Ishikawa - Definition and Overview

Ishikawa (石川 "rocky river") is a Japanese surname, and the name of several places in Japan, primarily Ishikawa Prefecture.

Places named Ishikawa:

• Ishikawa Prefecture
• Ishikawa-gun, district, Ishikawa Prefecture
• Ishikawa-gun, district, Fukushima Prefecture
• Ishikawa-machi, town, Fukushima Prefecture
• Ishikawa-shi, city, Okinawa Prefecture

People named Ishikawa:

• Kaoru Ishikawa, developer of the Ishikawa diagram
• Ishikawa Takuboku, poet
• Hideo Ishikawa, voice actor
• Chiaki Ishikawa, musician
• Ishikawa Goemon, thief, would-be assassin
• Rika Ishikawa, musician

Fictional characters named Ishikawa:

• Keiko Ishikawa, wife of Miles O'Brien, Star Trek

Other uses of Ishikawa:

See also

• Japanese name