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Shigenobu

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Shigenobu is a Japanese name. It is usually a male given name but can be a surname the name of a place. As with most personal names, the meaning of the name is derived from which kanji (Chinese characters) are used, and there are several different kanji that are pronounced "shige" and a few which can be pronounced "nobu".

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Possible spellings

  • 重信 – "heavy faith"
  • 重靖 – "heavy diligence"
  • 重陳 – "heavy maturity"
  • 茂信 – "abundant faith"
  • 茂伸 – "abundantly influential"
  • 繁信 – "abundant faith"
  • 繫信 – "joined in faith"
  • 薫信 – "aroma of faith"
  • 滋信 – "nourishing faith"
  • 滋延 – "nourishing longevity"
  • Phonetic spelling

    The following are spellings of the name "Shigenobu" in the two phonetic syllabaries of written Japanese, and thus have no intrinsic meaning:

  • しげのぶ
  • シゲノブ
  • Surname

  • Fusako Shigenobu (born 1945), a leader of the Japanese Red Army
  • Mei Shigenobu (born 1973), the daughter of Fusako Shigenobu
  • Male

  • Maeda Shigenobu (1735–1753), a Japanese daimyo
  • Yanagawa Shigenobu (1787–1832), a Japanese ukiyo-e artist
  • Nishimura Shigenobu (fl. 1730s–40s), a Japanese ukiyo-e artist who may have been Ishikawa Toyonobu
  • Utagawa Shigenobu (1829–1869), an ukiyo-e artist better known as Hiroshige II
  • Ōkuma Shigenobu (1838–1922), a Japanese statesman
  • Shigenobu Katakura (born 1940), a Japanese religious leader
  • Shigenobu Nakamura (born 1950), a Japanese composer and music teacher
  • Shigenobu Murofushi, a Japanese athlete
  • References

    Shigenobu Wikipedia