is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: * Shinji Aoba (真司), perpetrator of the 2019 Kyoto Animation arson attack * Shinji Aoyama (真治), a Japanese film director * Shinji Aramaki (伸志), a Japanese anime director and mechanical designer * Shinji Hashimoto (真司), a Japanese game producer * Shinji Harada (真二), a Japanese pop music artist * Shinji Higuchi (真嗣), a Japanese storyboard artist * Shinji Hosoe (慎治), a Japanese composer * Shinji Hosokawa (伸二), a Japanese judoka * Shinji Inoue (信治), a Japanese politician * Shinji Ishihira (信司), a Japanese director * Shinji Kagawa (真司), a Japanese football player * Shinji Kajio (真治), a Japanese author of science fiction and fantasy * Shinji Kawada (紳司), a Japanese voice actor * Shinji Kazama (深志), a Japanese motorcyclist *, Japanese footballer and manager * Shinji Maejima (信次), a Japanese Orientalist * Shinji Maki (伸二), a Japanese comedian * Shinji Mikami (真司), a Japanese video game designer * Shinji Mizui (伸次), a Japanese musician * Shinji Mizushima (新司), a Japanese manga artist * Shinji Miyadai (真司), a Japanese sociologist * Shinji Miyazaki (慎二), a Japanese composer/arranger * Shinji Mori (慎二), a Japanese baseball pitcher * Shinji Morisue (慎二), a Japanese gymnast and tarento * Shinji Nakae (真司), a Japanese voice actor * Shinji Nakano (信治), a Japanese racing driver *, Japanese long jumper * Shinji Okazaki (慎司), a Japanese football player * Shinji Ono (伸二), a Japanese football player * Shinji Orito (伸治), a Japanese musical composer *, Japanese sailor *, Japanese baseball player * Shinji Sogō (十河信二), creator of the Shinkansen high-speed rail system * Shinji Sōmai (相米慎二), a Japanese film director * Shinji Takahashi (disambiguation), multiple people **, Japanese baseball player **, Japanese religious leader **, Japanese sport shooter **, Japanese volleyball player * Shinji Takamatsu (信司), anime director for Gin Tama * Shinji Takao (紳路), a Japanese professional Go player * Shinji Takeda (真治), a Japanese actor and saxophonist * Shinji Takehara (慎二), a Japanese professional boxer * Shinji Takahira (慎士), a Japanese sprinter * Shinji Tanimura (新司), a Japanese singer-songwriter *, Japanese footballer * Shinji Tsujio (真二), a Japanese football player * Shinji Turner-Yamamoto, a Japanese environmental artist * Shinji Udaka (伸次), a Japanese baseball player * Shinji Wada (慎二), a Japanese manga artist * Shinji Yamamoto (伸二), a Japanese handball player *, Japanese water polo player

Fictional characters

*Shinji, from '' Kids Return'' *Shinji, from '' Texhnolyze'' *Shinji, an antagonist of the manga '' Digimon Chronicle'', partnered with Omnimon X *Shinji, the Japanese name of Paul from '' Pokémon'' *Shinji Hirako, from '' Bleach'' *Shinji Ibu, a regular for the Fudomine Middle School tennis team in the '' The Prince of Tennis'' series * Shinji Ikari, from '' Neon Genesis Evangelion'' * Shinji Inui, from '' Initial D'' *Shinji Itou, a supporting character in the visual novel and anime '' Chaos;Child'' *Shinji Kamuro, from '' Mob Psycho 100'' *Shinji Kasai, the Ultimate Firefighter, from the '' Danganronpa'' series *Shinji Kido, the title hero from '' Kamen Rider Ryuki'' *Shinji Koganei, from '' Kuroko's Basketball'' *Shinji Kubo, the protagonist of the Yukio Mishima novel '' The Sound of Waves'' *Shinji Matou, from '' Fate/Stay Night'' *Shinji Mimura, from '' Battle Royale'' *Shinji Nakagawa, from '' Megazone 23'' *Shinji Nishiya/Kamui Woods, from '' My Hero Academia'' *Shinji Tanaka, from '' Yakuza'' *Shinji Watari, from '' Haikyuu!!'' *Shinji Webber, from '' Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V'' *Shinji Yoshimatsu, from '' Lycoris Recoil''

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See also