Shin (しん, シン) is a common Japanese given name which is mostly used by males.
Shin can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
真, "true"
伸, "extend"
新, "new"
心, "heart"
信, "belief"
進, "progress"
慎, "humility"
晋, "advance"
紳, "gentleman"
The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
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
Shin Kōda (真), a Japanese enka singer
Shin Koyamada (真, born 1982), Japanese and American film actor
Shin Kusaka (慎), a Japanese actor
Shin Ōnuma (心), a Japanese animation and theatre director
Shin Nohara (森), a Japanese kindergartner
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
Shin Yanagisawa (信, born 1936), Japanese photographer
Shin Yazawa (心), a Japanese actress
Shin Banshoya (真), a Japanese comedian
Shin (シン), a Japanese singer (From the Visual-Kei band ViViD)
Seijuro Shin (進), a character in the manga and anime series Eyeshield 21
Shin Akuma, a character in the Street Fighter series
Shin Asuka (disambiguation), multiple
Kamen Rider Shin, character in the Kamen Rider series
Shin, a character in the manga Dorohedoro
Shin a character in the anime and game Amnesia
