Shin'ichi

Shin'ichi or Shinichi is a very common masculine Japanese given name. Shin and ichi are separated and it is pronounced [ɕiɴitɕi].

Possible writings

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"

The names share the same furigana: しんいち.

Places

• Shin'ichi, Hiroshima (新市), a former town and now a neighborhood of Fukuyama city, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
  • Shin-ichi Station, a station in Shin'ichi

People

with the given name Shin'ichi

• 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
• Shinichi Hoshi (新一, 1926–1997), Japanese novelist and science fiction writer
• Shin'ichi Ishiwata (信一), Japanese scientist
• Shinichi Itoh (真一, born 1966), Japanese professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
• Shinichi Kitaoka (伸一, born 1948), Japanese professor of political science
• Shinichi Mori (進一, born 1947), Japanese enka singer
• Shinichi Sato (真一, born 1965), Japanese professional baseball player
• Shin'ichi Satō, professional 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
• Shin'ichi Tanaka (新一), a 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), Japanese pop artist
• Shinichi Ishihara (born 1960), anison singer and anime voice actor
• Shinichi Morishita (born 1960), Japanese football player
• Shinichi Shuto (born 1983), Japanese football player

Characters

• Shin'ichi Yamamoto, One of the main protagonists in the serialized, biographical novels written by Soka Gakkai International president Daisaku Ikeda. Yamamoto is Ikeda's pen name. Series include "The Human Revolution" and "The New Human Revolution."

• Shinichi Kudō (新一) in the US Version is his name : Jimmy Kudo, the main protagonist of the anime and manga series Detective Conan /Case Closed(At the US Version)
• 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 Nagata, a recurring character in Sword Art Online.
• 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.