Shin (Japanese name)
Encyclopedia
is a common Japanese given name which is mostly used by males.

Possible writings

Shin can be written using different kanji
Kanji
Kanji are the adopted logographic Chinese characters hanzi that are used in the modern Japanese writing system along with hiragana , katakana , Indo Arabic numerals, and the occasional use of the Latin alphabet...

 characters and can mean:
  • 真, "true"
  • 伸, "extend"
  • 新, "new"
  • 心, "heart"
  • 信, "belief"
  • 進, "progress"
  • 慎, "humility"
  • 晋, "advance"
  • 紳, "gentleman"

The name can also be written in hiragana
Hiragana
is a Japanese syllabary, one basic component of the Japanese writing system, along with katakana, kanji, and the Latin alphabet . Hiragana and katakana are both kana systems, in which each character represents one mora...

 or katakana
Katakana
is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji, and in some cases the Latin alphabet . The word katakana means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana scripts are derived from components of more complex kanji. Each kana represents one mora...

.

With the given name Shin

  • Shin Amano
    Shin Amano
    in Tokyo, Japan is a Japanese pair skater who is now a coach and ISU Technical Specialist. Competing with Marie Arai, he placed 20th in the 1998 Winter Olympic Games. They also won the Japan Figure Skating Championships by 1995...

     (真, born 1973), Japanese figure skater
  • Shin Hirayama
    Shin Hirayama
    was the first Japanese astronomer to discover an asteroid. In 1900 he discovered 498 Tokio and 727 Nipponia.The crater Hirayama on the Moon is jointly named after him and Kiyotsugu Hirayama.-References:* at www12.plala.or.jp...

     (信, 1868–1945), Japanese astronomer
  • Shin Kishida
    Shin Kishida
    Shin Kishida was a Japanese actor, best known for his memorable supporting roles in films and television series.-Biography:...

     (森, 1939–1982), Japanese actor
  • Shin Kanemaru
    Shin Kanemaru
    Shin Kanemaru , September 17, 1914 - March 28, 1996, was a Japanese politician. He was born in Imasuwa village , Yamanashi Prefecture. He was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party and member of the faction of Noboru Takeshita. In 1992, he was indicted in the Sagawa Kyubin corruption scandal...

     (信, 1914–1996), Japanese politician
  • Shin Kanazawa (born 1983), Japanese football player
  • Shin Kōda (真), a Japanese enka
    Enka
    is a popular Japanese music genre considered to resemble traditional Japanese music stylistically. Modern enka, however, is a relatively recent musical form which arose in the context of such postwar expressions of modern Japanese nonmaterial nationalism as nihonjinron, while adopting a more...

     singer
  • Shin Koyamada
    Shin Koyamada
    is a film actor, producer, philanthropist and martial artist.Koyamada co-starred as “Nobutada” opposite Tom Cruise in the Warner Bros. action epic film The Last Samurai , with a worldwide box office of $456 million. Koyamada also starred in the action original movie Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior...

     (真, born 1982), Japanese and American film actor
  • Shin Kusaka
    Shin Kusaka
    is a Japanese actor. He is probably best known for playing Yoshio Akamatsu in Battle Royale.-External links:...

     (慎), a Japanese actor
  • Shin Ōnuma
    Shin Onuma
    is a Japanese animation and theatre director. He has also provided key animation for many anime. Most prominently he has directed Ef: A Tale of Memories. and assisted Akiyuki Shinbo in directing three anime by Shaft: Pani Poni Dash!, Negima!?, Natsu no Arashi!.-Anime:*Baka to Test to Shōkanjū *Baka...

     (心), a Japanese animation and theatre director
  • Shin Nohara (森), a Japanese kindergartner
  • Shin Saburi
    Shin Saburi
    Shin Saburi was a Japanese film actor noted for his leading roles in a number of films by the director Yasujiro Ozu including Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family , Tea Over Rice , Equinox Flower and Late Autumn .-Selected filmography:* 1941 Brothers and...

     (信, 1909–1982), Japanese film actor
  • Shō Shin
    Sho Shin
    ' was a king of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, the third of the line of the Second Shō Dynasty. Shō Shin's long reign has been described as "the Great Days of Chūzan", a period of great peace and relative prosperity. He was the son of Shō En, the founder of the dynasty, by Yosoidon, Shō En's second wife,...

     (1465–1526), king of the Ryūkyū Kingdom
  • Shin Takahashi
    Shin Takahashi
    is a Japanese manga artist best known for writing Saikano and Iihito. He was born in Shibetsu, Hokkaidō on September 8, 1967....

     (しん, born 1967), Japanese manga artist
  • Shin Terai
    Shin Terai
    Shin Terai is a Japanese musician and producer most known for his work with Bill Laswell and Buckethead. On his albums he combines ambient and electronic music with dub and avant-garde jazz.- Biography :...

    , a Japanese musician and producer
  • Shin Yanagisawa
    Shin Yanagisawa
    was a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:*Nihon shashinka jiten / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. ISBN 4-473-01750-8. Despite the English-language alternative title, all in Japanese....

     (信, born 1936), Japanese photographer
  • Shin Yazawa (心), a Japanese actress
  • Shin Banshoya (真), a Japanese comedian

Given name

  • Shin (シン), the initial antagonist in the manga and anime series Fist of the North Star
  • Shin Kazama, main character in the classic manga Area 88
    Area 88
    is a Japanese manga series by Kaoru Shintani serialized between 1979 and 1986. The story is about a young pilot named Shin Kazama and his experiences at Area 88, a mercenary air force base secluded in the desert of a war torn country...

  • Shin Kudo (シン), a character in the Macross universe
  • Shin Matsunaga, a character in the anime Mobile Suit Gundam
  • Shin Natsume
    Shin Natsume
    is a character in the manga and anime series Tenjho Tenge. He is the founder of the Team KATANA, and the Juken Club.- Character outline :When first introduced, Shin is portrayed as a carefree and charismatic youth. As the series progresses, the darker aspects of Shin's character come to light...

     (慎), a character in the manga and anime series Tenjho Tenge
  • Shin Sawada, the leader of class 3-D in the manga Gokusen
  • Shinnosuke "Shin-chan" Nohara, the main-character of Crayon Shin-chan
    Crayon Shin-chan
    is a Japanese manga and anime series written by Yoshito Usui.Crayon Shin-chan follows the adventures of five-year-old Shinnosuke "Shin" Nohara and his parents, baby sister, neighbors, and friends and is set in Kasukabe, Saitama Prefecture, Japan....

  • Shin Kazamatsuri (風祭 真), the main-character of Kamen Rider Shin

Surname

  • Seijuro Shin
    Seijuro Shin
    is a fictional character of Eyeshield 21. He is the ace linebacker of the Ojo White Knights American football team and Sena Kobayakawa's main rival. Shin is a silent, seemingly unsociable person. Despite this, his friends include his teammates Haruto Sakuraba and Makoto Otawara...

     (進), a character in the manga and anime series Eyeshield 21
  • Shin Akuma, a character in the Street Fighter
    Street Fighter
    , commonly abbreviated as SF, is a series of Fighting Games developed in Japan in which the players pit the video games' competitive fighters from around the world, each with his or her own unique fighting style, against one another...

     series
  • Shin Asuka (disambiguation), multiple

See also

  • Shin (disambiguation)
  • Crayon Shin-chan
    Crayon Shin-chan
    is a Japanese manga and anime series written by Yoshito Usui.Crayon Shin-chan follows the adventures of five-year-old Shinnosuke "Shin" Nohara and his parents, baby sister, neighbors, and friends and is set in Kasukabe, Saitama Prefecture, Japan....

    , a Japanese manga and anime series
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