Shigeru
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Shigeru is a Japanese given name.
It can refer to the following people:
- Shigeru Ban, a Japanese architect
- Shigeru Chiba, a Japanese seiyuu
- Shigeru Izumiya, an actor and singer
- Shigeru Miyamoto, electronic video game designer
- Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese diplomat and politician, former Prime Minister
- Shigeru Mizuki, expert on yokai and creator of the popular manga series Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro, and others
- Shigeru Umebayashi, a Japanese film score composer
It can refer to the following fictional characters:
- Shigeru Akagi, from AKAGI
- 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.
- Kanmuri Shigeru, a character from Yakitate!! Japan
- Shigeru Aoba, a character from Neon Genesis Evangelion
- Shigeru Jou/Kamen Rider Stronger