Shimizu

Shimizu (清水, "pure water") is the 20th most common Japanese surname and the name of several places in Japan.

People named Shimizu:
*Asuka Yūki, born 'Arisa Shimizu', prolific Japanese AV idol
*Hiroyasu Shimizu (speed skater)
*Jenny Shimizu (actress)
*Kenji Shimizu (aikido teacher)
*Masayoshi Shimizu (mayor, Ota, Gunma)
*Saki Shimizu, leader of J-Pop group, Berryz Koubou
*Satomu Shimizu (also named Shugoro Yamamoto, author)
*Takaji Shimizu (budoka, 25th headmaster of Shintō Musō-ryū jojutsu)
*Takashi Shimizu (film director)
*Yoshinori Shimizu (author)

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

ee also

*Japanese name