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, in that order. Nevertheless, when a Japanese name is written in the Roman alphabet, ever since the Meiji era, the official policy has been to cater to Western expecta ...

. ''Shin'' and ''ichi'' are separated and it is pronounced .

Possible writings

Different

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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

* Shinichi Aoki (紳一, born 1965), Japanese professional Go player *

Shinichi Chiba , known internationally as Sonny Chiba, was a Japanese actor and martial artist. Chiba was one of the first actors to achieve stardom through his skills in martial arts, initially in Japan and later before an international audience. Born in Fuku ...

(真一), also known as Sonny Chiba, a Japanese actor *

Shinichi Fujimura is a Japanese archaeologist who claimed he had found a large number of stone artifacts dating back to the Lower Paleolithic and Middle Paleolithic periods. These objects were later revealed to be forgeries. Success Fujimura was born in Kami, ...

(新一, born 1950), Japanese amateur archaeologist *, Japanese Zen Buddhist scholar, philosopher and tea master *, Japanese ice hockey player *

Shinichi Hoshi Shinichi Hoshi (星新一 ''Hoshi Shin'ichi'', September 6, 1926 – December 30, 1997) was a Japanese novelist and science fiction writer best known for his " short-short" science fiction stories, often no more than three or four pages in len ...

(新一, 1926–1997), Japanese novelist and science fiction writer *, Japanese physician and writer *

Shin'ichi Ishiwata is a Japanese scientist, a professor at Waseda University department of science and engineering physics course. His specialty is biophysics, particularly the mechanism of muscles and motor proteins. Since spectroscopic techniques for studying ...

(信一), Japanese scientist *

Shinichi Itoh born in Kakuda, Miyagi, Japan) is a retired professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He has raced extensively in Japanese and International championships. Ito has competed in the All Japan Road Race Championship, and won the Japanese 50 ...

(真一, born 1966), Japanese professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer *, Japanese ice hockey player *

Shinichi Kitaoka is a Japanese political scientist. He has held many roles such as the president of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), president of the International University of Japan, professor at Japan's GRIPS-Tokyo School of Security and I ...

(伸一, born 1948), Japanese professor of political science *

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 twi ...

(進一, born 1947), Japanese enka singer *, Japanese cyclist *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese shogi player *

Shinichi Sekizawa was a Japanese screenwriter noted for his immense contributions to several films by Ishirō Honda, including several classic Godzilla films. He also contributed material to the original ''Ultraman'' series and several Tōei Dōga films such as ' ...

(新一, 1921–1992), Japanese screenwriter *

Shinichi Shinohara is a retired Japanese judo and winner of the gold medal at the 1999 World Judo Championships in Birmingham. To Shinohara's disappointment, French champion David Douillet did not compete at Birmingham due to back injury; Shinohara was quoted as s ...

(信一, born 1973), Japanese judoka *

Shinichi Suzuki (violinist) was a Japanese musician, philosopher, and educator and the founder of the international Suzuki method of music education and developed a philosophy for educating people of all ages and abilities. An influential pedagogue in music education o ...

(鎮一, 1898–1998), Japanese violinist * Suzuki Shin'ichi I (真一, 1835–1918), Japanese photographer * Suzuki Shin'ichi II (真一, 1855–1912), Japanese photographer *, Japanese ski jumper *, Japanese photographer *, Japanese modern pentathlete *

Shinichi Tsutsumi is a Japanese stage and screen actor. Internationally, he is best known for his roles as Koichi Takagi in the ''Monday'' films, Tetsuya Ishigami in the ''Suspect X'' films, and Jo Sawashiro in '' Yakuza: Like a Dragon.'' In Japan, he is best kno ...

(真一, born 1964), Japanese stage and screen actor *

Shinichi Watanabe is a Japanese anime director and voice actor. He is best known for his over-the-top adaptation of Rikdo Koshi's ''Excel Saga'', in which he appears as the character Nabeshin. Watanabe stated that the nickname Nabeshin (a name blending of ...

(慎一, born 1964), Japanese anime director * Wakakirin Shinichi (真一, born 1983), Japanese sumo wrestler *

Shinichi Osawa , also known by his stage name Mondo Grosso, is a Japanese musician, DJ, record producer and composer currently signed onto Avex Trax's Rhythm Zone label. Previously he was signed to Sony Music Japan's FEARLESS RECORDS division and released alb ...

(伸一, born 1967), Japanese pop artist *

Shinichi Ishihara is a Japanese singer, voice actor and actor from Yamanashi Prefecture. He is famous for singing the theme songs of '' Guyver'', ''Kamen Rider Agito'' and '' Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGo-V'', among other theme songs as well as the entire soundtrack to ''J ...

(born 1960), anison singer and anime voice actor *

Shinichi Morishita is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. Club career Morishita was born in Shizuoka on 28 December 1960. After graduating from Tokyo University of Agriculture, he joined Yamaha Motors (later ''Júbilo Iwata'' ...

(born 1960), Japanese football player *

Shinichi Shuto is a former Japanese football player. Playing career Shuto was born in Oita Prefecture on June 8, 1983. He joined J1 League club Kashima Antlers from youth team in 2002. Although he played only 1 match in 2005 Emperor's Cup, he could only play t ...

(born 1983), Japanese football player

Fictional characters

* Shinichi Kudō (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 detective manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' since January 1994, with its ch ...

(Detective Conan) *

Shin'ichi Akiyama ''Liar Game'' (stylized as ''LIAR GAME'') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shinobu Kaitani. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Jump'' from February 2005 to January 2015. It was ada ...

, the male protagonist of the manga ''Liar game'' *

Shin'ichi Chiaki is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tomoko Ninomiya. It was serialized in Japan by Kodansha in the ''josei'' manga magazine ''Kiss'' from July 2001 to October 2009 and collected in 23 ''tankōbon'' volumes. A two-v ...

, the male protagonist of the manga ''Nodame Cantabile'' *Shinichi Izumi, the protagonist of the anime and manga series

Parasyte is a Japanese science fiction horror manga series written and illustrated by Hitoshi Iwaaki and published in Kodansha's ''Morning Open Zōkan'' and ''Monthly Afternoon'' magazine from 1988 to 1995. The manga was published in North Ame ...

*Shinichi Kuruma, The protagonist of the anime and manga series ''Majuu Sensen'' *Shinichi Nagata, a recurring character in Sword Art Online. *Shinichi, kitsune antagonist in the trilogy of books The Vampire Diaries: The Return * 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! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Take. It has been serialized through Niconico Seiga's ''Dra Dra Sharp'' website since December 2017 and collected in nine ''tankōbon'' volumes by Fujimi Shobo as of September 2022. In No ...

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