Shigeru was born in Sonobe, a town just north of Kyoto, Japan. At an early age, he explored the outdoors of Sonobe. On one of his many expeditions of the outdoors he stumbled upon a cave. Curiosity struck young Miyamoto, after a day of pondering he decided to go inside. His many expeditions greatly influenced his work in "The Legend of Zelda". He graduated from Kanazawa College of Art with an industrial design.
He stumbled upon the arcade game "Space Invaders" he was inspired to go into the video game