Ai Shimizu

Ai Shimizu
File:20140707 Ai Shimizu at Shinjuku FACE.jpg Shimizu in July 2014.
Born	(1981-03-26) March 26, 1981 Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Voice actress, Singer
Years active	2001 – present
Agent	Haikyou

Ai Shimizu (清水 愛, Shimizu Ai, born March 26, 1981 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese voice actress and professional wrestler. She has a career as a singer, signed to Lantis. She has released 14 singles (including joint and character singles) and four albums. She covered Yumi Matsutoya's "Toki o Kakeru Shōjo" as the B-side of her first single "Angel Fish" in 2003. She is known to have a close relationship with fellow voice actress Mai Nakahara, having collaborated in eight anime where most of the characters they voiced in together had close connections: DearS, Kage Kara Mamoru!, My-HiME, My-Otome, My-Otome Zwei, Please Twins!, Sola, Strawberry Panic! and also in the Lucky Star drama CD (as Yutaka). Since December 2013, Shimizu has worked sporadic professional wrestling matches.

Voice roles

Anime television series

2001

• Mahoromatic, Minawa Andou

2002

• Heat Guy J, Monica Gabriel
• Mahoromatic:Something More Beautiful, Minawa Andou
• Rizelmine, Kurumi
• Shrine of the Morning Mist, Yuzu Hieda

2003

• Croket!, Drop
• Mahoromatic:Summer Special, Minawa Andou
• Please Twins!, Karen Onodera
• Raimuiro Senkitan, Momen Sanada, Theme Song Performance
• Wandaba Style, Kiku No. 8
• Yami to Bōshi to Hon no Tabibito, Hatsumi Azuma, Kogechibi

2004

• DearS, Ren
• Girls Bravo, Hakana
• Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, Suzuka Tsukimura
• My-HiME, Mikoto Minagi
• This Ugly Yet Beautiful World, Akari
• W Wish, Senna Tōno

2005

• Absolute Boy, Shione Unno
• Zettai Seigi Love Pheromone, Aimi Yoshizumi
• Fushigiboshi no Futagohime, Puppet
• He Is My Master, Mitsuki Sawatari
• Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's, Suzuka Tsukimura
• MÄR, Snow, Koyuki
• My-Otome, Mikoto Minagi
• Oku-sama wa Mahō Shōjo: Bewitched Agnes, Sayaka Kurenai

2006

• D.Gray-man, Road Kamelot
• Gift: Under the Rainbow, Riko Fukamine
• High School Girls, Momoka Suzuki
• Kage Kara Mamoru!, Yamame Hattori
• Kagihime Monogatari Eikyū Alice Rondo, Arisu Arisugawa
• Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku o!, Itsumi Yoshimura
• Rakugo Tennyo Oyui, Suzu Koishikawa
• Shinigami no Ballad, Daniel
• Strawberry Panic!, Tamao Suzumi, Kizuna Hyūga

2007

• Ayakashi, Pam Werne Asakura
• El Cazador de la Bruja, Ellis
• Kenkō Zenrakei Suieibu Umishō, Maki Ikuta
• Princess Resurrection, Sherwood
• Sola, Koyori Ishizuki

2008

• Akiba-chan, Akiba-chan
• Hatenkō Yūgi, Lalawell (ep 5–6)
• Kyōran Kazoku Nikki, Tsubaki Ryuukotsuji (ep 7)
• Zettai Karen Children, Hatsune Inugami

2009

• Fight Ippatsu! Jūden-chan!!, Kuran Shunt
• Mahoromatic: Tadaima Okaeri, Minawa Andou
• Saki, Hajime Kunihiro
• Seitokai no Ichizon, Elise Toudou
• Tears to Tiara, Ermin

2010

• Jewelpet Twinkle☆, Sango
• The Qwaser of Stigmata, Elizabeth (Lizzie)

2011

• Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere, Mitsuki Sanyou
• Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi, Madoka Komoto
• Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?, Ariel/Dai-sensei
• Jewelpet Sunshine, Sango, Kaede Kikuchi
• The Qwaser of Stigmata II, Elizabeth (Lizzie)

2012

• Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? of the Dead, Ariel/Dai-sensei

2013

• High School DxD New, Serafall Leviathan
• Kami Nomi zo Shiru Sekai, Akari Kurakawa/Rimyuel

2014

• The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior, Chinatsu
• The Fruit of the Grisaia, Sachi Komine

2015

• High School DxD BorN, Serafall Leviathan

Original video animations

• Cosplay Complex (2002), Athena Imai
• Generation of Chaos III ~Seal of Time~ (2003), Teefa
• Please Twins!: The Summer Never Ends (2004), Karen Onodera
• Psychic Academy (2002 ONA), Kyaru
• Raimuiro Senkitan: The South Island Dream Romantic Adventure (2004), Momen Sanada, Theme Song Performance
• Rune Factory Oceans, Sonia
• Strawberry 100% (2005), Chinami Hashimoto

Video games

• January 2005: Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru: Futari no Elder, Yū Kashiwagi
• May 2005: Gift: prism, Riko Fukamine
• March 2008: 12Riven, Chisato Inose
• September 2009: Tears to Tiara: Kakan no Daichi, Ermin
• March 2010: Amatu Misora ni!: Kumo no Hatate ni, Miyu Kanzaki
• February 2011: Grisaia no Kajitsu, Sachi Komine
• February 2012: Hatsuyuki Sakura, Sakura Tamaki
• March 2012: Let's Fish! Hooked On, herself
• March 2012: Root Double: Before Crime * After Days, Subject N

Drama CDs

• Junk Force, Mill
• Walkure Romanze: Shōjo Kishi Monogatari, Mio Kisaki

Singles and albums

Singles

• "Moete Koso Cosplay" (萌えてこそ・コスプレ) (May 22, 2002, Lantis)
• "Iku yo? Lucky Wave" (行くよ ? Lucky Wave) (November 27, 2003, Lantis) with Mai Nakahara, ranked 51st in Oricon charts
• "Parade" (July 22, 2004, Lantis) with Mai Nakahara & Saeko Chiba, ranked 188th in Oricon charts
• "Kokoro no Tsurugi" (ココロの剣) (September 23, 2004, Lantis)
• "Rasen no Prologue" (螺旋のプロローグ) (November 25, 2004, Lantis) ranked 128th in Oricon charts
• "Hariyume Haikyo" (針夢廃墟) (February 24, 2005, Lantis) ranked 129th in Oricon charts
• "Kioku Baraen" (記憶薔薇園) (February 22, 2006, Lantis) ranked 64th in Oricon charts
• "Himitsu Dolls" (秘密ドールズ) (Mai 26, 2006, Lantis) ranked 42nd in Oricon charts
• "Ichigo Tsumi Monogatari" (苺摘み物語) (August 23, 2006, Lantis) ranked 43rd in Oricon charts
• "Kakusei Bisque Doll" (覚醒ビスクドール) (April 25, 2007, Lantis) ranked 107th in Oricon charts
• "Koisuru Ryokō Shōjo" (恋する旅行少女) (December 21, 2007, Lantis) ranked 136th in Oricon charts
• "Character Song Vol. 12 Aoba & Tsubasa Hiraizumi" (キャラクターソング Vol.12 平泉あおば&つばさ) (March 26, 2008, Lantis) ranked 159th in Oricon charts
• "Chimeric voice" (September 9, 2009, Lantis)
• "Tokei to Mahō no Biscuit" (時計と魔法のビスケット) (July 22, 2010, Lantis)

Albums

• Hatsuga Jōken M (発芽条件M) (April 27, 2005, Lantis) ranked 115th in Oricon charts
• Hakoiri Zakuro Hime (箱入り柘榴姫) (August 24, 2005, Lantis)
• Chronicle (December 21, 2006, Lantis) with Mai Nakahara, ranked 101st in Oricon charts
• Nuova Storia (September 10, 2008, Lantis) ranked 141st in Oricon charts

External links

• Ai Shimizu at Haikyou (Japanese)
• Ai Shimizu at Lantis (Japanese)
• Ai Shimizu at Animate (Japanese)
• Ai Shimizu at Anime News Network's encyclopedia