Shin'ichi

Shin'ichi
Shin'ichi Chiba (Sonny Chiba), an actor
Pronunciation	shin-íchí
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/Name	Japanese
Meaning	It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used
Region of origin	Japanese
Other names
Related names	Shin Shinji Ken'ichi Jun'ichi

Shin'ichi or Shinichi is a very common masculine Japanese given name. Shin and ichi are separated and it is pronounced [ɕiɴitɕi].

Possible writings

Different kanji that are pronounced "shin" (しん^?)

are combined with the kanji for "one" (一, ichi, いち)" 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"

The names share the same furigana: しんいち.

Places

• Shin'ichi, Hiroshima (新市), a former town and now a neighborhood of Fukuyama city, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
  • Shin-ichi Station, a station in Shin'ichi

People

with the given name Shin'ichi

• Shinichi Aoki (紳一, born 1965), Japanese professional Go player
• Shinichi Chiba (真一), also known as Sonny Chiba, a Japanese actor
• Shinichi Fujimura (新一, born 1950), Japanese amateur archaeologist
• Shinichi Hoshi (新一, 1926–1997), Japanese novelist and science fiction writer
• Shin'ichi Ishiwata (信一), Japanese scientist
• Shinichi Itoh (真一, born 1966), Japanese professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
• Shinichi Kitaoka (伸一, born 1948), Japanese professor of political science
• Shinichi Mori (進一, born 1947), Japanese enka singer
• Shinichi Sato (真一, born 1965), Japanese professional baseball player
• Shinichi Sekizawa (新一, 1921–1992), Japanese screenwriter
• Shinichi Shinohara (信一, born 1973), Japanese judoka
• Shinichi Suzuki (violinist) (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
• Shin'ichi Tanaka (新一), a Japanese photographer
• Shinichi Tsutsumi (真一, born 1964), Japanese stage and screen actor
• Shinichi Watanabe (慎一, born 1964), Japanese anime director
• Wakakirin Shinichi (真一, born 1983), Japanese sumo wrestler
• Shinichi Osawa (伸一), Japanese pop artist
• Shinichi Ishihara (born 1960), anison singer and anime voice actor
• Shinichi Morishita (born 1960), Japanese football player
• Shinichi Shuto (born 1983), Japanese football player

Characters

• Shin'ichi Kudō (新一), the main protagonist of the anime and manga series Case Closed
• Shin'ichi Akiyama, the male protagonist of the manga Liar game
• Shin'ichi Chiaki, the male protagonist of the manga Nodame Cantabile
• Shinichi, kitsune antagonist in the trilogy of books The Vampire Diaries: The Return

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