Shinji

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

ShinjiPronunciation| shín-jí

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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

Look up しんじ, シンジ, しん二, or Shinji in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

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

* Shinji Aoba (真司), perpetrator of the 2019 Kyoto Animation arson attack
* Shinji Aoyama (真治), a Japanese film director
* Shinji Aramaki (伸志), a Japanese anime director and mechanical designer
* Shinji Hashimoto (真司), a Japanese game producer
* Shinji Harada (真二), a Japanese pop music artist
* Shinji Higuchi (真嗣), a Japanese storyboard artist
* Shinji Hosoe (慎治), a Japanese composer
* Shinji Hosokawa (伸二), a Japanese judoka
* Shinji Inoue (信治), a Japanese politician
* Shinji Ishihira (信司), a Japanese director
* Shinji Kagawa (真司), a Japanese football player
* Shinji Kajio (真治), a Japanese author of science fiction and fantasy
* Shinji Kawada (紳司), a Japanese voice actor
* Shinji Kazama (深志), a Japanese motorcyclist
* Shinji Kobayashi (小林 伸二; born 1960), Japanese footballer and manager
* Shinji Maejima (信次), a Japanese Orientalist
* Shinji Maki (伸二), a Japanese comedian
* Shinji Mikami (真司), a Japanese video game designer
* Shinji Mizui (伸次), a Japanese musician
* Shinji Mizushima (新司), a Japanese manga artist
* Shinji Miyadai (真司), a Japanese sociologist
* Shinji Miyazaki (慎二), a Japanese composer/arranger
* Shinji Mori (慎二), a Japanese baseball pitcher
* Shinji Morisue (慎二), a Japanese gymnast and tarento
* Shinji Nakae (真司), a Japanese voice actor
* Shinji Nakano (信治), a Japanese racing driver
* Shinji Ogura (小倉 新司; born 1944), Japanese long jumper
* Shinji Okazaki (慎司), a Japanese football player
* Shinji Ono (伸二), a Japanese football player
* Shinji Orito (伸治), a Japanese musical composer
* Shinji Otsu (大津 真二; born 1961), Japanese sailor
* Shinji Shimoyama (下山 真二; born 1975), Japanese baseball player
* Shinji Sogō (十河 信二), creator of the Shinkansen high-speed rail system
* Shinji Sōmai (相米 慎二), a Japanese film director
* 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 Takamatsu (信司), anime director for Gin Tama
* Shinji Takao (紳路), a Japanese professional Go player
* Shinji Takeda (真治), a Japanese actor and saxophonist
* Shinji Takehara (慎二), a Japanese professional boxer
* Shinji Takahira (慎士), a Japanese sprinter
* Shinji Tanimura (新司), a Japanese singer-songwriter
* Shinji Tominari (冨成 慎司; born 1987), Japanese footballer
* Shinji Tsujio (真二), a Japanese football player
* Shinji Turner-Yamamoto, a Japanese environmental artist
* Shinji Udaka (伸次), a Japanese baseball player
* Shinji Wada (慎二), a Japanese manga artist
* Shinji Yamamoto (伸二), a Japanese handball player
* Shinji Yamasaki (山崎 慎次; born 1962), Japanese water polo player

## Fictional characters

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* 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 The Prince of Tennis series
* 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 Danganronpa series
* 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

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