Shimizu Saki

Shimizu Saki (清水佐紀)

Nicknames: Saki-chan, Sakitan, Saki, Captain, Shimihamu
Birthdate: November 22, 1991
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Blood Type: O
Height: 153cm
Shoe Size: M
Hobby: Collecting stickers
Special skill: Crossing my eyes, sending quick e-mails, dancing
Strong point: Laughing frequently
Weak point: Bad at waking up
Habit: I start dancing when I see a mirror
Favorite color: Pink, light blue
Favorite flower: Sunflower
Disliked thing/thing to do: Monsters, running, bugs, vegetables
Scared of: Monsters, bugs
Favorite Brand/Designer: MARY QUANT, GARCIA MARQUEZ, Samantha Vega
Favorite movie: “One Piece”
Favorite book: “Atanshinchi” (manga)
Favorite word: “Doryoku” (effort)
Favorite season: Winter. I’m sensitive to heat, so I like winter better.
Favorite food: Ice-cream, yakiniku, mom’s miso soup (pork miso)
Least favorite food: Vegetables, eel
Favorite song: “Ganbacchae!” (Morning Musume) and “Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana” (SMAP)
Charm point: Eyelashes

Shimizu successfully passed the Hello! Project Kids Audition’s, in 2002, and joined Hello! Project as one of the fifteen Hello! Project Kids.

In 2003, she was chosen as part of the group ZYX, which consisted of five Hello! Project Kids and Yaguchi Mari, who acted as a mentor. They released two singles: Iku ZYX! Fly High and Shiroi Tokyo. They remained active until 2004, when Saki was one of the eight members selected to form Berryz Koubou. Currently, she is the captain of Berryz Koubou.

On December 31, 2006, she took the stage at the 57th edition of Kōhaku Uta Gassen as a backup dancer in Morning Musume’s performance of Aruiteru, along with the remaining members of Berryz Koubou, Country Musume and °C-ute. Shimizu was a member of Little Gatas and Mix Gatas and was added to Gatas Brilhantes H.P. in 2007.

In 2008 Shimizu became a member of Hello! Project’s new unit High-King. This shuffle unit came out with the single, CC (Cinderella Complex) (Ｃ＼Ｃ (シンデレラ＼コンプレックス), to promote Morning Musume’s Cinderella Musical.

Tsunku, the producer of Hello! Project, went to South Korea, in 2009, to announce that he intended to hold auditions. A few from Hello! Project accompanied him there, including Shimizu Saki, Takahashi Ai, Niigaki Risa, Tanaka Reina, Linlin and Yajima Maimi.

Trivia

Has an older brother.
Her favorite artist is SMAP.
Collects hand-written letters from members and classmates, and prefers getting hand-written letters as opposed to e-mail.
Also collected 500 yen coins to buy a present to her mother.
Has played the piano since Kindergarten.
Loves pigs, and collects pig-related merchandise.
Is considered to be one of the best (if not the best) dancer in Berryz Koubou. In concerts, she is usually given a dance solo portion.
She is the second oldest member of the Hello! Project Kids.
Of all group leaders in Hello!Project, is she the only one to get called as the Captain of a group.
Was previously noted as the shortest member of Berryz Koubou, and usually mentioned that fact when introducing herself. As of May 2006, she is now 2cm taller than Tsugunaga Momoko.
Is Berryz Koubou’s latest DVD magazine, Shimizu has claimed she wants to go to all of the members of Berryz Koubou’s houses.
Is considered to be one of the best dancers in all of Hello! Project, often being associated with her seniors in sub-groups that mainly focus on dance.
Is close to everyone within Berryz Koubou, especially Tokunaga Chinami and Natsuyaki Miyabi.
She is also good friends with Yaguchi Mari, Yajima Maimi and Umeda Erika. She still calls Yaguchi her “big sister” occasionally and looks up to her as a role model.
Was close to Murakami Megumi, particularly during their time together in ZYX.
Her name is a combination between the initial of her Grandmother’s name “Sa” and the initial of her Dad’s name “Ki”.
Audition Song: Te wo Nigitte Arukitai (手を握って歩きたい). But she sang Ii Koto Aru Kinen no Shunkan during the preliminaries.
She has a dog named Kurumi.
During the trip to Hawaii, she shared room with Tokunaga Chinami.
She forms the “Nonbiri Trio” with Natsuyaki Miyabi and Kumai Yurina, which can be translated as “carefree trio”; because they’re always left over when they’re putting on makeup and their outfits and stuff. On the other hand, Sudou Maasa and Tsugunaga Momoko are the fastests.
In her 3rd Solo Event, Captain tested the FC members with a short questionnaire of 10 questions.
They also called her Cappuchino because it’s a pun for “captain” (in japanese is kyaputen while Cappuchino is kyapuchi-no)
Tokunaga Chinami said that Captain was messy in the hotel in Hawaii.
Shimizu was one of the winner in the CM competition of the “Hello! Project DVD magazine vol. 15″.
From Sono ~Sono Subete no Ai ni~: her good subject is Mathematics and her favorite food is grilled meat.
A friend of her mother teaches Thai language, so she knows a few words like “sawaddeeka” (hello) or “kobkunka” (thank you).
Since the king of berries is the strawberry and she’s the captain of the group, she resembles that fruit.
During her visit to Thailand in January, she bought Thai dresses for all Berryz members.
Morning Musume member Junjun is a big fan of Captain; during rehearsals, Jun Jun often stares at Saki because her dance is really cool and she’s so cute.
For her 4th event, Natsuyaki Miyabi sticked a picture of Shimizu (from Berryz 1st Album) in the script, to be something like an amulet.