Early life Shimizu, the daughter of actor and a
Mitsukoshi seamstress, was born on 7 June 1936 in , an area in
Urawa-ku, Saitama. During
World War II, her family lived in poverty. She graduated from the actor's training school of Haiyuza Theater company with Kumi Mizuno and later became part of Gekidan Shinjinkai. after Kaoru Anami, a childhood acquaintance of Shimizu's and future
Mushi Production executive, recommended her to Tezuka due to a conversation in which they noted Pinocchio's inspiration of Astro Boy and Shimizu's previous role as Pinocchio. Although she had not read manga and was even unaware of Astro Boy's existence, Tezuka originally wanted Atom's voice actress to remain unchanged, and Shimizu reprised her role as Astro Boy in the show's
1980 colour remake and in the 2000 film
The Last Mystery of the 20th Century.
Later career and life In 1968, Shimizu starred in
Humanoid Monster Bem as Belo, In 1977, Shimizu was cast as the titular character of
Jetter Mars; Shimizu later worked for
Aoni Production and
Production Baobab, In 2006, she won a Special Achievement Award at the 5th
Tokyo International Anime Fair. She was one of the three winners of the Synergy Award at the
3rd Seiyu Awards in 2009. In 2017, she won the Merit Award at the
11th Seiyu Awards. She was a guest at the 2016
Nara International Film Festival's Astro Boy screening She has also served as the secretary of Urawa Nishi High School's
alumni association. Shimizu later became a voice acting teacher, ==Filmography==