Shigeru is a Japanese given name.
It can refer to the following people:
Shigeru Ban, a Japanese architect
Shigeru Chiba, a Japanese voice actor
Shigeru Honma, Japanese voice actor
Shigeru Izumiya, an actor and singer
Shigeru Kayano, Ainu activist
Shigeru Mizuki, expert on yokai and creator of the popular manga series Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro, and others
Shigeru Miyamoto, a video game designer for Nintendo, notable for creating Mario among many other characters
Shigeru Uehara, a Japanese automotive team lead, designer, and engineer at Honda, notable for his work on Honda NSX and Honda S2000 projects
Shigeru Umebayashi, a Japanese film score composer
Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese diplomat and politician, former Prime Minister
It can refer to the following fictional characters:
Shigeru Akagi, from Akagi
Shigeru Aoba, a character from Neon Genesis Evangelion
Shigeru Jou/Kamen Rider Stronger
Shigeru Kanmuri, a character from Yakitate!! Japan
Shigeru Okido, the Japanese name of Gary Oak, a Pokémon character (named after Shigeru Miyamoto)
Otori Shigeru, a character in Lian Hearn's popular Tales of the Otori trilogy.