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Shin (given name)

is a common Japanese given name which is mostly used for males.

Written forms

Shin can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

  • 真, "true"
  • 伸, "extend"
  • 新, "new"
  • 心, "heart"
  • ä¿¡, "belief"
  • 進, "progress"
  • 慎, "humility"
  • 晋, "advance"
  • ç´³, "gentleman"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People with the given name

  • Shin Amano (真, born 1973), Japanese figure skater
  • Shin Hirayama (ä¿¡, 1868–1945), Japanese astronomer
  • Shin Kishida (森, 1939–1982), Japanese actor
  • Shin Kanemaru (ä¿¡, 1914–1996), Japanese politician
  • Shin Kanazawa (born 1983), Japanese football player
  • , Japanese Go player
  • Shin Koyamada (真, born 1982), Japanese and American film actor
  • Shin Kusaka (慎), a Japanese actor
  • , Japanese footballer
  • Shin Ōnuma (心), a Japanese animation and theatre director
  • Shin Saburi (ä¿¡, 1909–1982), Japanese film actor
  • Shō Shin (1465–1526), king of the RyÅ«kyÅ« Kingdom
  • Shin Takahashi (しん, born 1967), Japanese manga artist
  • Shin Terai, a Japanese musician and producer
  • , Japanese film director
  • Shin Tsuchida (土田慎, born 1990), Japanese politician
  • , Japanese ice hockey player
  • Shin Yanagisawa (ä¿¡, 1936–2008), Japanese photographer
  • Shin (シン), a Japanese singer (former member of the Visual-Kei band Vivid)

Fictional characters