is a Japanese former singer. Her career began in 2002 when she passed the audition for Hello! Project Kids, an all-female teen pop group within

Hello! Project is a Japanese musical collective consisting of all female recording artists and groups under Up-Front Promotion, a subsidiary of Up-Front Group. The name was initially used as Michiyo Heike and Morning Musume's fan club name in 1999, but ...

. She continued to sing in that group and became a part of two smaller groups composed of Hello! Project Kids members, Berryz Kobo and ZYX. She is captain of J-pop band Berryz Kobo.

Early life

Shimizu was born in Tokyo, Japan. In 2002, she passed the Hello! Project Kids Audition.

Career

As a member of Berryz Kobo, she participated in their radio show ''Berryz Kobo Kiritsu! Rei! Chakuseki!''. She was cast as one of the main characters in "Koinu Dan no Monogatari". Many members of Hello! Project Kids and

Morning Musume , formerly and commonly known as and colloquially referred to as , is a Japanese girl group, holding the second highest overall single sales (of a female group) on the Oricon, Oricon charts as of February 2012, with the Oricon record of most to ...

participated in this film. In 2003, Shimizu was chosen to join the group ZYX, which consisted of five Hello! Project Kids and Mari Yaguchi, who acted as a mentor. They released two singles: "Iku ZYX! Fly High" and "Shiroi Tokyo". They remained active until 2004, when Saki and Momoko Tsugunaga became members of Berryz Kobo. In 2004,

participated in a large shuffle group that produced the single, "All For One & One For All!" This song is considered one of the themes of

. On December 31, 2006, Shimizu took the stage at the 57th edition of Kōhaku Uta Gassen as a backup dancer in

's performance of Aruiteru, along with the remaining members of Berryz Kobo, Country Musume and Cute. In 2008, Shimizu became a member of

's new unit High-King. This shuffle unit came out with the single, , to promote

's Cinderella Musical. In March 2021, she announced that she had married, and that she would retire in November. She retired from the entertainment world on November 23, 2021.

Hello! Project groups and units

* Hello! Project Kids * ZYX (2003–?) * Berryz Kobo (2004–2015) * H.P. All Stars (2004) * High-King (2008–2015) * Hello! Project Mobekimasu (2011) * Green Fields (2012–2015)

Discography

Appearances

Movies

* ''Koinu Dan no Monogatari'' (2002) * ''Promise Land ~Clovers no Daibōken~'' (2004)

Radio

* ''Berryz Kobo Kiritsu! Rei! Chakuseki!'' lit. "Berryz Workshop, Rise! Bow! Be seated!" (March 30, 2005 – March 31, 2009) * ''Berryz Kobo Beritsuu!'' (April 10, 2009 – current) (Co-host: Tokunaga Chinami and Sudo Maasa)

Internet

* ''8th Hello Pro Video Chat'' (Hello! Project on Flets) (May 2, 2005)

References

External links

Berryz Kobo: Official Hello! Project profile

Shimizu Saki: Official Blog
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shimizu, Saki 1991 births Living people Singers from Tokyo Berryz Kobo members Japanese women pop singers ZYX (pop group) members Hello! Project Kids members Japanese idols Japanese voice actresses Japanese child singers Singers from Kanagawa Prefecture 21st-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese actresses 21st-century Japanese women singers