Shimizu
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'''Shimizu''' (清水, "pure water") is the 20th most common [[Japan]]ese [[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 clan|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
==See also==
*[[Japanese name]]
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