Shimizu

Biodata

Power Progression

Appearance

• Dark skin and gaunt cheeks distinguish Shimizu when he first meets Yubi at the frontline headquarters 59.

Personality

Shimizu is normally serious, composed, and pragmatic. He regards battlefield responsibility as a matter of ability rather than age, approving Yubi’s frontline assignment despite Saori’s objections. He believes the Kazekage sent Yubi and Sasori to gain experience, not simply to remain protected in camp 60.

His concern for individual soldiers is tempered by his responsibility for the army. When Yubi goes missing, Shimizu spends a sleepless night considering an offensive to help him escape, but recognizes that the resulting casualties would conflict with the village’s defensive strategy. His distress reflects his growing appreciation of Yubi’s contribution to frontline medicine 70.

He can also be deliberately provocative. Before a major battle, he mocks Yamahide over Iwagakure’s losses, drawing laughter from Sunagakure’s ranks—a display that surprises Yubi because it contrasts with Shimizu’s usual demeanor 71.

Abilities & Skills

Puppetry

• Identified as a Jonin puppeteer and already familiar with Sasori’s talent before Yubi’s arrival at the front 58 59.
• Leads a puppeteer unit guarding the occupied Land of Rain against outside infiltration 242.
• No individual puppets, mechanisms, or named puppetry techniques are specified in the provided chapters.

Military Command

• Oversees personnel assignments, battlefield planning, and deployment as commander-in-chief of the Iwagakure front 59 66.
• Personally leads Sunagakure’s army to meet an Iwagakure offensive involving more than a thousand enemy ninja 71.
• During the assault on Amegakure, directs pursuit squads, orders medical personnel to assist civilians, and moves to reinforce Pakura’s attack on Hanzo’s residence 236.

Training and Administration

• Assigned alongside Ebizo to analyze newly acquired ninjutsu and monitor the Land of Rain 200.
• Included among the senior shinobi tasked with using the village’s expanded ninjutsu resources to train its younger generation 202.
• Presents reconstruction funding arrangements to Akatsuki and later manages liaison work and rebuilding affairs in the Land of Rain 253 302.

History

Command of the Iwagakure Front

A longtime subordinate of Rasa, Shimizu takes over command of Sunagakure’s forces facing Iwagakure. His extended battlefield service leaves him unfamiliar with many recent developments in the village, including the full extent of Yubi’s achievements 58 59.

When Yubi and Sasori arrive, Shimizu reviews their records and is surprised by Yubi’s numerous high-ranking missions. He initially suspects that the young medical ninja relied heavily on Arai and Sasori. Nevertheless, he approves Yubi’s request to serve on the battlefield, assigning him to the medical squad accompanying the puppet master corps 59 60.

After Iwagakure captures Sunagakure personnel to obtain intelligence, Shimizu warns Yubi and Sasori that their abilities should be considered exposed. He explains that the enemy’s efforts indicate it regards them as important targets 64.

The Rescue Mission and Military Music

When a scouting squad is attacked near the Land of Birds, Shimizu initially views a rescue as too dangerous. Yubi persuades him to authorize a small team consisting of Yubi, Ito, and the returning scout. Shimizu keeps Sasori behind and promises support 66.

Ito returns without Yubi, who has drawn the pursuers away from the wounded scouts. Shimizu considers mobilizing the main force to create an escape opportunity, but struggles with the likely casualties and the consequences of departing from village orders. Yubi’s eventual return ends his uncertainty 68 70.

Yubi brings back the flute March of the Dead, later called Military Music. Shimizu orders a camp-wide demonstration, which incapacitates many Sunagakure ninja and establishes its battlefield value. He then attempts to activate the flute himself, but cannot produce even a sound; Ito and Sasori also fail 70.

Shimizu subsequently leads the army against Yamahide’s offensive. As Military Music helps turn the fighting in Sunagakure’s favor, he conveys the Kazekage’s decision that Yubi should retain the tool until the war ends. Shortly before the ceasefire, he promotes Yubi to deputy captain of the medical corps and Sasori to deputy captain of the puppet master unit 71 72 73.

Service Under the Fourth Kazekage

Shimizu remains among Rasa’s longtime supporters when Yubi’s appointment as Fourth Kazekage disrupts expectations about the succession. Despite the awkward reversal from commander and subordinate to subordinate and Kazekage, he receives Yubi respectfully at the border front 168 175.

Following Sunagakure’s medicine agreement with Iwagakure, Shimizu accompanies Rasa to reinforce the front against Konoha. He later joins Sasori, Rasa, and Arai in accompanying Yubi to his meeting with Hiruzen Sarutobi 176 195.

During preparations for the Land of Rain campaign, Yubi assigns Shimizu and Ebizo intelligence and ninjutsu-analysis duties. Shimizu also accepts the risks of a Sharingan transplant as part of the village’s military strengthening program 200 201.

Conquest of Amegakure

Shimizu helps direct Sunagakure’s assault on Amegakure while Hanzo and the village’s main force are absent. He orders fleeing defenders pursued, directs medical personnel to help villagers caught in the fighting, and joins the attack on Hanzo’s residence 236.

After the capture, he reports that Hanzo’s trusted followers and Amegakure’s shinobi have been killed, the major clans are under control, and civilians have been gathered in one location. At Yubi’s instruction, he brings representatives of the village’s older generation to negotiate arrangements for the occupation 237.

Shimizu then guards the border against foreign interference. When his puppeteers intercept a Konoha team, he orders them back to the Land of Fire and warns that another intrusion will be treated as a ceasefire violation. Following Yubi’s instructions, he expels them rather than starting another war 242.

Reconstruction of the Land of Rain

Shimizu meets Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan in the rebuilt Amegakure and explains Sunagakure’s reconstruction policy. Most proceeds from resource sales are to be reinvested locally, with Akatsuki offered a role in managing the funds under Sunagakure’s conditions. Yahiko accepts cooperation and volunteers Akatsuki’s labor without wages 253.

He later meets Yubi alongside Fuma Hayato and Yahiko during the Kazekage’s inspection of reconstruction work. By Haku’s academy years, his liaison and administrative responsibilities keep him away from his family for long periods; his most recent return home was for Yubi and Pakura’s wedding 263 302.

Relationships

• Rasa — Longtime superior and political patron. Shimizu belongs to the loyal supporters within Rasa’s frontline army 58 73.
• Yubi — Initially his subordinate, later his Kazekage. Shimizu authorizes his frontline service, recognizes his medical value, and supports his military and reconstruction policies 60 70 175 253.
• Sasori — Fellow puppeteer whose talent Shimizu has known for years. Shimizu promotes him to deputy captain of the puppet master unit before the ceasefire 59 73.
• Megumi — Wife. Their relationship begins after she settles in Sunagakure; she is pregnant by 194, and their marriage and child are confirmed in 215.
• Haku — Son with Megumi. Shimizu’s prolonged work in the Land of Rain leaves Haku and his mother largely reliant on each other at home 302.
• Yahiko and Akatsuki — Reconstruction partners. Shimizu serves as a liaison and presents the terms under which Akatsuki can participate in rebuilding the Land of Rain 253 302.
• Yamahide — Opposing commander on the Iwagakure front and an old acquaintance whom Shimizu knows well enough to recognize an unusually hasty offensive 71.

Notable Quotes

“Since he's already made up his mind, let's do that...”
— Approving Yubi’s request for frontline duty 60

“Hmph. Listen carefully. From now on, this is the Land of Wind!”
— Rejecting a Konoha team’s objection to Sunagakure’s control of the Land of Rain 242