Shigeru (written: 茂, 繁, 滋, しげる in hiragana or シゲル in katakana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
Shigeru Ban (坂 茂, born 1957), a Japanese architect
Shigeru Chiba (千葉 繁, born 1954), a Japanese voice actor
Shigeru Egami (江上 茂, 1912–1981), Japanese karateka
Shigeru Endo (遠藤 茂, born 1945), Japanese sport wrestler
Shigeru Itō (伊藤茂, 1928 – 2016), Japanese socialist politician
Shigeru Izumi (泉 茂, 1922–1995), Japanese painter and printmaker
Shigeru Izumiya (泉谷 しげる, born 1948), Japanese actor and singer
Shigeru Kasamatsu (笠松 茂, born 1947), Japanese artistic gymnast
Shigeru Kayano (萱野 茂, 1926 – 2006), Japanese Ainu activist
Shigeru Kobayashi (小林 繁, 1952–2010), Japanese baseball player
Shigeru Miyagawa (宮川 滋, born 1948), Japanese rower
Shigeru Miyamoto (宮本 茂, born 1952), a video game designer for Nintendo, notable for creating Mario among many other characters
Shigeru Mizuki (水木 しげる, 1922 – 2015), expert on yokai and creator of the popular manga series Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro, and others
Shigeru Morikasa (森笠 繁, born 1976), Japanese baseball player
Shigeru Nakahara (中原 茂, born 1961), Japanese voice actor
Narahara Shigeru (奈良原 繁, 1834–1918), Japanese politician
Shigeru Oyama (大山 茂, 1936–2016), Japanese karateka
Shigeru Sawada (沢田 茂, 1887–1980), Japanese general
Shigeru Shimada (島田 繁, born 1935), Japanese ice hockey player
Shigeru Takashina (1943–2013), Japanese karateka
Shigeru Uehara (上原 繁, born 1947), a Japanese automotive team lead, designer, and engineer at Honda, notable for his work on Honda NSX and Honda S2000 projects
Shigeru Umebayashi (梅林 茂, born 1951), a Japanese film score composer
Shigeru Yoshida (吉田 茂, 1878 – 1967), Japanese diplomat and politician, former Prime Minister
Shigeru (written: 茂, 繁, 滋, しげる in hiragana or シゲル in katakana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: Shigeru Ban (坂...
Shigeru Miyamoto (Japanese: 宮本 茂, Hepburn: Miyamoto Shigeru, born November 16, 1952) is a Japanese video game designer, producer and game director at...
Shigeru Mura (Japanese: 武良 茂, Hepburn: Mura Shigeru, March 8, 1922 – November 30, 2015), also known as Shigeru Mizuki (水木 しげる, Mizuki Shigeru), was a...
Shigeru Nanba (難波滋 Nanba Shigeru, born 1944) is a Japanese painter and artist. He is based in Okayama. His work consists of large oil paintings that depict...
Shigeru Uehara (上原 繁, Uehara Shigeru, born September 5, 1947 in Tokyo) is a Japanese automotive engineer. He was the project leader of the Honda NSX. Shigeru...
Shigeru Fujita (藤田茂, Fujita Shigeru, September 17, 1889 - April 11, 1980) was a career military officer and lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese...
Shigeru Mukai (向井 茂, Mukai Shigeru, born 1953) is a Japanese mathematician at Kyoto University specializing in algebraic geometry. He introduced the Fourier–Mukai...
Kayano Shigeru (萱野 茂, Kayano Shigeru, June 15, 1926 – May 6, 2006) was one of the last native speakers of the Ainu language and a leading figure in the...
Shigeru Fukudome (福留 繁, Fukudome Shigeru, 1 February 1891 – 6 February 1971) was an admiral and Chief of Staff of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World...
Shigeru Amachi (天知 茂, Amachi Shigeru, 4 March 1931 – 27 July 1985) was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 120 films from 1953 to 1984. Amachi joined...
Shigeru Sugiura (杉浦 茂, Sugiura Shigeru, 3 April 1908 – 23 April 2000) was a Japanese manga artist famous for his surreal, nonsense gag manga. After initially...
Shigeru Shirai (白井 滋, Shirai Shigeru) is a Japanese ichthyologist specializing in elasmobranchs, especially sharks. He graduated from Hokkaido University's...
Shigeru Umebayashi (梅林茂, Umebayashi Shigeru, [ɯmebajaɕi ɕiɡeɾɯ]) (born February 19, 1951) is a Japanese composer. Once the leader and bass player of Japan's...
Masaharu, born February 4, 1954), known by the stage name Shigeru Chiba (千葉 繁, Chiba Shigeru), is a Japanese actor, voice actor, narrator, talent and sound...
Shigeru Yoshida (吉田 茂, Yoshida Shigeru) (22 September 1878 – 20 October 1967) was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan...
Shigeru Tsuyuguchi (露口 茂, Tsuyuguchi Shigeru, born April 8, 1932) is a Japanese actor. Tsuyuguchi was born in Tokyo and raised in Ehime. He attended Ehime...
Shigeru Egami (江上 茂, Egami Shigeru, December 7, 1912 – January 8, 1981) was a pioneering Japanese master of Shotokan karate who founded the Shōtōkai style...
Shigeru Baba (馬場滋, Baba Shigeru) (born January 19, 1948, in Nagoya, Japan) is a professional Go player. Shigeru was a disciple of Toshio Sakai. He plays...
Shigeru Oyama (大山 茂, Ōyama Shigeru, July 7, 1936 – February 14, 2016) was a karate practitioner and instructor who operated a dojo in New York for half...
Shigeru Nakahara (中原 茂, Nakahara Shigeru, born January 22, 1961 in Kamakura) is a Japanese voice actor. He is attached to Local Dream and was formerly...
Shigeru Sawada (沢田 茂, Sawada Shigeru, March 29, 1887 – December 1, 1980) was a career military officer and a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese...
Shigeru Joshima (城島 茂, Jōshima Shigeru, born November 17, 1970) is a Japanese musician and actor. He is the leader and main guitarist of Tokio, a musical...
Shigeru Oda (小田 滋, Oda Shigeru, born 22 October 1924) is a Japanese jurist and was a judge on the International Court of Justice from 1976 until 2003,...
Shigeru Sugita is a Japanese bodybuilding champion who, in 1976, became the first Japanese bodybuilder to win the Mr. Universe competition. At the 1976...
Shigeru Takahashi (高橋 茂, Takahashi Shigeru) was a Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. In August 1927, when Takahashi was a Waseda...
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