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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
• Sun Shimura (志村 すん; born 1982), Filipino politician
• 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 (志村ダンゾウ), a character in Naruto
• Nana Shimura, a character in My Hero Academia
• Lord Shimura, a character in video game Ghost of Tsushima