miyuki Ishikawa (石川 ミユキ, 1897–1987), Japanese midwife and serial killer
• Masaji Ishikawa (石川 昌司, born 1947), North Korean defector and author
• Naohiro Ishikawa (石川 直宏, born 1981), Japanese football player
• Rika Ishikawa (石川 梨華, born 1985), Japanese idol, former member of Morning Musume
• Rokuro Ishikawa (石川 六郎, 1925–2005), Japanese businessman
• Ryo Ishikawa (石川 遼, born 1991), Japanese professional golfer
• Sanshirō Ishikawa (石川 三四郎, 1876-1956), Japanese anarcho-syndicalist
• Sayuri Ishikawa (石川 さゆり, born 1958), Japanese enka singer
• Shō Ishikawa (石川 翔, born 1999), Japanese baseball player
• Shoko Ishikawa (石川 翔子, born 1990), Japanese figure skater
• Shuji Ishikawa (石川 修司, born 1975), Japanese professional wrestler
• Takaya Ishikawa (石川 昂弥, born 2001), Japanese baseball player
• Tatsuya Ishikawa (石川 竜也, born 1979), Japanese footballer
• Tatsuzō Ishikawa (石川 達三, 1905–1985), Japanese writer
• Takuboku Ishikawa (石川 啄木, 1886-1912), Japanese poet
• Travis Ishikawa (born 1983), American professional baseball first baseman
• Yozo Ishikawa (石川 要三, 1925–2014), Japanese politician
• Yui Ishikawa (石川 由依, born 1989), Japanese voice actress
• Yuki Ishikawa (石川 雄規, born 1967), Japanese professional wrestler
• Yuki Ishikawa (石川 勇希, born 1995), Japanese professional wrestler
• Yūki Ishikawa (石川 祐希, born 1995), Japanese male volleyball player

Fictional characters

• Keiko Ishikawa, a character in the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Ishikawa (Ghost in the Shell), a character in the Japanese seinen manga Ghost in the Shell
• Sensei Sadanobu Ishikawa, a character in the video game Ghost of Tsushima, voiced by and with motion-capture by François Chau
• Goemon Ishikawa XIII, a character in the Japanese manga series Lupin III
• Fumiko Ishikawa, a character in popular FNF community Skyverse
• Keisuke Ishikawa, comic relief antagonist in 1999 video game Racing Lagoon
• Ryo Ishikawa, the main antagonist in the video game Shogo: Mobile Armor Division

References

1. Ishikawa
2. Surname
3. Komatsu
4. List of common Japanese surnames
5. Ishikawa clan
6. Lists of most common surnames in Asian countries
7. Mikasa Ackerman
8. Kawachi
9. Kanazawa (disambiguation)
10. Kanemaru
11. Tokugawa clan
12. Yui (name)
13. Mikawa
14. Nakajima
15. Hajime
16. Ruka
17. Kashima
18. 2024 Tokyo gubernatorial election
19. Haruna (name)
20. Matto