Famous People with Name Shigeru

Shigeru Morioka            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Shigeru Morioka: a Japanese football player. He represented Japan at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Shigeru Tamura            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Shigeru Tamura: was a Japanese photographer notable for his work in fashion and photojournalism.Tamura was born in Sapporo, Hokkaido. Shigeru was an assumed name; Tamura's personal name was probably Torashige.[1] He studied photography at the Oriental School of Photography (??????????, Orientaru Shashin Gakko); graduating in 1929. With Yoshio Watanabe, in 1935 he set up a studio for advertising and other photography in Ginza, Tokyo.

Shigeru Muroi            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Shigeru Muroi: a Japanese actress.

Shigeru Ban            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Shigeru Ban: an accomplished Japanese and international architect, most famous for his innovative work with paper, particularly recycled cardboard paper tubes used to quickly and efficiently house disaster victims. Shigeru Ban was the winner in 2005 at age 48 of the 40th annual Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. He was profiled by Time Magazine in their projection of 21st century innovators in the field of architecture and design.[1]

Shigeru Takada            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Shigeru Takada: the current manager of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows baseball team in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. Before managing, he was a player for the Yomiuri Giants from 1968 to 1980.

Narahara Shigeru            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Narahara Shigeru: also known as Narahara Kogoro, was a Japanese politician of the Meiji period who served as the eighth governor of Okinawa Prefecture from 1892 to 1907, and in a number of other posts over the course of his career.A samurai of Satsuma Domain prior to the Meiji Restoration, he played a role in opposing radical elements among his fellows, though he may also have been responsible for the killing of the Englishman Richardson in the 1862 Namamugi Incident, which led to the bombardment of Kagoshima and proved damaging to the Tokugawa shogunate.

Tamanofuji Shigeru            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Tamanofuji Shigeru: is a former sumo wrestler from Ogawa, Nasu District, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. He became an elder of the Japan Sumo Association under the name Minatogawa. In 1987 he became head of the Kataonami stable following the death of the previous head, his old bo