Shin (given name)
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| gender = Mostly male
| meaning = Different meanings depending on kanji
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| origin = Japanese
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| related names = Shinzō
Shinji
Shingo
Shinichi
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{{nihongo|Shin|しん, シン}} is a common Japanese given name which is mostly used for males.
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Written forms
People with the given name
- Shin Amano (真, born 1973), Japanese figure skater
- Shin Hirayama (信, 1868–1945), Japanese astronomer
- Shin Kishida (森, 1939–1982), Japanese actor
- Shin Kanemaru (信, 1914–1996), Japanese politician
- Shin Kanazawa (born 1983), Japanese football player
- {{Nihongo|Shin Kato|加藤 信||1891–1952}}, Japanese Go player
- Shin Koyamada (真, born 1982), Japanese and American film actor
- Shin Kusaka (慎), a Japanese actor
- {{Nihongo|Shin Nakamura|中村 伸||born 1974}}, Japanese footballer
- Shin Ōnuma (心), a Japanese animation and theatre director
- Shin Saburi (信, 1909–1982), Japanese film actor
- Shō Shin (1465–1526), king of the Ryūkyū Kingdom
- Shin Takahashi (しん, born 1967), Japanese manga artist
- Shin Terai, a Japanese musician and producer
- {{Nihongo|Shin Togashi|冨樫 森||born 1960}}, Japanese film director
- Shin Tsuchida (土田慎, born 1990), Japanese politician
- {{Nihongo|Shin Yahata|八幡 真||born 1974}}, Japanese ice hockey player
- Shin Yanagisawa (信, 1936–2008), Japanese photographer
- Shin (シン), a Japanese singer (former member of the Visual-Kei band Vivid)
Fictional characters
- Shin Hati, a character in the Star Wars franchise.
- Shin Mitsurugi (御剣 信) a.k.a. Gregory Edgeworth, a character in the Ace Attorney videogame franchise.
- Shin Asuka, a character in the tokusatsu Ultraman Dyna
- Shinn Asuka, a character in the anime Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
- Shin Asakura, a character in the japanese manga series Sakamoto Days
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