Shinji

This article is about the Japanese given name. For South Korean singer, see Shin Ji. For the lake, see Lake Shinji.

Shinji

Pronunciation	shín-jí
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Region of origin	Japanese
Other names
Related names	Shin Shin'ichi Shingo

Shinji (しんじ, シンジ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Shinji Ando (安藤 真児; born 1970), Japanese former professional baseball player
• Shinji Aoba (青葉 真司; born 1978), perpetrator of the 2019 Kyoto Animation arson attack
• Shinji Aoto (青戸 慎司; born 1960), Japanese bobsledder
• Shinji Aoyama (青山 真治; 1964–2022), Japanese film director
• Shinji Aramaki (荒牧 伸志; born 1960), Japanese anime director and mechanical designer
• Shinji Doigawa (土井川 真二; born 1979), Japanese bobsledder
• Shinji Eshima (born 1956), Japanese-American musician, composer and teacher
• Shinji Fujiyoshi (藤吉 信次; born 1970), Japanese football manager and former player
• Shinji Fukuda (福田 真嗣; born 1977), Japanese Professor
• Shinji Hamazaki (浜崎 真二; 1901–1981), Japanese baseball player and manager
• Shinji Harada (原田 真二; born 1958), Japanese pop music artist
• Shinji Hashimoto (橋本 真司; born 1958), Japanese former game producer
• Shinji Hazawa (羽澤 慎治; born 1999), Japanese tennis player
• Shinji Higuchi (樋口 真嗣; born 1965), Japanese filmmaker
• Shinji Hirai (平井 伸治; born 1961), Japanese politician
• Shinji Hiramatsu (平松 伸二; born 1955), Japanese manga artist
• Shinji Hosoe (細江 慎治; born 1967), Japanese video game composer and musician
• Shinji Hosokawa (細川伸二; born 1960), Japanese retired judoka
• Shinji Imanaka (今中 慎二; born 1971), Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher
• Shinji Imaoka (今岡 信治; born 1965), Japanese film director, screenwriter and actor
• Shinji Inoue (井上 信治; born 1969), Japanese politician
• Shinji Inoue (baseball) (井上 真二; born 1966), Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball outfielder
• Shinji Ishihira (石平 信司), Japanese anime director
• Shinji Ishimaru (石丸 伸二; born 1982), Japanese politician
• Shinji Ito (伊東 慎治; born 1963), Japanese former swimmer
• Shinji Iwata (岩田 慎司; born 1987), Japanese professional right-handed pitcher
• Shinji Jojo (城定 信次; born 1977), Japanese former football player
• Shinji Kagawa (香川 真司; born 1989), Japanese professional footballer
• Shinji Kajio (梶尾 真治; born 1947), Japanese author of science fiction and fantasy
• Shinji Kanki, Japanese composer
• Shinji Kawada (川田 紳司; born 1971), Japanese voice actor
• Shinji Kawasaki (川崎 真治; 1921-2007), Japanese archaeologist
• Shinji Kawashima (川嶋 伸次; born 1966), Japanese long-distance runner
• Shinji Kazama (風間 深志; born 1950), Japanese motorcyclist
• Shinji Kobayashi (小林 伸二; born 1960), Japanese footballer and manager
• Shinji Koh (高 信二; born 1967), Japanese former professional baseball player
• Shinji Komiyama (小宮山 慎二; born 1985), Japanese former professional baseball catcher
• Shinji Kurano (倉野 信次; born 1974), Japanese former professional baseball pitcher
• Shinji Maejima (前嶋 信次; 1903–1983), Japanese orientalist
• Shinji Maggy (マギー 審司; born 1973), Japanese comedian and magician
• Shinji Maki (牧 伸二; 1934-2013), Japanese mandan comedian
• Shinji Makino (牧野 真二; born 1976), Japanese former football player
• Shinji Matsuo (松尾 慎治; born 1983), Japanese businessman and marketer
• Shinji Matsuura (松浦 進二; born 1964), Japanese retired male badminton player
• Shinji Mikami (三上 真司; born 1965), Japanese video game designer, director and producer
• Shinji Miura (三浦 伸二; born 1975), Japanese bobsledder
• Shinji Miyadai (宮台 真司; born 1959), Japanese sociologist and professor
• Shinji Miyazaki (宮崎 慎二; born 1956), Japanese composer and arranger
• Shinji Mizui (伸次), a Japanese musician
• Shinji Mizushima (水島 新司; 1939–2022), Japanese manga artist
• Shinji Mori (森 慎二; 1974–2017), Japanese professional baseball right-handed pitcher
• Shinji Morimoto (森本 真治; born 1973), Japanese politician
• Shinji Morisue (森末 慎二; born 1957), Japanese gymnast and Olympic champion
• Shinji Murai (村井 慎二; born 1979), Japanese former football player
• Shinji Nagashima (永島 慎二; 1937–2005), Japanese manga artist
• Shinji Nagatomo (長友 慎治; born 1977), Japanese politician
• Shinji Nakae (中江 真司; 1935—2007), Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator
• Shinji Nakamoto (中本 新二; born 1945), Japanese archer
• Shinji Nakano (中野 信治; born 1971), Japanese professional racing driver
• Shinji Nakano (cyclist) (中野 慎詞; born 1999), Japanese track cyclist
• Shinji Niinuma (新沼 慎二; born 1979), Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball catcher
• Shinji Nojima (野島 伸司; born 1963), Japanese screenwriter
• Shinji Ogawa (小川 真司; 1941–2015), Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator
• Shinji Oguma (小熊 慎司; born 1968), Japanese politician
• Shinji Ogura (小倉 新司; born 1944), Japanese long jumper
• Shinji Ohara (大原 慎司; born 1985), Japanese professional baseball player
• Shinji Okada (岡田 慎司; born 1996), Japanese footballer
• Shinji Okazaki (岡崎 慎司; born 1986), Japanese former professional footballer
• Shinji Okuda (奥田 新治; born 1959), Japanese former handball player
• Shinji Ono (小野 伸二; born 1979), Japanese former professional footballer
• Shinji Onuki (大貫 慎二; born 1962), Japanese former rugby union player
• Shinji Orito (折戸 伸治; born 1973), Japanese musical composer
• Shinji Otsu (大津 真二; born 1961), Japanese sailor
• Shinji Otsuka (大塚 真司; born 1975), Japanese professional football manager and former player
• Shinji Saito (斎藤 慎司; born 1989), Japanese yo-yo competitor and performer
• Shinji Sarusawa (猿澤 真治; born 1969), Japanese football player and manager
• Shinji Sasaoka (佐々岡 真司; born 1967), Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher and manager
• Shinji Satō (佐藤 信二; 1932–2016), Japanese politician
• Shinji Shimoyama (下山 真二; born 1975), Japanese baseball player
• Shinji Sogō (十河 信二; 1884–1981), Japanese creator of the Shinkansen high-speed rail system
• Shinji Sōmai (相米 慎二; 1948–2001), Japanese film director
• Shinji Tajima (田島 慎二; born 1989), Japanese former professional baseball pitcher
• Shinji Shimoyama (下山 真二; born 1975), Japanese baseball player
• Shinji Takahashi (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Shinji Takahashi (baseball) (高橋 信二; born 1978), Japanese baseball player
  • Shinji Takahashi (religious leader) (高橋 信次; 1927–1976), Japanese religious leader
  • Shinji Takahashi (sport shooter) (高橋 信司; born 1937), Japanese sport shooter
  • Shinji Takahashi (volleyball) (髙橋 慎治; born 1980), Japanese volleyball player
• Shinji Takahira (高平 慎士; born 1984), Japanese sprinter
• Shinji Takamatsu (高松 信司; born 1961), Japanese storyboard artist, screenwriter and director
• Shinji Takao (高尾 紳路; born 1976), Japanese professional Go player
• Shinji Takeda (武田 真治; born 1972), Japanese actor, talent and saxophone player
• Shinji Takehara (竹原 慎二; born 1972), Japanese former professional boxer
• Shinji Takeuchi (竹内 進二; born 1964), Japanese politician
• Shinji Tanaka (田中 真二; born 1960), Japanese former football player and manager
• Shinji Tanimura (谷村 新司; 1948–2023), Japanese singer-songwriter
• Shinji Tarutoko (樽床 伸二; born 1959), Japanese politician
• Shinji Tatsuta (龍田 峻次; 1914–1991), Japanese ski jumper
• Shinji Tominari (冨成 慎司; born 1987), Japanese footballer
• Shinji Tomiyama (冨山 晋司; born 1981), Japanese coach
• Shinji Tsujio (辻尾 真二; born 1985), Japanese football player
• Shinji Turner-Yamamoto, Japanese environmental artist
• Shinji Udaka (宇高 伸次; born 1976), Japanese baseball player
• Shinji Wada (和田 慎二; 1950–2011), Japanese manga artist
• Shinji Yamada (樽床 伸二; born 1994), Japanese professional footballer
• Shinji Yamamoto (山本 伸二; born 1953), Japanese former handball player
• Shinji Yamasaki (山崎 慎次; born 1962), Japanese water polo player
• Shinji Yamashita (山下 真司; born 1951), Japanese actor
• Shinji Yoshida (吉田 真次; born 1984), Japanese politician
• Shinji Yoshino (吉野 信次; 1888–1971), Japanese bureaucrat, politician and cabinet minister

Fictional characters

• Shinji, from Kids Return
• Shinji, from Texhnolyze
• Shinji, an antagonist of the manga Digimon Chronicle, partnered with Omnimon X
• Shinji, the Japanese name of Paul from Pokémon
• Shinji Hirako, from Bleach
• Shinji Ibu, a regular for the Fudomine Middle School tennis team in the series The Prince of Tennis
• Shinji Ikari, from Neon Genesis Evangelion
• Shinji Inui, from Initial D
• Shinji Itou, a supporting character in the visual novel and anime Chaos;Child
• Shinji Kamuro, from Mob Psycho 100
• Shinji Kasai, the Ultimate Firefighter, from the fangame “Danganronpa: Another 2”, based on the Danganronpa series
• Shinji Kazama, from Talentless Nana
• Shinji Kido, the title hero from Kamen Rider Ryuki
• Shinji Koganei, from Kuroko's Basketball
• Shinji Kubo, the protagonist of the Yukio Mishima novel The Sound of Waves
• Shinji Matou, from Fate/stay night
• Shinji Mimura, from Battle Royale
• Shinji Nakagawa, from Megazone 23
• Shinji Nishiya/Kamui Woods, from My Hero Academia
• Shinji Tanaka, from Yakuza
• Shinji Watari, from Haikyuu!!
• Shinji Webber, from Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V
• Shinji Yoshimatsu, from Lycoris Recoil

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Shinji
• All pages with titles containing Shinji