Shimizu (surname)
Appearance
Shimizu (清水, "pure water") is the 20th most common Japanese surname.
People named "Shimizu":
- Ai Shimizu, anime voice actress and singer
- Asuka Yūki, born Arisa Shimizu, prolific Japanese AV idol
- Bukō Shimizu, photographer
- Hideo Shimizu, mathematician
- Hiroshi Shimizu, film director
- Hiroyasu Shimizu, speed skater
- Jenny Shimizu, actress
- Junji Shimizu, anime director
- Kaori Shimizu, anime voice actress
- Kenji Shimizu, aikido teacher
- Koji Shimizu, long-distance runner
- Kunio Shimizu,, Japanese playwright
- Masayoshi Shimizu, mayor, Ota, Gunma
- Masahiro Shimizu, Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
- Masataka Shimizu, former president of TEPCO
- Misa Shimizu, actress
- Mitsumi Shimizu, admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy
- Miyataka Shimizu, professional cyclist
- Momoko Shimizu, actress
- Naoyuki Shimizu, baseball player
- Saki Shimizu, Captain of J-pop group, Berryz Koubou
- Sakiko Shimizu, swimmer
- Satomu Shimizu, also named Shugoro Yamamoto, author
- Satoshi Shimizu, boxer
- Takaji Shimizu, budoka, 25th headmaster of Shintō Musō-ryū jojutsu
- Takashi Shimizu, film director
- Takayuki Shimizu (baseball), baseball player
- Takayuki Shimizu (politician), politician
- Takuya Shimizu, vocalist of J-rock band UVERworld
- Yasuaki Shimizu, composer, producer and saxophonist
- Yoshinori Shimizu, author
Fictional characters named Shimizu:
- Hirono Shimizu (Battle Royale)
- Takako Shimizu (Chobits)
- Keiichi Shimizu (Kin'iro no Koruda)
- Megumi Shimizu (Shiki)
Houses named Shimizu:
- The Tokugawa Shimizu were descendants of Tokugawa Ieshige through his son Tokugawa Shigeyoshi, and ranked among the gosankyo.