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 In number theory, the Eichler–Shimura congruence relation expresses the local ''L''-function of a modular curve at a prime ''p'' in terms of the eigenvalues of Hecke operators. It was introduced by and generalized by . Roughly speaking, it say ...

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 no ...

*, 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 British comic strip ''Judge Dredd'' appearing in '' 2000 AD'', ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' and related publications. They are listed alphabetically by surname, in categories. (Major characters have their own art ...

, 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 ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from December 2003 to September 2018, later in ''Jump Giga'' from December 2 ...

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Danzo Shimura The manga and anime series features an extensive cast of characters created by Masashi Kishimoto. The series takes place in a fictional universe where countries vie for power by employing ninja who can use superhuman abilities in combat. T ...

, 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 superhero manga series written and illustrated by Kōhei Horikoshi. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' since July 2014, with its chapters additionally collected into ...

*Lord Shimura, a character in video game

Ghost of Tsushima ''Ghost of Tsushima'' is a 2020 action-adventure game developed by Sucker Punch Productions and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The player controls Jin Sakai, samurai on a quest to protect Tsushima Island during the first Mongol ...

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