Lighting Designer
Motoko Ishii

World-renowned lighting designer: Motoko Ishii

A leading figure in the world of lighting design, Ishii has produced numerous works including Tokyo Tower, Nippon Budokan, and the national treasure Himeji Castle.

In September 2018, she directed the special lighting of the Eiffel Tower as part of Japonismes 2018 in France.

She was selected as a Person of Cultural Merit in 2019 and was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, in 2023.

Official website　https://www.motoko-ishii.co.jp

Major lighting work

Tokyo Tower, Tokyo Gate Bridge, Tokyo Bay Rainbow Bridge, Yokohama Bay Bridge, Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge, City lighting in Hakodate, Nagasaki, Kurashiki and Kagoshima, Himeji Castle, Shirakawa-go Village, Asakusa Temple, Aichi Expo, Daigokuden on Heijo Palace Remains, Ginza Kabukiza Theater, Imperial Palace Outer Garden, Nippon Budokan, bridges on Sumida River.

Light-up on Zenkoji Temple in 5 colors, Soene Akari Park, etc. Her international projects include Jeddah Guest House (Soudi Arabia), Melbourne Central (Australia), Pan Pacific Hotel (Singapore), Convention and Exhibition Centre (Hong Kong), Shanghai World Fnancial Center (Shang Hai)

＜The 150th Anniversary of the French-Japanese Relationship Project＞Messages of LLight from Japan on the Seine (Paris)
Budapest Elisabeth Bridge Light-up
The 150th Anniversary of the German-Japanese Relationship Event ≪Light Message for Peace≫（Berlin）
The 150th Anniversary of the Swiss-Japanese Relationship Lighting Event ’TRANJS’
The 150th Anniversary of the Italian-Japanese Relationship Event＜Colosseum / Messages of Light＞(Rome)
Japonismes 2018 Eiffel Tower Special Light-up＜Effel Tower Dressed in Japanese Lights＞(Paris), etc.

Major awards

Recipient of the Medal with Purple Ribbon (2000) and the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon (2023).

Grand Prize, Excellence Award, and Special Award from IES (Illuminating Engineering Society).

Award of Distinction from the International Association of Lighting Designers, Japan Lighting Award, Tokyo Cultural Award, and many others both in Japan and abroad.