title: Shimura
text: # Shimura
  
  Shimura (written: 志村 or 紫村) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Goro Shimura (志村 五郎, 1930–2019), Japanese mathematician
     * Shimura correspondence
     * Eichler–Shimura congruence relation
     * Shimura variety
  * Hitomi Shimura (紫村 仁美, born 1990), Japanese hurdler
  * Ken Shimura (志村 けん, 1950–2020), Japanese comedian and actor
  * Ko Shimura (志村 滉, born 1996), Japanese footballer
  * Noboru Shimura (志村 謄, born 1993), Japanese footballer
  * Shunta Shimura (志村 駿太, born 1997), Japanese footballer
  * Takako Shimura (志村 貴子, born 1973), Japanese manga artist
  * Takashi Shimura (志村 喬, 1905–1982), Japanese actor
  * Yoshio Shimura (志村 義夫, born 1940), Japanese cyclist
  * Yumi Shimura (志村 由美, born 1982), Japanese voice actress
  
  ## Fictional characters
  
  * Inspector Shimura, a character in Judge Dredd Megazine
  * Rei Shimura, a character in a series of mystery novels by Sujata Massey
  * Shinpachi Shimura (志村 新八), a character in the manga series Gintama
  * Danzo Shimura, a character in Naruto
  * Nana Shimura, a character in My Hero Academia
  * Lord Shimura, a character in video game Ghost of Tsushima
  