Shimizu
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Shimizu (清水, "pure water") is the 20th most common Japanese surname and the name of several places in Japan.
People named Shimizu:
- Shimizu Satomu (also named Yamamoto Shugoro, author)
- Shimizu Takashi (film director)
- Shimizu Yoshinori (author)
- Shimizu Takaji (budoka, 25th headmaster of Shintō Musō-ryū jojutsu)
- Hiroyasu Shimizu (speed skater)
- Kenji Shimizu (aikido teacher)
- Masayoshi Shimizu (mayor, Ota, Gunma)
- Jenny Shimizu (actress)
- Asuka Yūki, born 'Arisa Shimizu', prolific Japanese AV idol
- Saki Shimizu, leader of J-Pop group, Berryz Koubou
Fictional characters named Shimizu:
- Hirono Shimizu (Battle Royale)
- Takako Shimizu (Chobits)
Houses named Shimizu:
- The Tokugawa Shimizu were descendants of Tokugawa Ieshige through his son Tokugawa Shigeyoshi, and ranked among the gosankyo
Places named Shimizu:
- Shimizu, Fukui -chō, town, Fukui Prefecture
- Shimizu, Shizuoka -chō, town, Shizuoka Prefecture
- Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, ward of the city of Shizuoka
- Shimizu, Wakayama -chō, town, Wakayama Prefecture
- Shimizu, Hokkaidō -chō, town, Hokkaidō
Other uses of Shimizu:
- Shimizu S-Pulse, J. League soccer/football team based in Shizuoka
- Shimizu Mega-City Pyramid, a building envisioned for construction in Tokyo
- Shimizu Expansion Chamber, a variation of Wilson's cloud chamber
- Shimizu Corporation, one of the world's biggest architectural, engineering and general contracting firm, headquartered in Japan
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