Editing Ishikawa Prefecture (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Enhō Akira]], a professional [[Sumo]] wrestler at the Jūryō division.
* [[Minami Hamabe]], an actress.
* [[Kodai Iida]], a professional footballer for [[OKC Energy FC]].
* [[Kyōka Izumi]], author of novels, short stories, and kabuki plays, from [[Kanazawa]].
* [[Takeshi Kaga]], an actor in Japan who is probably best known internationally for his portrayal of Chairman Kaga in the Japanese television show ''[[Iron Chef]]'' produced by [[Fuji Television|Fuji TV]], is from Ishikawa.
* [[Hideki Matsui]], a former [[Yomiuri Giants]] and [[New York Yankees]], was born and raised in Neagari Town (now Nomi City), Ishikawa. He gained fame as a baseball player while attending high school in Kanazawa.
* [[Daisuke Nakata]], a trampolinist who has competed in the Olympics in the past, is from Ishikawa.
* [[Kitaro Nishida]], [[philosopher]], founder of the [[Kyoto School]] of philosophy, from [[Kahoku, Ishikawa|Kahoku]].
* [[Murō Saisei]], poet and novelist in modern Japanese literature from Kanazawa.
* [[Daisuke Satō]], a board game designer, novelist, and [[manga]] writer. His ''[[Highschool of the Dead]]'' [[anime]]/manga series is known for being left unfinished due to his unfortunate death in 2017.
* [[D. T. Suzuki]], Buddhist philosopher and popularizer of Buddhism in the West was born in Kanazawa.
* [[Yusuke Suzuki (racewalker)|Yusuke Suzuki]], (no relation to D. T. Suzuki) born in 1988, is a racewalker born in [[Nomi, Ishikawa]] prefecture.
* [[Yoshirō Taniguchi]], modernist architect and father of architect [[Yoshio Taniguchi]], who designed the D.T. Suzuki Museum in Kanazawa.
* [[Shūsei Tokuda]], author from Kanazawa. (Izumi, Muro, and Tokuda are known as the Three Famous Literary Persons in Ishikawa<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pref.ishikawa.jp/shiko-kinbun/1536236_e.pdf |title=The Fourth High School Memorial Museum of Cultural Exchange, Ishikawa |website=pref.ishikawa.jp |access-date=2018-02-06 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424195524/http://www.pref.ishikawa.jp/shiko-kinbun/1536236_e.pdf |archive-date=April 24, 2018 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>)