Mao Ishigaki

is a Japanese curler from Fujiyoshida.

Career Juniors Ishigaki played lead for the Japanese junior women's team (skipped by Sayaka Yoshimura) from 2011 to 2013 winning three straight Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships in the process. The team finished in 8th place at the 2011 World Junior Curling Championships, 5th place at the 2012 World Junior Curling Championships and won a bronze medal at the 2013 World Junior Curling Championships. The team also played in two Winter Universiades while Ishigaki was attending Sapporo International University. The team places fourth in 2011 and 7th in 2013.

Women's Ishigaki joined the Tori Koana rink in 2016, playing lead for the team. They would represent Japan at the 2018 Ford World Women's Curling Championship, with Ishigaki playing second on the team.

To begin the 2019-20 curling season, Ishigaki and her team won the Morioka City Women's Memorial Cup and finished runner-up at the 2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker.

2023, Ishigaki is a founding member of team GRANDIR in Tokyo.

Teams Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Events 2010–11 Sayaka Yoshimura Rina Ida Risa Ujihara Mao Ishigaki 2011–12 Sayaka Yoshimura Rina Ida Risa Ujihara Mao Ishigaki 2012–13 Sayaka Yoshimura Rina Ida Risa Ujihara Mao Ishigaki 2013–14 Sayaka Yoshimura Rina Ida Risa Ujihara Mao Ishigaki 2014–15 Yumie Funayama Kotomi Ishizaki Mao Ishigaki Natsuko Ishiyama 2015–16 Rina Ida Tamami Naito Mao Ishigaki Natsuko Ishiyama 2016–17 Junko Nishimuro (fourth) Tori Koana (skip) Yuna Kotani Mao Ishigaki Kyoka Kuramitsu 2017–18 Tori Koana Yuna Kotani Mao Ishigaki Arisa Kotani Junko Nishimuro / Kaho Onodera (10th) 2018–19 Tori Koana Junko Nishimuro Mao Ishigaki Arisa Kotani Yuna Kotani CWC (6th) 2019–20 Tori Koana Yuna Kotani Mao Ishigaki Arisa Kotani 2020–21 Tori Koana Yuna Kotani Mao Ishigaki Arisa Kotani 2021–22 Tori Koana Yuna Kotani Mao Ishigaki Arisa Kotani 2023-24Yui OzekiMao IshigakiReika TatedaHinako SonobeHaruka Hosoda

Personal life Ishigaki works as an amusement park employee for Fujikyu Highland Co. Ltd.