Hisashi Shimizu

Hisashi Shimizu is one of those figures in the racing world who you'd never see on the front page of a sports tabloid, and honestly that's kind of the point. Born in Osaka in 1972, he's spent his career in the quieter trenches of the sport — the barn before dawn, the slow patient work of reading a horse and figuring out exactly what it needs to run its best on race day. Trainers don't get the glory that jockeys do, but anyone who actually follows the horses knows the trainer's fingerprints are all over every result. There's a real craftsman quality to that kind of work, and I find it genuinely compelling. The details on his personal life are basically sealed tight, which in this era of oversharing feels almost refreshing. Let the horses do the talking.

Hisashi Shimizu is a Japanese racehorse trainer born on July 4, 1972, in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. He works in the professional horse-training industry, a field that operates largely behind the scenes of competitive racing. Further personal and career details are not publicly disclosed.

Name (English)

Hisashi Shimizu

Name (Japanese)

清水久詞

Reading

しみず ひさし

Born

July 4, 1972 (age 54)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Rat (子)

Origin

Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Horse trainer (Racehorse trainer)

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B8%85%E6%B0%B4%E4%B9%85%E8%A9%9E

Tags

• From Osaka Prefecture
• Horse trainer

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.