Shin

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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.

Real people

with the given name Shin

• Shin Amano (真), a Japanese figure skater
• Shin Hirayama (信), a Japanese astronomer
• Shin Kishida (森), a Japanese actor
• Shin Kanemaru (信), a Japanese politician
• Shin Kōda (真), a Japanese enka singer
• Shin Koyamada (真), a 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), a Japanese film actor
• Shin Takahashi, (しん), a Japanese manga artist
• Shin Terai, a Japanese musician and producer
• Shin Yanagisawa (信), a Japanese photographer
• Shin Yazawa (心), a Japanese actress

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Fictional characters

with the given name Shin

• Shin (シン), the initial antagonist in the manga and anime series Fist of the North Star
• Shin Kazama, main character in the classic manga Area 88
• Shin Kudo (シン), a character in the Macross universe
• Shin Matsunaga, a character in the anime Mobile Suit Gundam
• Shin Natsume (慎), a character in the manga and anime series Tenjho Tenge
• Shin Sawada, the leader of class 3-D in the manga Gokusen

with the surname Shin

• Seijuro Shin (進), a character in the manga and anime series Eyeshield 21
• Shin Akuma, a character in the Street Fighter series
• Supreme Kai (東の界王神), Higashi no Kaiōshin, a character in the manga and anime series Dragonball

See also

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