is a Japanese verb meaning or . It is a

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 ...

used by either sex. Shinobu is also the

dictionary form In morphology and lexicography, a lemma (plural ''lemmas'' or ''lemmata'') is the canonical form, dictionary form, or citation form of a set of word forms. In English, for example, ''break'', ''breaks'', ''broke'', ''broken'' and ''breaking'' a ...

of ''

shinobi A or was a covert agent or mercenary in feudal Japan. The functions of a ninja included reconnaissance, espionage, infiltration, deception, ambush, bodyguarding and their fighting skills in martial arts, including ninjutsu.Kawakami, pp. 21� ...

'' which can be combined with ''mono'' (者) to make ''shinobi no mono'' (忍びの者), an alternative name of

ninja A or was a covert agent or mercenary in feudal Japan. The functions of a ninja included reconnaissance In military operations, reconnaissance or scouting is the exploration of an area by military forces to obtain information about enem ...

Possible writings

Shinobu can be written using different

kanji are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script and 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 ...

characters and can mean: ;as a given name *忍, "endurance/perseverance/patience" *清信, "purify, belief" *志信, "intention, belief" ;as a male given name *信夫, "belief, man" The name can also be written in

hiragana is a Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''. It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' literally means "flowing" or "simple" kana ("simple" originally as contrast ...

katakana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived fr ...

, though hiragana is typically reserved for females and katakana for foreign-born Japanese.

People

Shinobu Adachi is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator from Tokyo, Japan. Filmography Anime Television ;1980s * ''The Wonderful Adventures of Nils'' (1980) – Gacho * '' Maicching Machiko-sensei'' (1981) – Hiromi * ''Urusei Yatsura'' (1981) * '' ...

(忍, born 1958), Japanese voice actress and actress *

Shinobu Asagoe is a Japanese former tennis player. She turned professional in 1997, and retired in 2006. Career 2000 was the first year in which she finished in the WTA top 100 (No. 72). At the US Open that year, she defeated Patty Schnyder, a top-50 playe ...

(しのぶ, born 1976), Japanese professional tennis player *

Shinobu Fukuhara is a retired Japanese baseball pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers The Hanshin Tigers (Japanese: 阪神タイガース ''Hanshin Taigāsu'') are a Nippon Professional Baseball team playing in the Central League. The team is based in Nishinomiya, H ...

(忍, born 1976), Japanese baseball pitcher *

Shinobu Hashimoto Shinobu Hashimoto ( ja, 橋本忍, ''Hashimoto Shinobu''; 18 April 1918 – 19 July 2018) was a Japanese screenwriter, film director and producer. A frequent collaborator of Akira Kurosawa, he wrote the scripts for such internationally acclaime ...

(忍, born 1918), Japanese screenwriter, director, and producer * Shinobu "Inoran" Inoue (清信, born 1970), Japanese rock musician *

Shinobu Ishihara Shinobu Ishihara (石原忍, ''Ishihara Shinobu'', Tokyo, September 25, 1879 – Izu Peninsula, January 3, 1963) was a Japanese ophthalmologist who created the Ishihara color test to detect colour blindness. He was an army surgeon. Early li ...

(忍, 1879–1963), Japanese ophthalmologist *

Shinobu Iwane is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 3-dan. Promotion history Iwane's promotion history is as follows. * 1-kyū: April 1, 2004 * 1-dan: April 1, 2005 * 2-dan: March 9, 2009 * 3-dan: February 22, 2016 Note: All ranks are w ...

professional shogi player A professional shogi player (将棋棋士 ''shōgi kishi'' or プロ棋士 ''puro kishi'' "professional player") is a shogi player who is usually a member of a professional guild of shogi players. There are two categories of professional player ...

Shinobu Ito is a former Japanese football player. Playing career Ito was born in Saitama Prefecture on May 7, 1983. After graduating from high school, he joined the J2 League club Cerezo Osaka in 2002. Cerezo won second place during the 2002 season an ...

(born 1983), former Japanese football player *

Shinobu Kandori is a retired Japanese wrestler and politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Yokohama, Kanagawa, she ran unsuccessfully for House of Councillors in 200 ...

(忍, born 1964), Japanese female wrestler and politician *

Shinobu Muraki was a Japanese production designer and art director. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction for her work in Akira Kurosawa's film '' Ran'' (1985). She was married to Yoshirō Muraki. Filmography (as production designe ...

(born 1923), Japanese production designer and art director *

Shinobu Nakayama is an actress and a former J-pop singer. The younger sister of singer and actress Miho Nakayama, she released her first single on 2 November 1988; her final release as a J-pop artist was on 1 March 1991. Nakayama was also a member of the short-l ...

(忍, born 1973), Japanese actress and a former J-pop singer *

Shinobu Ohno is a Japanese Association football, footballer who plays as a forward (association football), forward for Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara. She formerly played for the Japan women's national football team. Club career Ohno was born in Zama, Ka ...

(忍, born 1984), Japanese female football player *

Shinobu Ohtaka is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known for her manga works ''Sumomomo, Momomo'' and '' Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic''. Works Publication *''Sumomomo, Momomo'' (2004–2009) — Serialized in Square Enix's ''Young Gangan''. *'' Magi: The ...

(忍), Japanese manga artist *

Shinobu Orikuchi , also known as , was a Japanese ethnologist, linguist, folklorist, novelist, and poet. As a disciple of Kunio Yanagita, he established an original academic field named , which is a mixture of Japanese folklore, Japanese classics, and Shintō. He ...

(信夫, 1887–1953), Japanese ethnologist, linguist, folklorist, novelist, and poet *

Shinobu Otake is a Japanese actress. She has won three Japanese Academy Awards: the 2000 Best Actress award for '' Railroad Man'', and the 1979 awards for both Best Actress ('' The Incident'') and Best Supporting Actress (''Seishoku no ishibumi''). She also w ...

(しのぶ, born 1957), Japanese actress *

Shinobu Otowa is a Japanese enka singer. She was born as Chieko Yoshimura (吉村智恵子 ''Yoshimura Chieko'') in Shimonoseki is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. With a population of 265,684, it is the largest city in Yamaguchi Prefectu ...

(しのぶ, born 1977), Japanese enka singer *

Shinobu Sato Shinobu Sato (born June 5, 1955), is a Japanese classical artist. Shinobu debuted in 1988 with the tape '' Red Dragonfly: World Music on Guitar'', which was released on audio CD in 1992. His second major album, ''Little Signs of Autumn'' was re ...

(born 1955), Japanese classical artist *

Shinobu Satouchi is a Japanese voice actor best known as the voice of Fox McCloud in the Japanese version of Nintendo's Star Fox series and Super Smash Bros. series. He was also the voice of Giru in Dragon Ball GT. He works at Aoni Production. Notable roles ...

(信夫), Japanese voice actor *

Shinobu Sekine was a Japanese middleweight judoka. He won a gold medal at his only Olympics in 1972. Biography Sekine was born in Ōarai, Ibaraki, and entered the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department after graduating from Chuo University. He sought a spot on ...

(忍, born 1943), Japanese judoka *

Shinobu Tanno Shinobu Tanno (丹野忍 ''Tanno Shinobu'', born 1973) is a Japanese illustrator, born in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Tanno graduated in 1997 from Ritsumeikan University. Self-taught, Tanno has illustrated in a number of fields, from CD cover desi ...

(忍, born 1973), Japanese illustrator *

Shinobu Tsukasa , also known as , is a Japanese Yakuza, the sixth and current ''kumicho'' (supreme kingpin, or chairman) of the Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan's largest yakuza organization. Career Shinoda was born in Ōita, Kyushu.Shinobu Yaguchi is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He specializes in feel-good "zero to hero" films, where a group of people take up an unlikely activity, face a number of obstacles, but finally succeed. His film ''Waterboys'' was particularly succe ...

(史靖, born 1967), Japanese film director and screenwriter *

Shinobu Sugawara , better known mononymously by his ring name Shinobu, is a Japanese professional wrestler. He has worked in several promotions, in particular 666, Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) and Dragon Gate (DG). Professional wrestling career Sugawara start ...

, (菅原忍, born 1980, Japanese professional wrestler) *

Shinobu Wakanosato Wakanosato Shinobu (born Shinobu Kogawa; July 10, 1976) is a retired sumo wrestler from Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan. He made his debut in the top division in 1998, and his highest rank was ''sekiwake''. He holds the record for the most consecutive tour ...

(忍, born 1976), Japanese professional sumo wrestler *

Shinobu Kaitani is a Japanese manga artist. His most notable works are '' One Outs'' and ''Liar Game''. Shinobu is from Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture. He graduated from Kagoshima Prefectural Konan High School and from Department of Electronics Engineerin ...

(born 1967), manga artist and a recipient of the 1991 Tezuka Award * Shinobu Kitamoto (born 1977), Japanese sprint canoer *

Shinobu Terajima is a Japanese actress. Her feature films include '' Akame 48 Waterfalls'' (2003) and '' Vibrator'' (2003). For her role in ''Caterpillar'' (2010), Terajima won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 60th Berlin Film Festival while her performan ...

(born 1972), Japanese actress *

Shinobu Ikeda is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. He also managed Japan women's national team. Club career Ikeda was born in Shizuoka Prefecture on January 5, 1962. After graduating from Shizuoka Gakuen High School, h ...

(born 1962), Japanese footballer

Characters

* Shinobu Kuki, a character in the video game ''

Genshin Impact ''Genshin Impact'' is an action role-playing game developed and published by miHoYo. It was released for Android (operating system), Android, iOS, PlayStation 4, and Windows in 2020, on PlayStation 5 in 2021, and is set for release on Nintendo ...

'' *

Shinobu Oshino is a Japanese verb meaning or . It is a Japanese given name used by either sex. Shinobu is also the dictionary form of ''shinobi'' which can be combined with ''mono'' (者) to make ''shinobi no mono'' (忍びの者), an alternative name of nin ...

(忍), a character in the light novel and anime series ''Monogatari'' *

Shinobu Jacobs is a 2007 action-adventure video game for the Wii. It was developed by Grasshopper Manufacture and published by Marvelous Entertainment, Ubisoft, and Rising Star Games. The game was directed, designed, and written by Goichi Suda, also known by his ...

(シノブ), a character in the video game ''No More Heroes'' *Shinobu Handa, a character in the anime and manga series ''

Shōjo Sect is a Japanese adult yuri manga series written and illustrated by Kenn Kurogane. The manga was serialized in the adult manga magazine ''Comic MegaStore'' from June 17, 2003, to June 17, 2005, and was later released as two bound volumes. A li ...

'' *Shinobu Ijūin (忍), a character in the manga and anime series ''

Haikara-san ga Tōru , also known as ''Smart-san'' or ''Mademoiselle Anne'', is a Japanese shōjo manga series by Waki Yamato. It was serialized by Kodansha in the magazine ''Shōjo Friend'' from 1975 to 1977. The title can be literally translated into E ...

'' * Shinobu Kagurazaka (忍), a character in the manga and anime series ''Tenjho Tenge'' *

Shinobu Maehara This is a list of fictional characters in the anime and manga series ''Love Hina'' created by Ken Akamatsu. The character names are listed in Western order, with the given name before the family name. ''Note'' because the story spans over sev ...

(しのぶ), a character in the manga and anime series ''

Love Hina is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ken Akamatsu. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from October 1998 to October 2001, with the chapters collected into 14 ''tankōbon'' volumes by Kodansha. The ...

'' *

Shinobu Miyake The ''Urusei Yatsura'' manga series features a large ensemble cast of characters created by Rumiko Takahashi. It tells the story of Japanese teenager Ataru Moroboshi, and the alien Lum, who believes she is Ataru's wife after he accidentally pr ...

(しのぶ), a character in the manga and anime series ''

Urusei Yatsura is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from September 1978 to February 1987. Its 366 individual chapters were published in 34 ''tankōbon'' volum ...

'' *Shinobu Morita (忍), a character in the manga, anime, and TV drama series ''

Honey and Clover is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Chica Umino. It was serialized in Takarajimasha's ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''Cutie Comic'' from 2000 to 2001, before being transferred to Shueisha's ''josei'' (aimed at younger ad ...

'' *Shinobu Kamiki (上喜しのぶ) a character in the Mobile Games and anime series '' Princess Connect! Re:Dive'' *Shinobu Kocho (しのぶ), a supporting character in the manga and anime series ''

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Koyoharu Gotouge. It follows teenage Tanjiro Kamado, who strives to become a demon slayer after his family was slaughtered and his younger sister, Nezuko Kamado, Nezuko, turned into a ...

.'' * Shinobu Sensui (忍), a character from the anime and manga series ''YuYu Hakusho'' *Shinobu (忍), a ninja trainee in "2x2 Shinobuden", aka ''

Ninja Nonsense , also known as ''2×2 = Shinobuden'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ryoichi Koga. The series subtitle is ''"The Nonsense Kunoichi Fiction"''. The manga was serialized in MediaWorks' ''Dengeki Daioh'' magazine between ...

'' *Shinobu, a

chinchilla Chinchillas are either of two species (''Chinchilla chinchilla'' and ''Chinchilla lanigera'') of crepuscular rodents of the parvorder Caviomorpha. They are slightly larger and more robust than ground squirrels, and are native to the Andes mount ...

on the animated sitcom

Bob's Burgers ''Bob's Burgers'' is an American adult animated sitcom created by Loren Bouchard that premiered on Fox on January 9, 2011. The show centers on the Belcher family—parents Bob and Linda and their three children, Tina, Gene, and Louise—who r ...

*Shinobu Takeda, a fictional character that appears in the comic book series ''

W.I.T.C.H. ''W.I.T.C.H.'' (stylised as ''W.i.t.c.h.'') is an Italian fantasy Disney comics series created by Elisabetta Gnone, Alessandro Barbucci, and Barbara Canepa. The series features a group of five teenage girls who become the guardians of the classi ...

'' *Shinobu Takatsuki, a character in the anime and manga series ''

Junjo Romantica is a Japanese boys love manga series by Shungiku Nakamura. It focuses on four storylines: the main couple, which comprises the bulk of the books, and three other male couples that provide ongoing side stories ("Junjo Egoist", "Junjo Terro ...

'' *Shinobu Fujiwara (藤原忍), a character in the anime series ''

Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God is a Super Robot anime television series produced by Ashi Productions, directed by Seiji Okuda and written by Keisuke Fujikawa. It ran on TBS for 38 episodes from 5 April 1985 to 27 December 1985. The TV anime was licensed by Central ...

'' *Captain

Shinobu Nagumo This is a character guide to the manga and anime series ''Mobile Police Patlabor''. Characters Section 2 Division 2 ; : :English voice actors: Michael Schwartz (Central Park Media, TV/OVA), Peter Marinker (Manga, Movies 1-2), Roger C. Smit ...

, a character in ''Mobile Police Patlabor'' *Shinobu Kawajiri (しのぶ), a minor character in the manga and anime series '' Diamond is Unbreakable.'' *

Shinobu Sengoku is a Japanese verb meaning or . It is a Japanese given name used by either sex. Shinobu is also the Lemma (morphology), dictionary form of ''shinobi'' which can be combined with ''mono'' (者) to make ''shinobi no mono'' (忍びの者), an alt ...

, a character from the game ''

Ensemble Stars Ensemble may refer to: Art * Architectural ensemble * ''Ensemble'' (album), Kendji Girac 2015 album * Ensemble (band), a project of Olivier Alary * Ensemble cast (drama, comedy) * Ensemble (musical theatre), also known as the chorus * ''E ...

References

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