Shintarō is any of several Japanese male

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s. They consist of a prefix followed by "tarō", which alone is a name common among first sons. Prefixes carry additional meaning, such as "new"; many of these can stand alone as a given name. Possible writings include: 新太郎, 慎太郎, 信太郎, 真太郎, 晋太郎. Real people who have used the name include: *, Japanese politician *, Japanese linguist *, Japanese scriptwriter, director, actor, voice actor *,

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baseball player *, Japanese baseball player for the

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*, Japanese

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*, Japanese admiral *, Japanese malacologist *, former baseball player for Yokohama Taiyō Whales and other teams *, Japanese badminton player *, former Tokyo governor *, Japanese politician *, TBS announcer *, Japanese actor *, Japanese sprinter *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese musician *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese politician *, Japanese entrepreneur *, Japanese inventor *, Japanese model, actor and singer *, Japanese businessman *, Japanese painter *, Japanese baseball player *, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks baseball playerYoshitake Shintaro baseball profile

Fictional characters

Akikusa Shintaro ''The Samurai'' is a Japanese historical fiction television series made by Senkosha Productions during the early 1960s. Its original Japanese title was . The series premiered in 1962 on TBS and ran continuously until 1965 for ten self-contained st ...

, the

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of the lead character from the cult 1960s Japanese TV series '' The Samurai'' *, protagonist of the anime, light novels, manga series '' Kagerou Project'', also known as

Mekakucity Actors The , also known as or "Kagerou Days", is a Japanese mixed-media project. It started as a Vocaloid song series created by . The story revolves around the Mekakushi Dan, a group of young people with unusual eye-related powers. The franch ...

*, character from the '' Beelzebub'' manga and anime series

References

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