Shizuka Minamoto
Nobita's classmate and a girl with a kind personality
Main heroine appearing in Fujiko F. Fujio's manga work 'Doraemon'. Nobita's admired classmate, characterized by her kind and serious personality.
Quotes
- Nobita, you pervert!!
- I'll marry Nobita. I have to stay by his side because he's too dangerous otherwise.
- A child who stays out playing until this late is not my child!!
- Facial beauty exercises, I have to do them.
- Throwing peanuts into my mouth, keep it secret.
Trivia
- Loves baths so much she takes them three times a day
- Poor at violin but unaware and gets furious when pointed out
- Favorite is baked sweet potatoes but keeps it secret from others
- Initially somewhat brusque and teased Nobita
- Future depicted marrying Nobita and having son Nobisuke
- Eyes have characteristic specular highlights
Alternate names
Shizuka-chan
Shizu-chan
Sue
Profile
- Species
- Human
- Gender
- Female
- Birthday
- May
Appearance
- Overall appearance
- Height is slightly taller than Nobita, with hair renewed from chestnut brown to black. Characteristic twintail (pigtail) hairstyle, wore pink clothes in early anime. Eyes have characteristic specular highlights.
- Height
- Around 150cm
- Eye color
- Brown
- Hair color
- Black
- Distinguishing features
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- Twintail hairstyle
- Specular highlights in the eyes
- Pigtail hair
- Iconic items
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- Pink clothing (peach-colored in early versions)
- Violin
- Dolls and stuffed animals
- Washbasin (gag item during baths)
Personality and abilities
- Core personality
- Kind
- Detailed personality
- Kind and polite to everyone, cannot ignore people in trouble. Serious and concerned about social appearances, influenced by family upbringing to be courteous. Shows strong rejection to embarrassing things, gets fiercely angry at Nobita's pranks, but basically friendly and compassionate. Initially somewhat curt, but this has been toned down as the series progressed.
- Keywords
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- Kind
- Serious
- Polite
- Concerned about social appearances
- Tomboyish
- Hysterical
- Graceful
- Compassionate
- Quick to anger (reactions to Nobita, etc.)
- Talents
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- Etiquette
- Compassion
- Patience
- Quick thinking
- Sports (relatively good physical strength)
- Skills
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- Violin performance (poor but learned)
- Piano (skilled)
- All household chores
- Studying (good)
- Motivation
- Aims to become a flight attendant, nurse, preschool teacher, diplomat, etc. in the future, and to marry Nobita and build a happy family.
- Habits
- Loves baths so much that she takes them three times a day. Basic self-reference is 'atashi', but uses 'watashi' in anime from 2005 onward.
- Favorite foods
- Baked sweet potatoes, Cheesecake, Sushi, Hotcakes, Spaghetti, Pizza
- Hobbies
- Violin, Piano, Karaoke, Sketching, Singing, Stuffed animal collecting
- Favorite colors
- Pink
- Disliked insects
- Frog, Spider, Cockroach, Lizard, Caterpillar
- Disliked situations
- Embarrassing situations, Privacy invasion, Thunder, Dentist, Earthquake
History
- Backstory
- Only daughter of the Minamoto family. Father is a company employee, mother is strict but loving. Engaged in piano and violin lessons from childhood, but often poor at violin. Nobita's elementary school classmate, liked by Nobita but often scolds him while helping; kind personality. In the future, marries Nobita and has son Nobisuke.
- Debut date
- 1969-12
- Work title
- Doraemon (serialization start)
- Media type
- Manga
Anime debut appearance
- Significant event
- Anime debut appearance
- Description
- Appeared in the 1973 'Doraemon' TV anime first series.
Hair color change
- Significant event
- Hair color change
- Description
- From 2005 anime, character design renewed from chestnut brown hair to black hair.
Bath scenes become staple
- Significant event
- Bath scenes become staple
- Description
- Bath scenes became a staple gag, beloved for yelling 'Nobita, you pervert!!'.
Relationships
Yoshio Minamoto
Father
Company employee and gentle father. Highly evaluated Nobita the night before his daughter's wedding.
Pero
Pet
Family dog. Loyal and protected Shizuka in her childhood.
Nobita Nobi
Spouse
Classmate and future spouse.
Nobisuke
Child
Son of Nobita and Shizuka.
Nobita Nobi
Classmate
Kind relationship with affection and help toward Nobita.
Eisuke Dekisugi
Friend
Deep exchanges in studies and conversations. Also kept an exchange diary.
Doraemon
TrustedCompanion
Strong trust and friendly nickname 'Dora-chan'.
Suneo Honekawa
Friend
Some friendly scenes, evaluates Suneo's topics.
Takeshi Goda
Acquaintance
Not bad relationship, but struggles with his recitals.
Nobita's friends
Nobita's friends: unknown
Media appearances
Doraemon
Manga / Protagonist
Serialization started in 1969
Doraemon (1973 TV anime first series)
Anime / Protagonist
1973
Doraemon (1979 TV anime second series first period)
Anime / Protagonist
1979
Doraemon (2005 TV anime second series second period)
Anime / Protagonist
2005
Doraemon theatrical series
Movie / Protagonist
Many
Voice cast and creators
Masako Ebisu
- Voice actor
- Masako Ebisu
- Language
- Japanese
- Version or series
- TV anime first series (1973)
- Notes
- First
Michiko Nomura
- Voice actor
- Michiko Nomura
- Language
- Japanese
- Version or series
- TV anime second series first period (1979-1999)
- Notes
- Second
Yumi Kakazu
- Voice actor
- Yumi Kakazu
- Language
- Japanese
- Version or series
- TV anime second series second period (2005-)
- Notes
- Third, current
Rei Sakuma
- Voice actor
- Rei Sakuma
- Language
- Japanese
- Version or series
- TV anime second series first period childhood (2000)
- Notes
- Childhood voice
Fujiko F. Fujio
- Creator name
- Fujiko F. Fujio
- Role
- Original author
Fujiko F. Fujio
- Creator name
- Fujiko F. Fujio
- Role
- Character designer
Related goods
Shizuka Minamoto figure
- Item name
- Shizuka Minamoto figure
- Category
- Figure
- Availability
- Regular
Shizuka-chan plush
- Item name
- Shizuka-chan plush
- Category
- Plush or doll
- Availability
- Regular
Doraemon goods stationery
- Item name
- Doraemon goods stationery
- Category
- Stationery
- Availability
- Regular