Kelly Ishihara

Kelly Ishihara was born and raised in Kaimuki, Hawaii, and is now based in Kawasaki, Japan, having skated for roughly seventeen years. After first appearing in Honolulu's APB Skateshop video Fragrant (2019), Ishihara became a fixture of the Tokyo-area scene — profiled in Monster Children's Bright Young Things series following a part in the Tokyo video Konton, and appearing in Hoddle's Japan tour video Hotel NUTS (2025). As one of the Japan-based riders on Carhartt WIP's team, Ishihara was featured in the brand's 2026 full-length Ishin Denshin, filmed across Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya.

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