Shinji

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 common masculine Japanese given name.

It may refer to:

People

• Shinji Aoyama (真治), a Japanese film director
• Shinji Aramaki (伸志), a Japanese anime director and mechanical designer
• Shinji Hashimoto, a Japanese game producer
• Shinji Harada, 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 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, a Japanese motorcyclist
• 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, a Japanese musician
• Shinji Mizushima (新司), a Japanese manga artist
• Shinji Miyadai (真司), a Japanese sociologist
• Shinji Miyazaki, 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 Okazaki (慎司), a Japanese football player
• Shinji Ono (伸二), a Japanese football player
• Shinji Orito (伸治), a Japanese musical composer
• Shinji Takahashi (disambiguation)
• Shinji Takamatsu, 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 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

Fictional characters

• Shinji Ikari, of Neon Genesis Evangelion
• Shinji, from Texhnolyze
• Shinji, an antagonist of the manga Digimon Chronicle, partnered with Omnimon X
• Shinji (Paul), from Pokémon
• Shinji Hirako, from Bleach
• Shinji Gaiden, from The Elder Scrolls
• Shinji Ibu, a regular for the Fudomine Middle School tennis team in the Prince of Tennis manga and anime
• Shinji Kido, the title hero from Kamen Rider Ryuki
• Shinji Kubo, the protagonist of the Yukio Mishima novel The Sound of Waves
• Shinji Mimura, from Battle Royale
• Shinji Matō, from Fate/Stay Night
• Shinji Nakagawa in Megazone 23
• Shinji Tanaka, from Yakuza
• Shinji Webber, from Yugioh Arc-V

Other

• Lake Shinji