Risa Shimizu was born September 9, 1988 in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. She is an actress, singer, voice actress and currently belongs to Gekidan Himawari. She is also a graduate from Kunitachi College of Music and plays various music instruments such as piano, percussion, shamisen among others.
She is the Japanese dub actress for Daenerys Targaryen of Game of Thrones and her first mainstream anime role is Amira of Rage of Bahamut: Genesis.
Her notable anime roles:
- Amira in Rage of Bahamut: Genesis
- Arlette Armaju in Mobile Suit Gundam Twilight Axis
- Kagari in Ushio and Tora
- Nesta in Aquarion Logos
- Ouko Tamaki in Koi Kaze
- Touhouin Misaki in Nagasarete Airantou
Her notable video game roles:
- Amira in Granblue Fantasy
- Divine Child of Rejuvenation in Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
- Emilia Christie in Detective Pikachu
- Fuku in Nioh
- Mafuyu Fujii in Judgment
Her notable dubbing roles:
- Agatha "Aggie" Prenderghast (Jodelle Ferland) in ParaNorman
- Angie Steadman (Chloe Grace Moretz) in Diary of a Wimpy Kid
- Caterina "Cat" Valentine (Ariana Grande) in Victorious and Sam & Cat
- Catherine Howard (Tamzin Merchant) in The Tudors
- Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) and Rickon Stark (Art Parkinson) in Game of Thrones
- Lyra (Kari Wahlgren) in Niko and the Sword of Light
- Tulip in Storks
