Famous People with Name Shigeru

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.

Shigeru Ishiba            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Shigeru Ishiba: a Japanese politician. He was Minister of Defense under Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda from 2007 to 2008 and is currently Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.He is a graduate of Keio University and formerly served in the Mitsui bank. He was a major proponent of bringing Japan into the multinational force in Iraq in 2003.Ishiba is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party and part of the LDP faction led by Yuji Tsushima.[1]

Shigeru Baba            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Shigeru Baba: is a professional Go player.Shigeru was a disciple of Toshio Sakai. He plays in the Nagoya branch of the Nihon Ki-in, where he would come close to winning the Okan title in 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