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

kanji are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are still used, along with the subsequ ...

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 is a Japanese professional Go player. Biography Shinichi is the older brother of female 8 dan go player, Kikuyo Aoki. He studied under Yasuro Kikuchi was a Japanese amateur Go player. Biography Kikuchi founded the prestigious ''Ryokuse ...

(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, M ...

(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 le ...

(新一, 1926–1997), Japanese novelist and science fiction writer *, Japanese physician and writer * Shin'ichi Ishiwata (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 5 ...

(真一, born 1966), Japanese professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer *, Japanese ice hockey player * Shinichi Kitaoka (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 (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) (鎮一, 1898–1998), Japanese violinist *

Suzuki Shin'ichi I was the older Japanese photographer of that name. Suzuki was born as the third son of a family named Takahashi) in Iwashina () (now Matsuzaki, Shizuoka) in July 1835. Both his parents died when he was young, and in 1854 he moved into the Suzu ...

(真一, 1835–1918), Japanese photographer *

Suzuki Shin'ichi II was the younger of two Japanese photographers to bear that name. Suzuki's original name was Okamoto Keizō and he was born in Izu. From an early age he enjoyed drawing and painting, and at thirteen or fourteen he set off for Yokohama determine ...

(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 kn ...

(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 (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 cha ...

(Detective Conan) * Shin'ichi Akiyama, the male protagonist of the manga ''Liar game'' * Shin'ichi Chiaki, 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 Amer ...

*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!'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Shinichi Japanese masculine given names