Shimizu 1250726 218761675 2008-06-12T01:32:46Z 98.141.33.145 '''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]] {{disambig}} {{surname|Shimizu|nocat}} [[Category:Japanese surnames]] [[Category:Disambiguation pages in need of being split]] [[de:Shimizu]] [[ja:清水]] [[vi:Thanh Thủy]] [[zh:清水]]