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Shimazu is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Esther Shimazu (born 1957), American/Hawaiian sculptor *
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 Yatsu ...
(born 1959), Japanese voice actress *
Shimazu clan The were the ''daimyō'' of the Satsuma han, which spread over Satsuma, Ōsumi and Hyūga provinces in Japan. The Shimazu were identified as one of the '' tozama'' or outsider ''daimyō'' familiesAppert, Georges ''et al.'' (1888). in cont ...
, ''daimyō'' of the Satsuma han *
Shimazu Hisamitsu Prince , also known as , was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period. Hisamitsu was virtual Super Potentate of Satsuma Domain. The younger brother of Shimazu Nariakira, Hisamitsu served as regent for his underage son Tadayoshi, who became the 1 ...
(1817-1887), Japanese samurai prince *
Shimazu Katsuhisa was head of the Shimazu clan in Japan. He was adopted father of Shimazu Takahisa (son of Shimazu Tadayoshi was a ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) of Satsuma Province during Japan's Sengoku period. He was born into the Mimasaka Shimazu family ( ...
(1503-1573), the fourteenth head of the Shimazu clan *
Shimazu Nariakira was a Japanese feudal lord (''daimyō'') of the Edo period, the 28th in the line of Shimazu clan lords of Satsuma Domain. He was renowned as an intelligent and wise lord, and was greatly interested in Western learning and technology. He was en ...
(1809-1858), Japanese feudal lord (''daimyō'') *, Japanese footballer *
Shimazu Tadahisa was the founder of the Shimazu Shimazu is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Esther Shimazu (born 1957), American/Hawaiian sculptor * Saeko Shimazu (born 1959), Japanese voice actress * Shimazu clan, ''daimyō'' o ...
(died 1227), founder of the Shimazu clan *
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 t ...
(1576-1638), Tozama daimyō of Satsuma *
Shimazu Tadayoshi was a ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) of Satsuma Province durin