Background
Zengoro Shimagami born on December 16, 1903 in Akita, Japan.
Zengoro Shimagami born on December 16, 1903 in Akita, Japan.
He had no regular education after finishing primary school.
Zengoro Shimagami was a transit worker since youth, he has been in the labor union movement for many years. After the war, he was elected chief secretary of the Transit Labor Federation (Kotsii Domei) in 1960 and was elected four times to the House of Representatives on a Socialist ticket.