As coach Takehiro Ishii (石井 丈裕, born October 25, 1964) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher.

He led all pitchers in the 1988 Cup in strikeouts (32 in 27-1/3 IP), beating out the likes of Andy Benes, Ben McDonald, Charles Nagy, Jim Abbott, Hideo Nomo and Orlando Hernández.

He tried to save the semifinals after Hideo Nomo faltered in the 8th but allowed a single, triple, and a balk without retiring anyone in the loss to Cuba that eliminated Japan.

Going 15–3 with a 1.94 ERA in 1992, he was named Most Valuable Player of the Pacific League, also winning the Eiji Sawamura Award.

To cap it off, he compiled a 2–0 record with 2 complete games, allowing 1 earned runs 19 innings, with 18 strikeouts in the 1992 Japan Series, winning the MVP Award as the Lions defeated the Yakult Swallows 4-games-to-3.