# Shimura

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**Shimura** (written: 志村 or 紫村) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

- [Goro Shimura](/source/Goro_Shimura) (志村 五郎, 1930–2019), Japanese mathematician - [Shimura correspondence](/source/Shimura_correspondence) - [Eichler–Shimura congruence relation](/source/Eichler%E2%80%93Shimura_congruence_relation) - [Shimura variety](/source/Shimura_variety)
- [Hitomi Shimura](/source/Hitomi_Shimura) (紫村 仁美, born 1990), Japanese hurdler
- [Ken Shimura](/source/Ken_Shimura) (志村 けん, 1950–2020), Japanese comedian and actor
- [Ko Shimura](/source/Ko_Shimura) (志村 滉, born 1996), Japanese footballer
- [Noboru Shimura](/source/Noboru_Shimura) (志村 謄, born 1993), Japanese footballer
- Shunta Shimura (志村 駿太, born 1997), Japanese footballer
- [Takako Shimura](/source/Takako_Shimura) (志村 貴子, born 1973), Japanese manga artist
- [Takashi Shimura](/source/Takashi_Shimura) (志村 喬, 1905–1982), Japanese actor
- [Yoshio Shimura](/source/Yoshio_Shimura) (志村 義夫, born 1940), Japanese cyclist
- [Sun Shimura](/source/Sun_Shimura) (志村 すん, born 1982), Filipino politician
- [Yumi Shimura](/source/Yumi_Shimura) (志村 由美, born 1982), Japanese voice actress

## Fictional characters

- [Inspector Shimura](/source/Inspector_Shimura), a character in *Judge Dredd Megazine*
- [Rei Shimura](/source/Rei_Shimura), a character in a series of mystery novels by Sujata Massey
- [Shinpachi Shimura](/source/Shinpachi_Shimura) (志村 新八), a character in the manga series *[Gintama](/source/Gintama)*
- [Danzo Shimura](/source/Danzo_Shimura) (志村ダンゾウ), a character in [Naruto](/source/Naruto)
- [Nana Shimura](/source/Nana_Shimura), a character in [My Hero Academia](/source/My_Hero_Academia)
- Lord Shimura, a character in video game [Ghost of Tsushima](/source/Ghost_of_Tsushima)

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