Onishi

Onishi (大西), other romanizations include Ōnishi, Oonishi, and Ohnishi with long vowel ō, is a Japanese surname or a Japanese place name. Onishi (尾西) with short vowel o, is a Japanese surname. Onishi (鬼石) with short vowel o, is a Japanese place name.

It may refer to:

With long vowel ō

People

• Norimitsu Onishi (大西 哲光), Canadian journalist
• Koji Onishi (大西 孝治, born 1988), Japanese footballer
• Mitsugu Ōnishi (大西みつぐ, born 1952), Japanese photographer
• Yuka Onishi (大西結花, born 1968) Japanese actress and idol singer, known for her role in the TV series Sukeban Deka III
• Takijirō Ōnishi (大西 瀧治郎, 1891–1945), admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, known as the father of the kamikaze
• Junko Onishi (swimmer) (大西 順子, born 1974), swimmer from Japan, won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics
• Junko Onishi (musician) (大西 順子, born 1967), Japanese post-bop jazz pianist
• Takashi Onishi (大西 貴, born 1971), Japanese football player
• Onishi Tetsunosuke (大西鐡之祐) 1916-1995), professor and coach of the Japan national rugby union team
• Kazumi Onishi (大西 一美, born 1948), Japanese figure skater
• Masayuki Onishi (大西 昌之, born 1977) Japanese football player
• Tadao Onishi (大西 忠生, 1943–2006) Japanese football player
• Yohei Onishi (大西 容平, born 1982), Japanese football player
• Takuya Onishi (大西 卓哉, born 1975), Japanese astronaut
• Yoshiaki Onishi (大西 義明, born 1981) composer, conductor, and clarinetist
• Yoshihiro Onishi (大西 恵弘, 1941–2003), Japanese rower
• Yuki Onishi (大西 勇輝, born 1996), Japanese footballer
• Yuki Onishi (chef)
• Hiroshi Ōnishi (大西 博, 1961–2011), Japanese painter and University professor
• Ai Haruna (born 1972 as Kenji Ōnishi (大西 賢示)), Japanese transsexual TV personality and singer

Places

• Ōnishi, Ehime (大西町), Japan
• Ōnishi Station (大西駅), a railway station in Imabari, Japan

Other uses

• 9062 Ohnishi, asteroid

With short vowel o

People

• Misaki Onishi (尾西 美咲, born 1985)

Places

• Onishi, Gunma (鬼石町), Japan