Shin (given name)

Shin
Gender	Mostly male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on kanji
Other names
Related names	Shin'ichi Shinji Shingo

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

Possible writings

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 Shin

• 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 Kōda (真), a Japanese enka singer
• Shin Koyamada (真, born 1982), Japanese and American film actor
• Shin Kusaka (慎), a Japanese actor
• Shin Ōnuma (心), a Japanese animation and theatre director
• Shin Nohara (森), a Japanese kindergartner
• 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 Yanagisawa (信, born 1936), Japanese photographer
• Shin Yazawa (心), a Japanese actress
• Shin Banshoya (真), a Japanese comedian
• Shin (シン), a Japanese singer (From the Visual-Kei band ViViD)

Characters

Surname

• Seijuro Shin (進), a character in the manga and anime series Eyeshield 21
• Shin Akuma, a character in the Street Fighter series
• Shin Asuka (disambiguation), multiple
• Kamen Rider Shin, character in the Kamen Rider series

See also

• Shin (disambiguation)
• Crayon Shin-chan, a Japanese manga and anime series