Shimura (written: 志村 or 紫村) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese mathematician ** Shimura correspondence ** Eichler–Shimura congruence relation **

Shimura variety In number theory, a Shimura variety is a higher-dimensional analogue of a modular curve that arises as a quotient variety of a Hermitian symmetric space by a congruence subgroup of a reductive algebraic group defined over Q. Shimura varieties are n ...

*, Japanese hurdler *, Japanese comedian and actor *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese actor *, Japanese cyclist *, Japanese voice actress

Fictional characters

Inspector Shimura This is a list of characters in the United Kingdom, British comic strip ''Judge Dredd'' appearing in ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD'', ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' and related publications. They are listed alphabetically by surname, in categories. (Ma ...

, a character in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' * Rei Shimura, a character in a series of mystery novels by Sujata Massey *, a character in the manga series ''

Gintama is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hideaki Sorachi. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from December 2003 to September 2018, later in '' Jump Giga'' from December 2018 ...

'' * Danzo Shimura (志村ダンゾウ), a character in

Naruto ''Naruto'' is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. It tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, a young ninja who seeks recognition from his peers and dreams of becoming the Hokage, the leader of his village. T ...

* Nana Shimura, a character in

My Hero Academia is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kōhei Horikoshi. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from July 2014 to August 2024, with its chapters collected in 42 volumes. Set in a wor ...

*Lord Shimura, a character in video game

Ghost of Tsushima In folklore, a ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or non-human animal that is believed by some people to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely, from an invisible presence to translucen ...

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