Shin'ichi or Shinichi (しんいち, シンイチ) is a masculine
Japanese given name
in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name. Japanese names are usually written in kanji, where the pronunciation follows a special set of rules. Because parents when naming children, and foreigners when adoptin ...
. ''Shin'' and ''ichi'' are separated and it is pronounced .
Written forms
Different
kanji
are logographic Chinese characters, adapted from Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script, used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are ...
that are pronounced are combined with the kanji for " 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"
People with the name
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Shinichi Aoki (紳一, born 1965), Japanese professional Go player
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Shinichi Chiba (真一), also known as Sonny Chiba, a Japanese actor
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Shinichi Fujimura (新一, born 1950), Japanese amateur archaeologist
*, Japanese Zen Buddhist scholar, philosopher and tea master
*, Japanese ice hockey player
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Shinichi Hoshi (新一, 1926–1997), Japanese novelist and science fiction writer
*, Japanese physician and writer
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Shin'ichi Ishiwata (信一), Japanese scientist
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Shinichi Itoh (真一, born 1966), Japanese professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
*, Japanese ice hockey player
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Shinichi Kitaoka (伸一, born 1948), Japanese professor of political science
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Shinichi Mori
known professionally as is a Japanese male enka singer and composer, who also sings folk and pop music. He has sold more than 90 million records, making him one of the best selling Japanese musicians.
Mori has been married and divorced twic ...
(進一, born 1947), Japanese enka singer
*, Japanese cyclist
*, Japanese baseball player
*, Japanese footballer
*, Japanese shogi player
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Shinichi Sekizawa (新一, 1921–1992), Japanese screenwriter
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Shinichi Shinohara (信一, born 1973), Japanese judoka
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Shinichi Suzuki (violinist) (鎮一, 1898–1998), Japanese violinist
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Suzuki Shin'ichi I (真一, 1835–1918), Japanese photographer
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Suzuki Shin'ichi II (真一, 1855–1912), Japanese photographer
*, Japanese ski jumper
*, Japanese photographer
*, Japanese modern pentathlete
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Shinichi Tsutsumi (真一, born 1964), Japanese stage and screen actor
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Shinichi Watanabe (慎一, born 1964), Japanese anime director
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Wakakirin Shinichi (真一, born 1983), Japanese sumo wrestler
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Shinichi Osawa (伸一, born 1967), Japanese pop artist
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Shinichi Ishihara (born 1960), anison singer and anime voice actor
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Shinichi Morishita (born 1960), Japanese football player
Fictional characters
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Shinichi Kudō
, known in some major English adaptations as Jimmy Kudo, is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the manga series ''Case Closed'', created by Gosho Aoyama. A high school detective, he is forced to ingest a poison after an encounter wi ...
(新一) in the US Version named Jimmy Kudo, the main protagonist of the anime and manga series
Case Closed
''Case Closed'', also known as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' since January 1994; its chapters are collected in 10 ...
(Detective Conan)
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Shin'ichi Akiyama, the male protagonist of the manga ''Liar game''
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Shin'ichi Chiaki, the male protagonist of the manga ''Nodame Cantabile''
*Shinichi Izumi, the protagonist of the anime and manga series
Parasyte
*Shinichi, kitsune antagonist in the trilogy of books
The Vampire Diaries: The Return
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Shinichi Namura is a character in Marmalade Boy. He is Meiko's teacher and secret lover in the manga and anime series.
*Shinichi Sakurai, the male protagonist of ''
Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!''
*Shin'ichi Susuki, the protagonist of
YOU and ME and HER: A Love Story
*Shinichi- The son of a chauffeur who’s kidnapped for a ransom in the 1963
Akira Kurosawa
was a Japanese filmmaker who List of works by Akira Kurosawa, directed 30 feature films in a career spanning six decades. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in the History of film, history of cinema ...
crime drama
''High and Low''
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Japanese masculine given names
Masculine given names