Shigeru is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Shigeru Ban , Japanese architect Shigeru Chiba , Japanese voice actor Shigeru Egami , Japanese karateka Shigeru Endo , Japanese sport wrestler Shigeru Itō , Japanese socialist politician Shigeru Izumi , Japanese painter and printmaker Shigeru Izumiya , Japanese actor and singer Shigeru Kasamatsu , Japanese artistic gymnast Shigeru Kayano , Japanese Ainu activist Shigeru Kobayashi , Japanese baseball player Shigeru Miyagawa , Japanese rower Shigeru Miyamoto , a video game designer for Nintendo, notable for creating Mario among many other characters Shigeru Mizuki , expert on yokai and creator of the popular manga series Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro, and others Shigeru Morikasa , Japanese baseball player Shigeru Morita , Japanese painter Shigeru Nakahara , Japanese voice actor Narahara Shigeru , Japanese politician Shigeru Oda (1924–2025), Japanese jurist, judge on the International Court of Justice from 1976 to 2003 Shigeru Oyama , Japanese karateka Shigeru Sawada , Japanese general Shigeru Shimada , Japanese ice hockey player Shigeru Takashina (1943–2013), Japanese karateka Shigeru Tsuyuguchi (1932–2025), Japanese actor Shigeru Uehara , Japanese automotive engineer Shigeru Umebayashi , Japanese film score composer Shigeru Yoshida , Japanese diplomat and politician, Prime Minister