Saki Shimizu
- Singer
- Berryz Kobo
- H.P. All Stars
- Hello! Project Kids
- ZYX
- High-King
Saki Shimizu (清水 佐紀, Shimizu Saki, born November 22, 1991) 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. 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 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, Hello! Project 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 Hello! Project.
On December 31, 2006, Shimizu 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 Kobo, Country Musume and Cute.
In 2008, Shimizu became a member of Hello! Project's new unit High-King.[1] This shuffle unit came out with the single, "C\C (Cinderella Complex)" (C\C (シンデレラ\コンプレックス)), to promote Morning Musume's Cinderella Musical.
In March 2021, she announced that she had married, and that she would retire in November.[2]
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 (in Japanese)
- Shimizu Saki: Official Blog Archived September 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
- 清水佐紀 on X (in Japanese)
- v
- t
- e
- "Anata Nashi de wa Ikite Yukenai"
- "Fighting Pose wa Date ja Nai!"
- "Piriri to Yukō!"
- "Happiness (Kofuku Kangei!)"
- "Koi no Jubaku"
- "Special Generation"
- "Nanchū Koi o Yatterū You Know?"
- "21ji made no Cinderella"
- "Gag 100kaibun Aishite Kudasai"
- "Jiriri Kiteru"
- "Waratchaō yo Boyfriend"
- "Munasawagi Scarlet"
- "Very Beauty"
- "Kokuhaku no Funsui Hiroba"
- "Tsukiatteru no ni Kataomoi"
- "Dschinghis Khan"
- "Yuke Yuke Monkey Dance"
- "Madayade"
- "Dakishimete Dakishimete"
- "Seishun Bus Guide / Rival"
- "Watashi no Mirai no Danna-sama / Ryūsei Boy"
- "Otakebi Boy Wao! / Tomodachi wa Tomodachi Nanda!"
- "Maji Bomber!!"
- "Shining Power"
- "Heroine ni Narō ka!"
- "Ai no Dangan"
- "Ā, Yo ga Akeru"
- "Be Genki (Naseba Naru!)"
- "Cha Cha Sing"
- "Want!"
- "Asian Celebration"
- "Golden Chinatown / Sayonara Usotsuki no Watashi"
- "Motto Zutto Issho ni Itakatta / Rock Érotique"
- "Otona na no yo! / 1oku 3zenman Sō Diet Ōkoku"
- "Ai wa Itsumo Kimi no Naka ni / Futsū, Idol 10nen Yatterannai Desho!?"
- "Romance o Katatte / Towa no Uta"
- 1st Chō Berryz
- Dai 2 Seichōki
- Special! Best Mini: 2.5 Maime no Kare
- 3 Natsu Natsu Mini Berryz
- 4th Ai no Nanchara Shisū
- 5 (Five)
- Berryz Kobo Special Best Vol. 1
- 6th Otakebi Album
- 7 Berryz Times
- Ai no Album 8
- Berryz Mansion 9kai
- Berryz Kobo Special Best Vol. 2
- Kanjuku Berryz Kōbō The Final Completion Box
- "Busu ni Naranai Tetsugaku" by Hello! Project Mobekimasu
- "Makeru na Wasshoi!" by Bekimasu
- Berryz Kobo discography
- Aa!
- Buono!
- Cute
- Hello! Project
- Hello! Project Kids
- Morning Musume
- Angerme (S/mileage)
- Tsunku
- ZYX