Shigeru Nakamura (中村 茂, Nakamura Shigeru; August 22, 1959) is a Japanese Renju player.[1] He won Renju World Championships in 1989[2] and 1991,[3] and Renju Team World Championships in 2012.[4] Up to 2020, he has been the Japan's Meijin title holder for 30 years.[5][6] In 2019, Nakamura was awarded the 7th Lifetime Meijin title by the Japanese Renju Federation.[7] Up to 2021, Nakamura has won the All Japan Renju Championship 8 times, and the Kanto Renju Emperor Tournament 14 times.[8] In 1999, Nakamura played a "match of two titans" against the Estonian world champion Ando Meritee, with the result of 2,5-3,5.[9]