Keiko Shimosato

**Keiko Shimosato** is a contestant from *Zovivor: Tibet*.

Quickly proving herself as a capable player, Keiko was the first pick off the board when Kainalu Palakiko and Sinomtha Sikunyana were picking the tribes, despite her age and physical ability. She insulated herself in the majority of Ngawang, using the aggressive Gordon Lehman as her number one and a shield. At the tribe swap, Keiko herself was voted as tribe leader, and she chose the challenge-dominant Tenzin tribe that would take her to the merge. There, after a shocking double idol play saved both targets, and the revote had two ties, Keiko became the first person to be eliminated via rock draw, despite never having her name written down.

## Profile

**Pronouns**: She/Her
**Age**: 54
**Location**: Queens, NY
**Occupation**: Museum Curator
**Hobbies**: ---
**Pet Peeves**: ---
**What are three words to describe you?** ---
**What is one accomplishment you're most proud of?** ---
**Why will you be the Sole Survivor?** ---

## Survivor

### Vanuatu

Upon arriving on the beach, Eliza noticed quickly that the men and the women were being separated. She also realized that the men were the ones in the center of the action, despite supposedly everyone being a part of the opening ceremony. Once it was over, the tribes were divided by gender. Eliza's tribe was called Yasur. On the way to the camp, some of the members wanted to wait until morning to find the camp. Eliza along with Twila Tanner disagreed. Eventually, the women reached the camp that night. Eliza quickly befriended the other younger girls (Julie Berry, Dolly Neely, and Mia Galeotalanza). Twila and Scout Cloud Lee were annoyed by the girls' constant talking, with Eliza being deemed the most annoying. At the first Immunity Challenge, the women were able to win the challenge because of Chris Daugherty's inability to cross the balance beam. The women were also able to win the next Reward Challenge and blankets. At this point, the tribe was divided by youth and work ethic. The young women were joined by Lisa Keiffer. The women lost the Immunity Challenge and Eliza was in danger due to her constant talking. Dolly shifted the vote to Leann Slaby because of her flying under the radar. However, when she talked to Dolly, Eliza was left with the impression Dolly was going to flip and vote out Eliza. Although Dolly stayed loyal to the young girls, Eliza helped blindside her.

Eliza immediately rejoined her original alliance, but they were still wary of her. At the next challenge, it was revealed that both tribes would go to Tribal Council. Yasur lost the reward part of the challenge had to watch the Lopevi men compete for immunity. In a twist, The winner, John Kenney, stayed with the women until just before the vote to give one of them immunity. John separated the girls by who voted out Dolly to expose alliances. Eliza immediately explained her side of the story, unknowingly annoying him as well. Mia wanted Twila out due to a recent argument with her. Eliza suggested voting Scout out for being a detriment in challenges, but Mia didn't relent. At Tribal Council, John gave immunity to Ami Cusack and Mia was blindsided in a 5-3 vote. Lisa flipped to the older women's alliance because she didn't trust Eliza. The women won the next two challenges, with Eliza being the one responsible for the immunity win.

On Day 11, local tribesman came to the two camps and asked for a tribe chief. The women elected Scout due to being the wisest and the eldest. Later, it was the that the tribes were switching. Scout placed Eliza with Bubba Sampson, Leann, Rory Freeman, and Ami. Sarge Masters deemed the other group Lopevi. After being unpicked, Lisa willingly went to Yasur. Yasur went on a losing streak. Bubba was the first to go due to telling Chris to "remember the merge" in earshot of Ami while at the Immunity Challenge. At the second Reward Challenge after the switch, Eliza was a hindrance and Yasur lost again. Rory felt that Eliza's poor performance would give him the ability to crack Ami's alliance. Eliza was unable to perform at the Immunity Challenge due to Leann's struggle in the underwater obstacle course. However, It would be Lisa who became the target because she asked Ami how to gather food "*just in case"*. Yasur was able to make a comeback to win the next two challenges, winning a trip to a coffee house and immunity. The next challenge, Lopevi won milk, cookies, and chocolate cake.

The next day, the tribes merged. At the first individual Immunity Challenge, Eliza narrowly beat Chris for a spot in the final round but lost the challenge to Sarge. Everyone moved to the Lopevi camp and was ecstatic to have a feast await them. Under Ami's influence, Twila and Julie flipped to the women and blindsided Rory in a 6-4 vote. At the next challenge, Eliza was the first woman out. She was angered by being on the bottom. When Leann and Julie returned from the reward, they shared the chicken wings with the women, leaving the men only the tips. At the Immunity Challenge, Eliza was the first woman out again. Ami won immunity and made sure the women stayed strong. Sarge was voted out, with his vote going to Eliza.

At this point, Scout was fed up with Eliza and plotted with the men to oust her. At the Reward Challenge, Eliza's team won the challenge. They went to a local village and indulged in the culture and food. When they returned, Eliza noticed something was up due to Julie's behavior. At the Immunity Challenge, Twila defeated Chad Crittenden for the win. At Tribal Council, Eliza was questioned by Jeff for bringing her bag at every Tribal Council. He referred to her as the girl who cried wolf. She countered by the fact that she was considered to be voted out every time and it was valid 100%. When the vote came, the women held strong and Eliza was spared while Chad was voted out.

The next challenge was the Loved Ones Challenge, with the winner getting an online chat with their loved one. Eliza beat out Julie to spend time with mother, Susan. However, her mother and the other loved ones were on location and Eliza got to spend a whole day with her mom. Eliza explained that she was nearly voted out for talking too much. Once she had to leave, Susan gave her daughter the shirt off her back because she needed one. Eliza was worried the visit would make the others jealous. The loved ones returned for the Immunity Challenge. Ami won the challenge with her girlfriend, Chrissy. After the challenge, Chris told her that Julie claimed that Eliza was the one going home. Chris pleaded with Eliza to vote with him, Twila, and Scout to eliminate Leann. Eliza had her reservations but she agreed. Chris was right as she received the other votes; however, Leann was blindsided.

Eliza and Ami were angered at Twila and Scout for their betrayal. At the Reward Challenge, the castaways competed for a Pontiac G6 and a trip to a spa. Eliza was able to beat out Ami for the car and the girls were joined by Chris at the spa. Both Ami and Chris talked strategy with Eliza. Chris later defeated Ami for individual immunity. Eliza considered flipping to Ami and Julie to vote out Scout. At Tribal Council, Eliza agreed that Twila's swearing on her son's name was immoral but still voted out Ami.

Julie and Eliza started to realign themselves and hoped that Chris would join them. Julie won the Reward Challenge and took Chris with her. While trapped with Twila and Scout, they annoyed her to no end. Eliza declared she was done with both of them. When Chris returned, they talked. During the conversation, Chris promised that they were going to the final three. Eliza simply corrected him by saying the Final Two, which he hastily agreed. Eliza won the Immunity Challenge. Afterwards, Chris was weighing his options between siding with Julie or Twila. Twila caught Eliza talking about voting her out, leading to a major argument. At Tribal Council, Eliza was shocked when Julie was blindsided. After Tribal Council, Twila and Eliza accused each other of being undeserving of coming this far. Eliza talked to Chris and he claimed that his vote was the alliance. Eliza was amazed by who was in the final four. Eliza prayed that she would win immunity, however, Chris was victorious. Eliza was happy as she thought Chris and herself were going to Day 39. Unfortunately for Eliza, Chris deemed Eliza too much of a threat to win the Final Immunity Challenge and the jury vote. Eliza was voted out on Day 37. As her torch was snuffed, Eliza glared at Chris, who nonchalantly waved goodbye.

At Final Tribal Council, Eliza embarked on a long rant deriding the finalists for their deceptive conduct. Afterwards, Eliza demanded an apology from both finalists. Twila refused to entertain her request, while Chris complied. Because he apologized and she liked him better, Eliza voted for Chris to win.

* Challenge History
* Voting History

### Micronesia

After her memorable appearance in *Vanuatu*, Eliza returned for *Survivor (franchise)*. Eliza began the game on the Malakal tribe, along with nine other fan-favorites. Early on, Eliza noticed the alliance of Parvati Shallow, James Clement, Amanda Kimmel, and Ozzy Lusth, which preempted her into forming an alliance with Yau-Man Chan, Jonathan Penner, and Ami Cusack against the "Couples". This act made her seem as a threat by Parvati's alliance, who conspired to vote her out during their first Tribal Council. However, this plan was put on hold when Jon Dalton asked the entire tribe to vote him out first in order to be with his expectant girlfriend.

When Eliza's alliance failed to convince Cirie Fields to join them, they found themselves as the minority, as Parvati's alliance (with whom Cirie sided) voted for Yau-Man due to his experiences with the Hidden Immunity Idol.

During the tribe switch, Eliza's alliance was split, as she and Jonathan were switched to Airai, while Ami stayed on Malakal. However, she quickly lost her ally Jonathan when he was injured during a challenge and had to be evacuated. During this time, Eliza befriended and aligned with Jason Siska, who, like herself, felt on the outs with his original tribe.

Following the merge, Eliza felt disheartened by Ami's elimination, as she had planned to bring Jason and Ami to the Final Three. Jason surprised Eliza, however, when he told her that he found the Hidden Immunity Idol. He promised that, should he win individual immunity, he would give his idol to Eliza. This was actually a fake idol that Ozzy had planted after finding the real idol on Exile Island, although Jason was certain it was real. When Jason won individual immunity, he gave the "idol" to Eliza, who immediately knew it was a fake, infamously asserting, "It's a f\*\*\*ing stick", to his disbelief. She decided to play it anyway in the hopes of exposing that Ozzy had the real one, to which Ozzy admitted he did. Eliza was voted out 8-2 and became the first member of the jury. When Ozzy was blindsided at the following Tribal Council with his idol in his pocket, Eliza had a famously theatrical reaction, nearly bursting into laughter from the jury bench.

At Final Tribal Council, Eliza complimented finalists Parvati and Amanda on their strategic gameplay but criticized Parvati for being mean and Amanda for being superficial. Despite disliking her more, Eliza gave her jury vote to Parvati who won in a 5-3 vote.

* Challenge History
* Voting History

## Trivia

* Keiko is the first contestant to be eliminated via rock draw.