Shinji

{{About|the Japanese given name|South Korean singer|Shin Ji|the lake|Lake Shinji}}

{{Infobox Given Name Revised

| name = Shinji

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| pronunciation= shín-jí

| gender = Male

| meaning = It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.

| region = Japanese

| origin = Japanese

| related names = Shin
Shin'ichi
Shingo

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{{wiktionary|しんじ|シンジ|しん二|Shinji}}

{{nihongo|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
• {{Nihongo|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
• {{Nihongo|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
• {{Nihongo|Shinji Otsu|大津 真二||born 1961}}, Japanese sailor
• {{Nihongo|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
• {{Nihongo|Shinji Takahashi (baseball)|高橋 信二||born 1978}}, Japanese baseball player
• {{Nihongo|Shinji Takahashi (religious leader)|高橋 信次||1927–1976}}, Japanese religious leader
• {{Nihongo|Shinji Takahashi (sport shooter)|高橋 信司||born 1937}}, Japanese sport shooter
• {{Nihongo|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
• {{Nihongo|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
• {{Nihongo|Shinji Yamasaki|山崎 慎次||born 1962}}, Japanese water polo player