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Shigeru

Shigeru is a Japanese given name.

It can refer to the following people:

  • Shigeru Ban, a Japanese architect
  • Shigeru Chiba, a Japanese voice actor
  • Shigeru Honma, Japanese voice actor
  • Shigeru Izumiya, an actor and singer
  • Shigeru Kayano, Ainu activist
  • Shigeru Mizuki, expert on yokai and creator of the popular manga series Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro, and others
  • Shigeru Miyamoto, a video game designer for Nintendo, notable for creating Mario among many other characters
  • Shigeru Uehara, a Japanese automotive team lead, designer, and engineer at Honda, notable for his work on Honda NSX and Honda S2000 projects
  • Shigeru Umebayashi, a Japanese film score composer
  • Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese diplomat and politician, former Prime Minister

It can refer to the following fictional characters:

  • Shigeru Akagi, from Akagi
  • Shigeru Aoba, a character from Neon Genesis Evangelion
  • Shigeru Jou/ Kamen Rider Stronger
  • Shigeru Kanmuri, a character from Yakitate!! Japan
  • Shigeru Okido, the Japanese name of Gary Oak, a Pokémon character (named after Shigeru Miyamoto)
  • Otori Shigeru, a character in Lian Hearn's popular Tales of the Otori trilogy.