Shimizu (written: lit. "pure water") is the 18th most common Japanese surname. Less common variants include and . Notable people with the surname include: , Japanese voice actress and singer , Japanese gravure idol, actress and television personality , Japanese manga artist , Japanese voice actor , Japanese tennis player , Japanese photographer Dave Shimizu, Guamanian politician , Japanese curler , Japanese fencer , Japanese actress and gravure idol Hide Hyodo Shimizu (1908–1999), Japanese-Canadian educator and activist , Japanese footballer and manager , Japanese mathematician , Japanese darts player , Japanese ten-pin bowler , Japanese film director , Japanese speed skater , Japanese musician and composer , Japanese shogi player , Japanese classical composer Jenny Shimizu (born 1967), American model and actress , Japanese yakuza boss , Japanese footballer , Japanese voice actress , Japanese actor , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese sport wrestler , Japanese futsal player , Japanese swimmer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese AV actor , Japanese kickboxer , Japanese aikidoka , 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 surgeon and politician , Japanese long-distance runner , Japanese actor , Japanese hurdler , Japanese footballer , Japanese volleyball player , Japanese playwright , Japanese women's footballer , Japanese motorcycle racer , Japanese baseball player , Japanese actor , Japanese chief executive , Japanese rower , Japanese baseball player , Japanese politician , Japanese long-distance runner , Japanese tarento, 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