Shinji
| Pronunciation | shín-jí | 
|---|---|
| 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  | 
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
- 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 Kazama, from Talentless Nana
 - 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
Search for "Shinji"  on Wikipedia.
- All pages with titles beginning with Shinji
 - All pages with titles containing Shinji