Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Shimomura akanga ari chizvarwa cheKōchi Prefecture, uye akapedza kudzidza mukirasi yechi20 yeImperial Japanese Army Academy muna 1908. Vamwe vaaidzidza navo vaisanganisira Prince Asaka, Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko, Prince Kitashirakawa Naruhisa, Mitsuru Ushijima, Heitarō Kimura, Takashi Sakai, uye Shōjirō Iida. Iye gare gare akapedza kudzidza kubva mukirasi yechi28 yeArmy Staff College muna 1916. Pashure pokushumira munzvimbo dzinoverengeka dzevashandi uye dzokutarisira mukati meGeneral Staff yeImperial Japanese Army, Shimomura akatumirwa kuFrance semukuru wemauto muna 1919. Akadzokera kuStrategy and Planning bureau yeGeneral Staff muna 1921. Akatora chikamu semumwe wevamiriri veJapan kumisangano yeGeneva Naval Conference kubva muna 1928 kusvika muna 1929 uye muna 1931. Kubva muna 1933-1935 aive mutungamiri weIJA 1st Heavy Field Artillery Regiment. Muna 1935, Shimomura akapiwa basa kuvashandi veKwantung Army uye akasimudzirwa kuva mukuru mukuru muna 1936. Akadzokera kuGeneral Staff semukuru we4th Bureau kubva muna 1936 kusvika muna 1937, uye we1st Bureau kubva muna 1937 kusvika muna 1938. Akanga ari mutsigiri akasimba wechimiro chakasimba zvikuru kuhurumende yeKominintang munharaunda yeShanghai uye mazano ake akafurira chisarudzo cheJapan General Staff kuti abvumire kukwira kweJapan Tenth Army pakutanga kweHondo yeShanghai.Shimomura akasimudzirwa kuva lieutenant general muna 1939. Akanga ari Mutungamiriri weChikoro cheArtillery muna 1940, uye akapiwa basa rekutungamira mu1942 muchimiro cheJapan Chegumi nematatu Mauto akavakirwa muShanghai nemapurovhinzi akapoteredza kunyanya sesimba revarwi kuti vadzivise kukwira kweAllies kweHondo Yenyika II munzvimbo yepasi peRwizi Yangtze kumabvazuva kwepakati peChina.  Mubvunzo: Shimomura akapedza kudzidza paArmy Staff College mugore ripi?
Muna 1916