Mari Shimizu

is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with 81 Produce. She is known for voicing the titular protagonist of the 1963 Astro Boy television series and its 1980 colour remake, Belo in Humanoid Monster Bem, and the titular protagonist of Jetter Mars.

Biography Early life Shimizu, the daughter of actor and a Mitsukoshi seamstress, was born on 7 June 1936 in , an area in Urawa-ku, Saitama. During World War II, her family lived in poverty. She graduated from the actor's training school of Haiyuza Theater company with Kumi Mizuno and later became part of Gekidan Shinjinkai. after Kaoru Anami, a childhood acquaintance of Shimizu's and future Mushi Production executive, recommended her to Tezuka due to a conversation in which they noted Pinocchio's inspiration of Astro Boy and Shimizu's previous role as Pinocchio. Although she had not read manga and was even unaware of Astro Boy's existence,

Tezuka originally wanted Atom's voice actress to remain unchanged, and Shimizu reprised her role as Astro Boy in the show's 1980 colour remake and in the 2000 film The Last Mystery of the 20th Century.

Later career and life In 1968, Shimizu starred in Humanoid Monster Bem as Belo, In 1977, Shimizu was cast as the titular character of Jetter Mars; Shimizu later worked for Aoni Production and Production Baobab, In 2006, she won a Special Achievement Award at the 5th Tokyo International Anime Fair. She was one of the three winners of the Synergy Award at the 3rd Seiyu Awards in 2009. In 2017, she won the Merit Award at the 11th Seiyu Awards. She was a guest at the 2016 Nara International Film Festival's Astro Boy screening She has also served as the secretary of Urawa Nishi High School's alumni association.

Shimizu later became a voice acting teacher,

Filmography Television Astro Boy (1963), Astro Boy (eps 1-96, 107-193) The Jetsons (1963), (eps 1-24), Elroy Jetson The Lucy show (1963-1966), Jerry Carmichael (Dubbed) Wanpaku Tanteidan (1968), Mame-tan (eps 2-35) Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae (1968), Kanbō (ep 8) Humanoid Monster Bem (1968), Bero (1-26, part 1 Pilot 1-2) Marine Boy (1969), Inspy (ep 15) Attack No. 1 (1969), Tomiko Shimamoto (1- ?) Triton of the Sea(1972), Patty (ep 22) Ikkyū-san (1975), Tessai (1-?) Gaiking (1976), Mirun (ep 38) Jetter Mars (1977), Jetter Mars (eps 1-27) Galaxy Express 999 (1978), Kira (ep 43) Treasure Island (1978) Jim Hawkins (eps 1-26) Animation Kikō: Marco Polo no Bōken (1979), Yusuf (ep 18) Undersea Super Train: Marine Express (1979), Adam Nasenkopf Astro Boy (1980), Astro Boy (eps 1-52) Beast King GoLion (1981), Prince Alon (eps 1-52) Black Jack (2004), Ricky (Karte 30)

Film Disney's Peter Pan/ Japanese dubbed (1963), Peter Pan Hitori Bocchi (1969), Ken Uchu Enban Daisenso (1975), Gorō Makino Doraemon: Nobita and the Haunts of Evil (1982), Peko, Prince Kuntak The Tezuka Osamu Story: I Am Son-goku (1989), Tezuka's mother The Twelve Months (Russian: Двенадцать месяцев) (1956) Soviet animated movie directed by Ivan Ivanov-Vano and Mikhail Botov.(1998) DVD released in Japan, Girl-main character The Last Mystery of the 20th Century (2000), Astro Boy