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

People named Shimizu:

• Shimizu Rinzo (author)
• Shimizu Satomu (A.K.A. Yamamoto Shugoro, author)
• Shimizu Takashi (film director)
• Shimizu Yoshinori (author)
• Kenji Shimizu (aikido)
• Masayoshi Shimizu (city president, Ota, Gunma)

Places named Shimizu:

• Shimizu-chou, town, Fukui Prefecture
• Shimizu-chou, town, Shizuoka Prefecture
• Shimizu-cho, town, Wakayama Prefecture
• Shimizu-chou, town, Hokkaido Prefecture

Other uses of Shimizu:

• Shimizu clan , Japanese clan that conquered Okinawa in 1609
• Shimizu S-Pulse, J. League soccer/football team based in Shizuoka

See also

• Japanese name