Shima (surname)

Shima (written: 嶋 or 島 lit. "island", 志麻 or 志摩) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Akira Shima (島 朗; born 1963), Japanese shogi player
• Brian Shima (born 1981), American inline skater
• Daisuke Shima (嶋 大輔; born 1964), Japanese actor
• George Shima (1864–1926), American businessman
• Hideo Shima (島 秀雄; 1901–1998), Japanese engineer
• Hiroo Shima (嶋 宏大; born 1963), Japanese ski jumper
• Hiroshi Shima (島 比呂志; 1918–2003), pen name of Kaoru Kishiue, Japanese writer
• Izumi Shima (志麻 いづみ; born 1953), Japanese actress
• Shima Kakoku (島 霞谷; 1827–1870), Japanese photographer and artist
• Kiyohide Shima (志摩 清英; 1890–1973), Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
• Koichiro Shima (嶋 浩一郎; born 1968), Japanese creative director
• Koji Shima (島 耕二; 1901–1986), Japanese film director, actor and screenwriter
• Masatoshi Shima (嶋 正利; born 1943), Japanese electrical engineer
• Motohiro Shima (嶋 基宏; born 1984), Japanese baseball player
• Ryōka Shima (島 涼香; born 1972), Japanese voice actress
• Shima Ryū (島 隆; 1823–1900), Japanese artist and photographer
• Shima Sakon (島 左近; 1540–1600), Japanese samurai
• Shima Seien (島 成園; 1892–1970), Japanese painter
• Seiichi Shima (嶋清 誠一; 1920-1945), Japanese baseball player and soldier
• Shigenobu Shima (嶋 重宣; born 1976), Japanese baseball player
• Shunsuke Shima (嶋 俊介; 1932–2003), Japanese actor and voice actor
• Takumi Shima (島 卓視; born 1967), Japanese footballer
• Shima Yoshitake (島 義勇; 1822–1874), Japanese samurai
• Yuriko Shima (島 由理子), Japanese women's footballer

Other people

• Eugen Shima (born 1992), Albanian footballer
• Gerti Shima (born 1986), Albanian basketball player

Fictional characters

• Rear Admiral Shima (志摩), a character in the anime series Sky Girls
• Noboru Shima, the human guise of the Tarantula Undead in Kamen Rider Blade
• Shima Rin (志摩 リン), a main character in the anime series Yuru Camp
• Shima Sousuke (志摩 聡介), a main character in the anime series Sukippu to Rōfā

See also

• Shima (given name)
• Shima (disambiguation)