Famous People with Name Shigeo

Shigeo Shingo            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Shigeo Shingo: was a Japanese industrial engineer who distinguished himself as one of the world’s leading experts on manufacturing practices and The Toyota Production System. Shingo is known far more in the West than in Japan, as a result of his meeting Norman Bodek, an American entrepreneur and founder of Productivity Inc in the USA. In 1981 Bodek had travelled to Japan to learn about the Toyota Production System, and came across books by Shingo, who as an external consultant had been teaching Industrial Engineering courses at Toyota since 1955. Shingo had written his Study of The Toyota Production System in Japanese and had it translated, very poorly, into English in 1980. Norman Bodek took as many copies of this book as he could to the USA and arranged to translate Shingo's other books into English, eventually having his original study re-translated. Bodek also brought Shingo to lecture in the USA and developed one of the first Western lean manufacturing consultancy practices with Shingo's support.

Shigeo Nakagawa            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Shigeo Nakagawa: a Japanese breaststroke swimmer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Shigeo Kitamura            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Shigeo Kitamura: a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Wajima, Ishikawa and graduate of Meiji University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005 after having served in the assembly of Ishikawa Prefecture for seven terms since 1975.

Shigeo Oomae            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Shigeo Oomae: a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Kawanishi, Hyogo and graduate of Kyoto University, he was elected to the assembly of Hyogo Prefecture for the first time in 1979 where he served for six terms. After running unsuccessfully for mayor of Nishinomiya, Hyogo in 2000, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2003.

Shigeo Takaya            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Shigeo Takaya: the mayor of Okayama, Okayama in Japan. A graduate of Okayama Prefectual University-Junior College, he was first elected in October 2005.

Matsunobori Shigeo            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Matsunobori Shigeo: was a sumo wrestler from Chiba Prefecture, Japan. He fought for the now defunct Oyama stable, joining in 1941. He reached the top makuuchi division in 1951 and made the second highest ozeki rank (alongside Wakanohana) in 1956, after finishing as a runner-