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 skaterShin Hirayama (信, 1868–1945), Japanese astronomerShin Kishida (森, 1939–1982), Japanese actorShin Kanemaru (信, 1914–1996), Japanese politicianShin Kanazawa (born 1983), Japanese football playerShin Kōda (真), a Japanese enka singerShin Koyamada (真, born 1982), Japanese and American film actorShin Kusaka (慎), a Japanese actorShin Ōnuma (心), a Japanese animation and theatre directorShin Nohara (森), a Japanese kindergartnerShin Saburi (信, 1909–1982), Japanese film actorShō Shin (1465–1526), king of the Ryūkyū KingdomShin Takahashi (しん, born 1967), Japanese manga artistShin Terai, a Japanese musician and producerShin Yanagisawa (信, born 1936), Japanese photographerShin Yazawa (心), a Japanese actressShin Banshoya (真), a Japanese comedianShin (シン), a Japanese singer (From the Visual-Kei band ViViD)Seijuro Shin (進), a character in the manga and anime series Eyeshield 21Shin Akuma, a character in the Street Fighter seriesShin Asuka (disambiguation), multipleKamen Rider Shin, character in the Kamen Rider seriesShin, a character in the manga DorohedoroShin a character in the anime and game Amnesia
