Risa Shimizu

Biography:

Risa Shimizu (清水 理沙, Shimizu Risa, born September 9, 1988) is a Japanese actress and voice actress (seiyuu) from Kanagawa Prefecture who is affiliated with Aksent. She graduated from Kunitachi College of Music, Department of Performance, majoring in vocal music. Her hobby is watching kabuki. Her special skills are piano, percussion, singing, dancing, and nagauta shamisen. She has been involved in the entertainment industry since she was an infant. At the age of 4, she joined the Himawari theater company. Afterwards, she mainly participated in period dramas and stage plays as a child actress, but in 1999 she participated in the dubbing of The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride, after which she began working as a voice actress.