Shin (given name)

ShinGender| Mostly male

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Origin
Word/name| Japanese
Meaning| Different meanings depending on kanji
Other names
Related names| Shinzō
Shinji
Shingo
Shinichi

Shin (しん, シン) is a common Japanese given name which is mostly used for males.

## Written forms

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Shin can be written using different kanji 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 or katakana.

## People with the given name

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* Shin Amano (真, born 1973), Japanese figure skater
* Shin Hirayama (信, 1868–1945), Japanese astronomer
* Shin Kishida (森, 1939–1982), Japanese actor
* Shin Kanemaru (信, 1914–1996), Japanese politician
* Shin Kanazawa (born 1983), Japanese football player
* Shin Kato (加藤 信; 1891–1952), Japanese Go player
* Shin Koyamada (真, born 1982), Japanese and American film actor
* Shin Kusaka (慎), a Japanese actor
* Shin Nakamura (中村 伸; born 1974), Japanese footballer
* Shin Ōnuma (心), a Japanese animation and theatre director
* Shin Saburi (信, 1909–1982), Japanese film actor
* Shō Shin (1465–1526), king of the Ryūkyū Kingdom
* Shin Takahashi (しん, born 1967), Japanese manga artist
* Shin Terai, a Japanese musician and producer
* Shin Togashi (冨樫 森; born 1960), Japanese film director
* Shin Tsuchida (土田慎, born 1990), Japanese politician
* Shin Yahata (八幡 真; born 1974), Japanese ice hockey player
* Shin Yanagisawa (信, 1936–2008), Japanese photographer
* Shin (シン), a Japanese singer (former member of the Visual-Kei band Vivid)

## Fictional characters

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* Shin Hati, a character in the Star Wars franchise.
* Shin Mitsurugi (御剣 信) a.k.a. Gregory Edgeworth, a character in the Ace Attorney videogame franchise.
* Shin Asuka, a character in the tokusatsu Ultraman Dyna
* Shinn Asuka, a character in the anime Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
* Shin Asakura, a character in the japanese manga series Sakamoto Days

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