Shigeru

Shigeru (written: , , , in hiragana or in katakana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: , Japanese architect , Japanese voice actor , Japanese karateka , Japanese sport wrestler , Japanese socialist politician , Japanese painter and printmaker , Japanese actor and singer , Japanese artistic gymnast , Japanese Ainu activist , Japanese baseball player , Japanese rower , a video game designer for Nintendo, notable for creating Mario among many other characters , expert on yokai and creator of the popular manga series Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro, and others , Japanese baseball player , Japanese voice actor , Japanese politician Shigeru Oda (1924–2025), Japanese jurist, judge on the International Court of Justice from 1976 to 2003 , Japanese karateka , Japanese general , Japanese ice hockey player Shigeru Takashina (1943–2013), Japanese karateka Shigeru Tsuyuguchi (1932–2025), Japanese actor , Japanese automotive engineer , Japanese film score composer , Japanese diplomat and politician, Prime Minister

==Fictional characters== , from Akagi , a character from Neon Genesis Evangelion Emperor Shigeru, a character in the ''Ranger's Apprentice series by John Flanagan. , protagonist of Kamen Rider Stronger , a character from Yakitate!! Japan'' , the Japanese name of Gary Oak, a Pokémon character (named after Shigeru Miyamoto) Otori Shigeru, a character in Lian Hearn's trilogy Tales of the Otori Shigeru Yahaba, a character from Haikyu!!