is a Japanese curler from

Sapporo ( ain, サッ・ポロ・ペッ, Satporopet, lit=Dry, Great River) is a city in Japan. It is the largest city north of Tokyo and the largest city on Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of the country. It ranks as the fifth most populous city ...

. He competed at the 2015 Ford World Men's Curling Championship in Halifax,

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, Canada, as vice-skip for the Japanese team, which placed sixth in the tournament.

Personal life

Shimizu is employed as a warehouse worker for Shizunai Logos.2019 World Men's Curling Championship Media Guide: Team Japan His sister is Japanese curler

Emi Shimizu is a Japanese female curler. She is a two-time (, ) and a two-time Japan women's champion (2014, 2017). She is a member of the , a works team of Chubu Electric Power. Teams Personal life Her brother is two-time Pacific-Asian champion c ...

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* 1988 births Living people Japanese male curlers Sportspeople from Nagano Prefecture People from Karuizawa, Nagano Asian Games medalists in curling Curlers at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Curlers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic curlers for Japan Pacific-Asian curling champions Sportspeople from Sapporo Curlers from Hokkaido Competitors at the 2007 Winter Universiade {{Japan-curling-bio-stub