He began his career as a dancer for the National Dance Institute while attending Hunter College Elementary School.
He was mentored by founder Jacques d'Amboise and featured alongside him on the CBS Evening News[1][2] and NPR with guest host Christopher Walken.
[3] Shimizu performed Off Broadway and in the film version of Julie Taymor's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
He is known for portraying the recurring character Tadashi Ito on the NBC series The Blacklist[4] starring James Spader and Toshiro Furuya on season 2 of AMC's horror anthology series The Terror,[5] which focused on the Japanese American internment camps during World War II.
[6] In 2024, he was cast on Showtime's Dexter: Original Sin playing a young Vince Masuka, a forensic analyst who eagerly shares his expertise while relishing the chance to boss around his new intern, Dexter Morgan.