Shin (given name)
Shin 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 Amano, Japanese figure skater
- Shin Hirayama, Japanese astronomer
- Shin Kishida, Japanese actor
- Shin Kanemaru, Japanese politician
- Shin Kanazawa, Japanese football player
- Shin Kato, Japanese Go player
- Shin Koyamada, Japanese and American film actor
- Shin Kusaka, a Japanese actor
- Shin Nakamura, Japanese footballer
- Shin Ōnuma, a Japanese animation and theatre director
- Shin Saburi, Japanese film actor
- Shō Shin, king of the Ryūkyū Kingdom
- Shin Takahashi, Japanese manga artist
- Shin Terai, a Japanese musician and producer
- Shin Togashi, Japanese film director
- Shin Yahata, Japanese ice hockey player
- Shin Yanagisawa, Japanese photographer
- Shin, a Japanese singer
Fictional characters
- Shin, a character in the manga Dorohedoro
- Shin Malphur, a character in the video game Destiny 2
- Shin Tsukimi, a character from the game Your Turn To Die.
