Shimazu is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Esther Shimazu
Esther Shimazu is an American sculptor who was born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1957. Her grandparents were immigrant laborers from Japan. She attended the University of Hawaii at Manoa before transferring to the University of Massachusetts in Amhe ...
(born 1957), American/Hawaiian sculptor
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Saeko Shimazu
is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator from Isehara. Shimazu is notable for having had voice roles in all four of the major anime television series based on the works of Rumiko Takahashi - she played Shinobu Miyake in ''Urusei Yatsur ...
(born 1959), Japanese voice actress
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Shimazu clan, ''daimyō'' of the Satsuma han
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Shimazu Hisamitsu (1817-1887), Japanese samurai prince
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Shimazu Katsuhisa (1503-1573), the fourteenth head of the Shimazu clan
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Shimazu Nariakira (1809-1858), Japanese feudal lord (''daimyō'')
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Shimazu Tadahisa (died 1227), founder of the Shimazu clan
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Shimazu Tadatsune
was a ''tozama daimyō'' of Satsuma, the first to hold it as a formal fief ('' han'') under the Tokugawa shogunate, and the first Japanese to rule over the Ryūkyū Kingdom. As lord of Satsuma, he was among the most powerful lords in Japan at ...
(1576-1638), Tozama daimyō of Satsuma
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Shimazu Tadayoshi (1493-1568), ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) of Satsuma
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Shimazu Takahisa (1514-1571), ''daimyō'' during Japan's Sengoku period
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Shimazu Toshihisa (1537-1592), senior retainer to the Shimazu clan
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Shimazu Yoshihiro (1535-1619), general of the Shimazu clan
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Shimazu Yoshihisa (1533-1611), ''daimyō'' of Satsuma
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Takako Shimazu
, born , is a former member of the Imperial House of Japan. She is the fifth and youngest daughter of Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun, and the youngest sister of the Emperor Emeritus of Japan, Akihito. She married Hisanaga Shimazu on 3 Marc ...
(born 1939), Japanese princess
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Yasujirō Shimazu (1897–1945), Japanese film director
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Japanese-language surnames