Shimizu (written: lit. "pure water") is the 18th most common Japanese surname. 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
  • Dafne Shimizu (born 1973), Guamanian politician
  • 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 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 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 baseball player
  • , Japanese curler
  • , Japanese banker
  • Trevor Shimizu (born 1978), American visual artist
  • , Japanese photographer
  • , Japanese boxer
  • , Japanese painter
  • , 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
  • Yukitoshi Shimizu (清水幸利, Shimizu Yukitoshi), a character in the Light Novel Series Arifureta

See also

  • Makoto (musician) aka Makoto Shimizu, born 1977, Japanese musical artist

References