Shigeru

Shigeru

Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used

Shigeru (written: 茂しげる, 繁しげる, 滋しげる, 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 (坂さか 茂しげる, born 1957), a Japanese architect
• Shigeru Chiba (千葉ちば 繁しげる, born 1954), a Japanese voice actor
• Shigeru Egami (江上えがみ 茂しげる, 1912–1981), Japanese karateka
• Shigeru Endo (遠藤えんどう 茂しげる, born 1945), Japanese sport wrestler
• Shigeru Itō (伊藤いとう茂しげる, 1928 – 2016), Japanese socialist politician
• Shigeru Izumi (泉いずみ 茂しげる, 1922–1995), Japanese painter and printmaker
• Shigeru Izumiya (泉谷いずみや しげる, born 1948), Japanese actor and singer
• Shigeru Kasamatsu (笠松かさまつ 茂しげる, born 1947), Japanese artistic gymnast
• Shigeru Kayano (萱野かやの 茂しげる, 1926 – 2006), Japanese Ainu activist
• Shigeru Kobayashi (小林こばやし 繁しげる, 1952–2010), Japanese baseball player
• Shigeru Miyagawa (宮川みやがわ 滋しげる, born 1948), Japanese rower
• Shigeru Miyamoto (宮本みやもと 茂しげる, born 1952), a video game designer for Nintendo, notable for creating Mario among many other characters
• Shigeru Mizuki (水木みずき しげる, 1922 – 2015), expert on yokai and creator of the popular manga series Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro, and others
• Shigeru Morikasa (森もり笠りゅう 繁しげる, born 1976), Japanese baseball player
• Shigeru Nakahara (中原なかはら 茂しげる, born 1961), Japanese voice actor
• Narahara Shigeru (奈良原ならはら 繁しげる, 1834–1918), Japanese politician
• Shigeru Oyama (大山おおやま 茂しげる, 1936–2016), Japanese karateka
• Shigeru Sawada (沢田さわだ 茂しげる, 1887–1980), Japanese general
• Shigeru Shimada (島田しまだ 繁しげる, born 1935), Japanese ice hockey player
• Shigeru Takashina (1943–2013), Japanese karateka
• Shigeru Uehara (上原うえはら 繁しげる, 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 (梅林うめばやし 茂しげる, born 1951), a Japanese film score composer
• Shigeru Yoshida (吉田よしだ 茂しげる, 1878 – 1967), Japanese diplomat and politician, former Prime Minister

Fictional characters

• Shigeru Akagi (赤木あかぎ しげる), from Akagi
• Shigeru Aoba (青葉あおば シゲル), a character from Neon Genesis Evangelion
• Emperor Shigeru, a character in the Ranger's Apprentice series by John Flanagan.
• Shigeru Jou/Kamen Rider Stronger (城じょう 茂しげる/仮面かめんライダーストロンガー)
• Shigeru Kanmuri (冠かんむり 茂しげる), a character from Yakitate!! Japan
• Shigeru Okido (オーキド・シゲル), 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
• Shigeru Yahaba, a character from Haikyu!!