Shimizu (surname)

Shimizu (written: 清水 lit. "pure water") is the 18th most common Japanese surname. Less common variants include 志水 and 冷水.

Notable people with the surname

 * Ai Shimizu (清水 愛), Japanese voice actress and singer
 * Airi Shimizu (清水 あいり), Japanese gravure idol, actress and television personality
 * Aki Shimizu (志水 アキ), Japanese manga artist
 * Akihiko Shimizu (清水 明彦), Japanese voice actor
 * Ayano Shimizu (清水 綾乃), Japanese tennis player
 * Bukō Shimizu (清水 武甲), Japanese photographer
 * Dave Shimizu, Guamanian politician
 * Emi Shimizu (清水 絵美), Japanese curler
 * Fujio Shimizu (清水 富士夫), Japanese fencer
 * Fumika Shimizu (清水 富美加), Japanese actress and gravure idol
 * Hide Hyodo Shimizu (1908–1999), Japanese-Canadian educator and activist
 * Hidehiko Shimizu (清水 秀彦), Japanese footballer and manager
 * Hideo Shimizu (清水 英男), Japanese mathematician
 * Hiroaki Shimizu (清水 浩明), Japanese darts player
 * Hiroko Shimizu (清水 弘子), Japanese ten-pin bowler
 * Hiroshi Shimizu (director) (清水 宏), Japanese film director
 * Hiroyasu Shimizu (清水 宏保), Japanese speed skater
 * Hitomi Shimizu (冷水 ひとみ), Japanese musician and composer
 * Ichiyo Shimizu (清水 市代), Japanese shogi player
 * Ittetsu Shimizu (清水 一徹), Japanese classical composer
 * Jenny Shimizu (born 1967), American model and actress
 * Jirochō Shimizu (清水 次郎長), Japanese yakuza boss
 * Jun Shimizu (清水 純), Japanese footballer
 * Kaori Shimizu (清水 香里), Japanese voice actress
 * Kazuki Shimizu (清水 一希), Japanese actor
 * Kazumasa Shimizu (清水 和昌), Japanese footballer
 * Kazuo Shimizu (清水 和男), Japanese footballer
 * Kazuo Shimizu (wrestler) (清水 一夫), Japanese sport wrestler
 * Kazuya Shimizu (清水 和也), Japanese futsal player
 * Keigo Shimizu (清水 啓吾), Japanese swimmer
 * Keiki Shimizu (清水 慶記), Japanese footballer
 * Keisuke Shimizu (清水 圭介), Japanese footballer
 * Ken Shimizu (清水 健), Japanese AV actor
 * Kengo Shimizu (清水 賢吾), Japanese kickboxer
 * Kenji Shimizu (清水 健二), Japanese aikidoka
 * Kenta Shimizu (清水 健太), Japanese footballer
 * Kentaro Shimizu (清水 健太郎), Japanese actor and singer
 * Keto Shimizu (born 1984), American television and comic book writer
 * Kinjiro Shimizu (清水 金二郎), Japanese footballer
 * Kiyotaka Shimizu (清水 清隆), Japanese mixed martial artist
 * Kohei Shimizu (清水 航平), Japanese footballer
 * Kohei Shimizu (skier) (清水 康平), Japanese cross-country skier
 * Koichiro Shimizu (清水 鴻一郎), Japanese surgeon and politician
 * Koji Shimizu (清水 康次), Japanese long-distance runner
 * Kojiro Shimizu (清水 宏次朗), Japanese actor
 * Kotaro Shimizu (清水 孝太郎), Japanese hurdler
 * Koya Shimizu (清水 康也), Japanese footballer
 * Kunihiro Shimizu (清水 邦広), Japanese volleyball player
 * Kunio Shimizu (清水 邦夫), Japanese playwright
 * Maho Shimizu (清水 万帆), Japanese women's footballer
 * Mari Shimizu (清水 マリ), Japanese voice actress
 * Masahiro Shimizu (清水 雅広), Japanese motorcycle racer
 * Masaji Shimizu (清水 雅治), Japanese baseball player
 * Masao Shimizu (清水 将夫), Japanese actor
 * Masataka Shimizu (清水 政孝), Japanese chief executive
 * Masatoshi Shimizu (清水 正俊), Japanese rower
 * Masaumi Shimizu (清水 将海), Japanese baseball player
 * Masayoshi Shimizu (清水 聖義), Japanese politician
 * Michiko Shimizu (athlete) (志水 見千子), Japanese long-distance runner
 * Michiko Shimizu (entertainer) (清水 ミチコ), Japanese tarento, comedian and actress
 * Minami Shimizu (清水 美並), Japanese field hockey player
 * Misa Shimizu (清水 美沙), Japanese actress
 * Mitsumi Shimizu (清水 光美), Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
 * Miyataka Shimizu (清水 都貴), Japanese cyclist
 * Momoko Shimizu (清水 萌々子), Japanese child actress
 * Mototsugu Shimizu (清水 基嗣), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Motoyoshi Shimizu (清水 基吉), Japanese writer and poet
 * Shimizu Muneharu (清水 宗治), Japanese samurai
 * Naoemon Shimizu (清水 直右衛門), Japanese footballer
 * Naoyuki Shimizu (清水 直行), Japanese baseball player
 * Norihisa Shimizu (清水 範久), Japanese footballer
 * Nozomi Shimizu (清水 望), Japanese badminton player
 * Reiko Shimizu (清水 玲子), Japanese manga artist
 * Reruhi Shimizu (清水 礼留飛), Japanese ski jumper
 * Risa Shimizu (actress) (清水 理沙), Japanese actress and voice actress
 * Risa Shimizu (footballer) (清水 梨紗), Japanese football player
 * Ryosuke Shimizu (born 1980), Japanese karateka
 * Ryotaro Shimizu (清水 良太郎), Japanese actor and impressionist
 * Ryuzo Shimizu (清水 隆三), Japanese footballer
 * Saki Shimizu (清水 佐紀), Japanese singer
 * Sakiko Shimizu (清水 咲子), Japanese swimmer
 * Satomu Shimizu (清水 三十六), pen name of Shugoro Yamamoto, Japanese writer
 * Satoshi Shimizu (清水 聡), Japanese boxer
 * Sayuri Shimizu (清水 小百合), Japanese speed skater
 * Seiichiro Shimizu (清水 清一朗), Japanese politician
 * Seiki Shimizu (清水 正紀), Japanese writer
 * Shigeto Shimizu (清水 茂人), Japanese basketball player
 * Shimizu Shikin (清水 紫琴), pen name of Shimizu Toyoko, Japanese writer and activist
 * Shintaro Shimizu (清水 慎太郎), Japanese footballer
 * Shota Shimizu (清水 翔太), Japanese musician and singer-songwriter
 * Shunichi Shimizu (清水 俊一), Japanese mixed martial artist
 * Shunji Shimizu (清水 俊二), Japanese subtitler and translator
 * Tadashi Shimizu (清水 忠史), Japanese communist politician
 * Takafumi Shimizu (清水 貴文), Japanese footballer
 * Takaji Shimizu, Japanese jojutsuka
 * Takashi Shimizu (清水 崇), Japanese film director
 * Takashi Shimizu (baseball) (清水 誉), Japanese baseball player
 * Takayuki Shimizu (baseball) (清水 隆行), Japanese baseball player
 * Takayuki Shimizu (politician) (清水 貴之), Japanese politician
 * Takeshi Shimizu (清水 武士), Japanese footballer
 * Tatsuya Shimizu (清水 達也), Japanese baseball player
 * Tetsuro Shimizu (清水 徹郎), Japanese curler
 * Tokiko Shimizu (清水 季子), Japanese banker
 * Shimizu Tōkoku (清水 東谷), Japanese photographer
 * Tomonobu Shimizu (清水 智信), Japanese boxer
 * Shimizu Toshi (清水 登之), Japanese painter
 * Toshitaka Shimizu (清水 敏孝), Japanese voice actor
 * Tsunenori Shimizu (清水 規矩), Japanese general
 * Yasuaki Shimizu (清水 靖晃), Japanese composer, producer and saxophonist
 * Yasuhiro Shimizu (清水 康弘), Japanese speed skater
 * Yasuzo Shimizu (清水 安三), Japanese educator and Christian missionary
 * Yoji Shimizu (柴田 徹), Japanese water polo player
 * Yoshinori Shimizu (清水 義範), Japanese writer
 * Yoshinori Shimizu (basketball) (清水 良規), Japanese basketball player, coach and executive
 * Yoshiro Shimizu (清水 芳郎), Japanese curler
 * Yoshisada Shimizu (清水 義定), Japanese astronomer
 * Yoshiyuki Shimizu (清水 祥之), Japanese speed skater
 * Yuki Shimizu (志水 ゆき), Japanese manga artist
 * Yuko Shimizu (清水 侑子), Japanese designer and creator of Hello Kitty
 * Yuko Shimizu (actress) (清水 ゆう子), Japanese actress and gravure idol
 * Yuko Shimizu (illustrator) (清水 裕子), Japanese illustrator
 * Yūshi Shimizu (清水 優心), Japanese baseball player
 * Yusuke Shimizu (志水 祐介), Japanese water polo player
 * Zenzo Shimizu (清水 善造), Japanese tennis player

Fictional characters

 * Esora Shimizu (清水絵空), a member of the unit "Peaky P-Key" in the anime franchise D4DJ.
 * Hirono Shimizu (清水 比呂乃), a character in the novel Battle Royale
 * Keiichi Shimizu (志水 桂一), a character in the video game series La Corda d'Oro
 * Kiyoko Shimizu (清水 潔子), a character in the manga series Haikyū!!
 * Megumi Shimizu (清水 恵), a character in the novel Shiki
 * Takako Shimizu (清水 多香子), a character in the manga series Chobits