Dates of birth and death unknown. Disciple of Sakurada Jisuke I, he was quickly reocgnized as an talented hyôshigi expert. Attached to Ichikawa Komazô III, his first name was Kôraiya Zôfu ^[1]. He took the name of Shimizu Shôshichi I and worked as a sakusha in the 11th lunar month of 1787 at the Nakamuraza on the kaomise drama "Yukimizuki Eiga Hana no Hachinoki", which celebrated the shûmei of Ôtani Oniji III. He became sanmaime sakusha and worked in the 11th lunar month of 1794 at the Kawarasakiza on the kaomise drama "Matsu no Misao Onna Kusunoki" ^[2]. He joined the actor Ichikawa Danzô IV in 1798 and worked in the 11th lunar month of 1798 at the Moritaza on the kaomise drama "Taiheiki Mitsugi no Funauta" ^[3], which celebrated the shûmei of Ichikawa Aragorô I. He worked in the 6th lunar month of 1813 at the Moritaza on the drama "Onoe Shôroku Sentaku Banashi". No record afterwards. He was the master of the sakusha Kashimura Seisuke.

Dates of birth and death unknown. He was born in Edo and was the son of either a tôdori at the Nakamuraza named Shimizu San'emon or Shimizu Shôshichi I (lower probability). Disciple of Sakurada Jisuke III, he received the name of Shimizu Shôkichi. He took the name of Shimizu Shôshichi II and worked in the 11th lunar month of 1845 at the Ichimuraza on the drama "Kaikei Shinoda Mitsuki no Funauta". He became nimaime sakusha and worked in the 11th lunar month of 1848 at the Ichimuraza on the drama "Goban Tadanobu Yuki no Kuroishi" ^[4]. He went to Ôsaka with Nakamura Utaemon IV and worked in the 1st lunar month of 1850 at the Naka no Shibai on the new year ni-no-kawari drama "Keisei Homare no Sukedachi" and the dance-drama "Mitsu no Haru Kanjaku Odori". He took the name of Shimizu Senshôken and worked in the 3rd lunar month of 1855 at the Kado no Shibai on the dramas "Ehon Taikôki" and "Some Moyô Imose no Kadomatsu". He worked in the 11th lunar month of 1855 at the Minamigawa no Shibai on the dramas "Shin Usuyuki Monogatari" and "Kokusen'ya Gassen". He took back the name of Shimizu Shôshichi II and worked in the 11th lunar month of 1856 at the Kitagawa no Shibai on the dramas "Keisei Haru no Tori", "Senryô Nobori", "Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki" and "Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki". He took the name of Shimizu Shôshichi and worked in the 1st lunar month of 1859 at the Naka no Shibai on the dramas "Keisei Okuni Kabuki", "Sangoku Ichi Sato no Nishikie" and "Kokusen'ya Gassen". He took the name of Shimizu Shôjuken and worked in the 1st lunar month of 1863 at the Naka no Shibai on the drama "Keisei Somewake Tazuna". He took back the name of Shimizu Shôshichi and worked in the 10th lunar month of 1863 at the Naka no Shibai on the drama "Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki". He worked in Ôsaka for the last time in the 3rd lunar month of 1870, at the Naka no Shibai on the dramas "Hana no Kumo Inazuma Zôshi" and "Hiyokumon Chôchô no Irozashi" (similar to "Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki"). He went back to Tôkyô after 20 years spent in Kamigata. He worked at the Nakamuraza, where he became tatesakusha in the 1st lunar month of 1871 and worked on the dramas "Shin Kuruwa Nanakusa Monpi", "Honchô Shiito no Nejime" and "Ekyôdai Haru no Nishiki". He took the name of Horikoshi Nisôji II in the 9th lunar month of 1871 but held only for a few months as he took back the name of Shimizu Shôshichi in the 1st lunar month of 1872. He worked with Kawatake Shinshichi II at the Murayamaza in 1874. Then, he went to Ôsaka with the actors Bandô Kakitsu I and Ichikawa Kuzô III. He was active in Ôsaka up to 1887. No record afterwards.