Shimizu (surname) explained
Shimizu (written: lit. "pure water") is the 18th most common Japanese surname.[1] Less common variants include and .
Notable people with the surname
- , Japanese voice actress and professional wrestler
- , Japanese gravure idol, actress and television personality
- , Japanese manga artist
- , Japanese actor and voice actor
- Alex Shimizu (living), American film and television actor
- , Japanese tennis player
- , Japanese photographer
- Dave Shimizu (living), American politician
- , Japanese female curler
- , Japanese fencer
- , Japanese actress, gravure idol and model
- Hide Hyodo Shimizu (1908–1999), Japanese-Canadian educator and activist
- , Japanese footballer and manager
- , Japanese mathematician
- , Japanese professional wrestler
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese professional darts player
- , Japanese professional bowler
- , Japanese film director
- , Japanese Olympic speed skater
- , Japanese musician and composer
- , Japanese shogi player
- , Japanese critic
- , Japanese classical composer
- Jenny Shimizu (born 1967), American model and actress
- , Japanese yakuza boss
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese actress and voice actress
- , Japanese actor
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese racing driver
- , Japanese sport wrestler
- , Japanese futsal player
- , Japanese comedian
- , Japanese Olympic swimmer
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese pornographic film actor
- , Japanese kickboxer
- , Japanese aikido teacher and style founder
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese actor and singer
- Keto Shimizu (born 1984), American television and comic book writer
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese mixed martial artist
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese cross-country skier
- , Japanese doctor and politician
- , Japanese actor and singer
- , Japanese track and field athlete
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese long-distance runner
- , Japanese volleyball player
- , Japanese playwright
- , Japanese women's footballer
- , Japanese voice actress
- , Japanese motorcycle racer
- , Japanese baseball player
- , Japanese actor
- , Japanese company executive
- , Japanese Olympic rower
- , Japanese baseball player and coach
- , Japanese politician
- , Japanese long-distance runner
- , Japanese comedian and actress
- , Japanese field hockey player
- , Japanese actress
- , Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
- , Japanese cyclist
- , Japanese child actress
- , Japanese professional wrestler
- , Japanese writer and poet
- , Japanese samurai
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese baseball player
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese badminton player
- , Japanese manga artist
- , Japanese ski jumper
- , Japanese actress and voice actress
- , Japanese football player
- Ryosuke Shimizu (born 1980), Japanese karateka
- , Japanese actor and impressionist
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese singer
- , Japanese swimmer
- , pen name of Shugoro Yamamoto, Japanese writer
- , Japanese boxer
- , Japanese speed skater
- , Japanese politician
- , Japanese writer
- , Japanese basketball player
- , pen name of Shimizu Toyoko, Japanese writer and activist
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese musician and singer-songwriter
- , Japanese mixed martial artist
- , Japanese subtitler and translator
- , Japanese communist politician
- , Japanese footballer
- Takaji Shimizu, Japanese jojutsuka
- , Japanese film director
- , Japanese baseball player
- , Japanese baseball player
- , Japanese politician
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese baseball player
- , Japanese curler
- , Japanese banker
- , Japanese photographer
- , Japanese boxer
- , Japanese painter
- , Japanese voice actor
- , Japanese general
- , Japanese composer, producer and saxophonist
- , Japanese speed skater
- , Japanese educator and Christian missionary
- , Japanese water polo player
- , Japanese writer
- , Japanese basketball player, coach and executive
- , Japanese curler
- , Japanese astronomer
- , Japanese speed skater
- , Japanese manga artist
- , Japanese designer and creator of Hello Kitty
- , Japanese actress and gravure idol
- , Japanese illustrator
- , Japanese baseball player
- , Japanese water polo player
- , Japanese tennis player
Fictional characters
- , a member of the unit "Peaky P-Key" in the anime franchise D4DJ.
- , a character in the novel Battle Royale
- , a character in the video game series La Corda d'Oro
- , a character in the manga series Haikyū!!
- , a character in the novel Shiki
- , a character in the manga series Chobits
See also
Notes and References
- 明治安田生命 全国同姓調査 Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company - National same family name investigation. Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company. 2008-09-24. 2019-09-27.