Shin'ichi

For the former town in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, see Shin'ichi, Hiroshima.

Shin'ichi or Shinichi (しんいち, シンイチ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Shin and ichi are separated and it is pronounced [ɕiɴitɕi].

Shin'ichi

Pronunciation	shin-íchí
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 Shinji Ken'ichi Jun'ichi

Written forms

Different kanji that are pronounced "shin" (しん) are combined with the kanji for "one" (一, ichi; いち)" to give different names:

• 真一, "true, one"
• 信一, "belief, one"
• 伸一, "extend, one"
• 進一, "progress, one"
• 新一, "new, one"
• 慎一, "humility, one"
• 晋一, "advance, one"
• 紳一, "gentleman, one"
• 鎮一, "tranquilize, one"
• 愼一, "care, one"

People with the name

• Shinichi Aoki (紳一, born 1965), Japanese professional Go player
• Shinichi Chiba (真一), also known as Sonny Chiba, a Japanese actor
• Shinichi Fujimura (新一, born 1950), Japanese amateur archaeologist
• Shin'ichi Hisamatsu (久松 真一; 1889–1980), Japanese Zen Buddhist scholar, philosopher and tea master
• Shinichi Honma (本間 信一; born 1934), Japanese ice hockey player
• Shinichi Hoshi (新一, 1926–1997), Japanese novelist and science fiction writer
• Shinichi Ikejiri (池尻 愼一; 1909–1945), Japanese physician and writer
• Shin'ichi Ishiwata (信一), Japanese scientist
• Shinichi Itoh (真一, born 1966), Japanese professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
• Shinichi Iwasaki (岩崎 伸一; born 1968), Japanese ice hockey player
• Shinichi Kitaoka (伸一, born 1948), Japanese professor of political science
• Shinichi Mori (進一, born 1947), Japanese enka singer
• Shinichi Ota (太田 真一; born 1975), Japanese cyclist
• Shinichi Sato (baseball) (佐藤 真一; born 1965), Japanese baseball player
• Shinichi Sato (footballer) (佐藤 真一; born 1975), Japanese footballer
• Shin'ichi Satō (shogi) (佐藤 慎一; born 1982), Japanese shogi player
• Shinichi Sekizawa (新一, 1921–1992), Japanese screenwriter
• Shinichi Shinohara (信一, born 1973), Japanese judoka
• Shinichi Suzuki (violinist) (鎮一, 1898–1998), Japanese violinist
• Suzuki Shin'ichi I (真一, 1835–1918), Japanese photographer
• Suzuki Shin'ichi II (真一, 1855–1912), Japanese photographer
• Shinichi Tanaka (田中 信一; born 1959), Japanese ski jumper
• Shin'ichi Tanaka (photographer) (田中 新一), Japanese photographer
• Shinichi Tomii (富井 慎一; born 1980), Japanese modern pentathlete
• Shinichi Tsutsumi (真一, born 1964), Japanese stage and screen actor
• Shinichi Watanabe (慎一, born 1964), Japanese anime director
• Wakakirin Shinichi (真一, born 1983), Japanese sumo wrestler
• Shinichi Osawa (伸一, born 1967), Japanese pop artist
• Shinichi Ishihara (born 1960), anison singer and anime voice actor
• Shinichi Morishita (born 1960), Japanese football player

Fictional characters

• Shinichi Kudō (新一) in the US Version named Jimmy Kudo, the main protagonist of the anime and manga series Case Closed (Detective Conan)
• Shin'ichi Akiyama, the male protagonist of the manga Liar game
• Shin'ichi Chiaki, the male protagonist of the manga Nodame Cantabile
• Shinichi Izumi, the protagonist of the anime and manga series Parasyte
• Shinichi, kitsune antagonist in the trilogy of books The Vampire Diaries: The Return
• Shinichi Namura is a character in Marmalade Boy. He is Meiko's teacher and secret lover in the manga and anime series.
• Shinichi Sakurai, the male protagonist of Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!
• Shin'ichi Susuki, the protagonist of YOU and ME and HER: A Love Story
• Shinichi- The son of a chauffeur who’s kidnapped for a ransom in the 1963 Akira Kurosawa crime drama High and Low