Shimizu
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Shimizu is the 20th most common Japan
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People named "Shimizu:
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People named "Shimizu:
- Ai ShimizuAi Shimizuis a Japanese voice actress who is employed by Haikyou. She also has a career as a singer an signed to Lantis. She has released 14 singles and four albums. She covered Yumi Matsutoya's "Toki o Kakeru Shōjo" as the B-side of her first single "Angel Fish" in 2003...
(animeAnimeis the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
voice actress and singer) - Asuka Yūki, born 'Arisa Shimizu', prolific Japanese AV idol
- Bukō ShimizuBuko Shimizuwas a Japanese photographer who lived in and photographed Chichibu .Shimizu was born on 12 October 1913 in Chichibu, the eldest son of the family running a photography studio in Kumaki, Chichibu...
, photographer - Hiroshi ShimizuHiroshi Shimizu (director)was a Japanese film director, known for his silent films with detailed depictions of Japanese society.-Career:Shimizu was born in Shizuoka and attended Hokkaidō University but left before graduating. He joined the Shochiku studio in Tokyo in 1921 and made his directorial debut in 1924, at the age...
(film director) - Hiroyasu ShimizuHiroyasu ShimizuHiroyasu Shimizu is a Japanese speed skater. He has an Olympic Gold medal from 1998 in the 500m and his win made him a hero in his home country. He currently holds the world record for the 100m speed skating event in 9.43 seconds...
(speed skater) - Jenny ShimizuJenny ShimizuJenny Lynn Shimizu is an American model and actress. She was born in San Jose, California.- Career :While working as a mechanic she was approached to model for the Calvin Klein CK1 fragrance ads and model Calvin Klein fashions...
(actress) - Junji Shimizu, anime director
- Kenji ShimizuKenji Shimizu, b. 1940, is an aikido teacher and founder of the aikido style Tendoryu .Shimizu was born in 1940 in Fukuoka, Japan. He had been training judo since childhood and held a 4th dan in this art when he changed to aikido in 1963. He then became one of the last personal students of the aikido founder...
(aikido teacher) - Koji ShimizuKoji Shimizuis a retired male long-distance runner from Japan. He set his personal best in the men's marathon event on March 2, 2003 at the Lake Biwa Marathon.-Achievements:*All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise...
(long-distance runner) - Masayoshi ShimizuMasayoshi Shimizuis the city president of Ōta, Gunma Prefecture, Japan.-External links:*...
(mayor, Ota, Gunma) - Miyataka ShimizuMiyataka Shimizuis a Japanese professional racing cyclist, currently riding for Team Bridgestone Anchor. After beginning cycling at Hatoyama High School, he attended the National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya before becoming a professional in 2004. Shimizu is in general considered an all-rounder...
(professional cyclist) - Mitsumi ShimizuMitsumi Shimizu-External links:*-Notes:...
, admiral in the Imperial Japanese NavyImperial Japanese NavyThe Imperial Japanese Navy was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1869 until 1947, when it was dissolved following Japan's constitutional renunciation of the use of force as a means of settling international disputes... - Naoyuki ShimizuNaoyuki Shimizuis a professional baseball player from Kyoto, Japan. He is a starting pitcher for the Yokohama BayStars.He joined the Japanese Olympic baseball team for the 2004 Summer Olympics, and won a bronze medal. He also played with the Japanese national team in the 2006 World Baseball Classic...
(baseball player) - Renan Kendy Shimizu (Civil Engineer)
- Saki ShimizuSaki Shimizuis a J-pop singer. Her career began in 2002 when she successfully passed the audition for Hello! Project Kids, an all-female teen pop group within Hello! Project. Since then, she has continued to sing in that group and has become a part of two smaller groups composed of Hello! Project Kids members,...
, (Captain of J-pop group, Berryz KoubouBerryz Koubouis an all-girl Japanese pop group within Hello! Project. The original eight members began as Hello! Project Kids and often were back-up dancers for W's music videos...
) - Satomu Shimizu (also named Shugoro Yamamoto, author)
- Takaji Shimizu (budoka, 25th headmaster of Shintō Musō-ryū jojutsu)
- Takashi ShimizuTakashi ShimizuTakashi Shimizu is a Japanese film director, best known for the Ju-on series of horror films.-Filmography:...
(film director) - Takayuki ShimizuTakayuki ShimizuTakayuki Shimizu is a professional baseballer for the Saitama Seibu Lions in Nippon Professional Baseball. He was the Number 3 draft pick by the Yomiuri Giants in .-External links:...
(baseball player) - Yoshinori Shimizu (author)
Fictional characters named Shimizu:
- Hirono Shimizu (Battle Royale)
- Takako Shimizu (Chobits)
- Keiichi Shimizu (Kin'iro no Koruda)
- Megumi Shimizu (Shiki)
- ShimizuShimizuShimizu is the 20th most common Japanese surname.People named "Shimizu:*Ai Shimizu *Asuka Yūki, born 'Arisa Shimizu', prolific Japanese AV idol*Bukō Shimizu, photographer*Hiroshi Shimizu...
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Houses named Shimizu:
- The TokugawaTokugawa clanThe was a powerful daimyo family of Japan. They nominally descended from Emperor Seiwa and were a branch of the Minamoto clan by the Nitta clan. However, the early history of this clan remains a mystery.-History:...
Shimizu were descendants of Tokugawa Ieshige through his son Tokugawa Shigeyoshi, and ranked among the gosankyoGosankyoThe ' were three branches of the Tokugawa clan of Japan. They were descended from the eighth of the fifteen Tokugawa shoguns, Yoshimune . Yoshimune established the Gosankyo to augment the Gosanke, the heads of the powerful han of Owari, Kishū, and Mito...
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See also
- ShimizuShimizuShimizu is the 20th most common Japanese surname.People named "Shimizu:*Ai Shimizu *Asuka Yūki, born 'Arisa Shimizu', prolific Japanese AV idol*Bukō Shimizu, photographer*Hiroshi Shimizu...
(disambiguation) - Japanese nameJapanese namein modern times usually consist of a family name , followed by a given name. "Middle names" are not generally used.Japanese names are usually written in kanji, which are characters of usually Chinese origin in Japanese pronunciation...