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Miisha Shimizu
ACTRESS | SINGER
Graduated from NYFA NYC Campus in 2020
Miisha Shimizu is a Japanese soloist. Her most notable credits include voicing Glinda (played by Ariana Grande) in the Japanese dubbing of the films Wicked and Wicked: For Good, starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo. Coincidentally, In May 2016, Shimizu participated in an audition for popular American singer Ariana Grande’s visit to Japan under the name Ray, representing the Nagoya region, and was selected for the Judges’ Special Prize. She is sometimes referred to as the “Ariana Grande of Mie” because of the similarity of her voice quality in the upper register.
Her first role in musicals was the role of Mamiya in Fist of the North Star. After that she starred in more musicals such as Lydia Deetz in Beetlejuice the Musical, Erina Pendleton in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood and Éponine in Les Misérables. Miisha was also cast in the Walt Disney global, year-long event Ultimate Princess Celebration, in which she sang the Japanese version of “Starting Now” and translated the lyrics into Japanese.
She made her debut with Virgin Music with the single “High Five”. Her other singles include: “Niji”, “Home”, “Style” and “Sugar”. The single “Home” was chosen as Song of the Month by CBC Radio, Power Play in June 2023. The single “Sugar” was featured as the theme song for TX drama Patisserie MON.
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