
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
- Hio Ocho in Star Wars: Visions (Lop and Ocho)
- Kagari in Ushio and Tora
- Kokone Fuwa/Cure Spicy in Delicious Party♡Pretty Cure
- Lynne in Attack on Titan
- Maiko Maya Stronskaya in Psycho-Pass
- 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
- Ezana Qlinka in Triangle Strategy
- Fuku in Nioh
- Kassandra in Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
- Mafuyu Fujii in Judgment
- Nameless Star in Kingdom Hearts III
- Shining in Arknights
- V (female) in Cyberpunk 2077
Her notable dubbing roles:
- Agatha "Aggie" Prenderghast (Jodelle Ferland) in ParaNorman
- Angie Steadman (Chloë 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
- Eärien (Ema Horvath) in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
- Lyra (Kari Wahlgren) in Niko and the Sword of Light
- Tulip in Storks