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. Japanese names are usually written in kanji, where the pronunciation follows a special set of rules. Because parents when naming children, and foreigners when adoptin ...

used by either sex. Shinobu is also the

dictionary form In morphology and lexicography, a lemma (: 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'' are forms of the ...

of ''

shinobi A , or was a spy and infiltrator in pre-modern Japan. The functions of a ninja included siege and infiltration, ambush, reconnaissance, espionage, deception, and later bodyguarding.Kawakami, pp. 21–22 Antecedents may have existed as ear ...

'', 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 spy and infiltrator in pre-modern Japan. The functions of a ninja included siege and infiltration, ambush, reconnaissance, espionage, deception, and later bodyguarding.Kawakami, pp. 21–22 Antecedents may have existed as ear ...

Written forms

Shinobu can be written using different

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

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 language, Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''. It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' means "common" or "plain" kana (originally also "easy", ...

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 (忍, born 1976), Japanese baseball pitcher *

Shinobu Hashimoto Shinobu Hashimoto (, ''Hashimoto Shinobu''; 18 April 1918 – 19 July 2018) was a Japanese screenwriter, director and producer. A frequent collaborator of Akira Kurosawa, he wrote the scripts for critically acclaimed films such as ''Rashomon'' an ...

(忍, 1918-2018), Japanese screenwriter, director, and producer * Shinobu "Inoran" Inoue (清信, born 1970), Japanese rock musician *

Shinobu Ishihara was a Japanese ophthalmologist who created the Ishihara color test to detect colour blindness. He was an military medicine, army surgeon. Early life and career Ishihara graduated from medicine in 1905 on a military scholarship and immediately j ...

(忍, 1879–1963), Japanese ophthalmologist * Shinobu Iwane,

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 playe ...

* Shinobu Ito (born 1983), former Japanese football player *

Shinobu Kandori is a Japanese politician, professional wrestler and retired judoka. She serves as a member of the House of Councillors, representing the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Yokohama, Kanagawa, she ran unsuccessfully for the House of Coun ...

(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 was a Japanese filmmaker who List of works by Akira Kurosawa, directed 30 feature films i ...

(1923–1997), Japanese production designer and art director *

Shinobu Nakayama is a Japanese actress and a former J-pop singer. She released her first single on 2 November 1988; her final release as a J-pop artist was on 1 March 1991. She acted in '' Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II'' (1993), ''Fist of Legend'' (1994), '' Game ...

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

Shinobu Ohno is a Japanese former footballer who played as a forward. She formerly played for the Japan national team. Club career Ohno was born in Zama on 23 January 1984. She played for Nippon TV Beleza from 1999 to 2010. In 12 seasons, she played 192 ...

(忍, born 1984), Japanese female football player * Shinobu Ohtaka (忍), Japanese manga artist *

Shinobu Orikuchi , also known as , was a Japanese people, Japanese ethnologist, linguistics, 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, Jap ...

(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 for '' The Incident'', and Best Supporting Actress for ''Seishoku no ishibumi''. She ...

(しのぶ, born 1957), Japanese actress * Shinobu Otowa (しのぶ, born 1977), Japanese enka singer * Shinobu Sato (born 1955), Japanese classical artist * Shinobu Satouchi (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, 1943–2018), 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 and 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 succ ...

(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 starte ...

, (菅原忍, born 1980, Japanese professional wrestler) * Shinobu Wakanosato (忍, born 1976), Japanese professional sumo wrestler *

Shinobu Kaitani is a Japanese manga artist. He is known for his works, ''One Outs'' and '' Liar Game''. Early life Kaitani is from Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture. He graduated from Kagoshima Prefectural Konan High School and from Department of Electron ...

(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 perform ...

(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, he ...

(born 1962), Japanese footballer

Characters

*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 Chinchilla refers to either of two species ('' Chinchilla chinchilla'' and '' Chinchilla lanigera'') of crepuscular rodents of the parvorder Caviomorpha, and are native to the Andes mountains in South America. They live in colonies called "her ...

on the animated sitcom

Bob's Burgers ''Bob's Burgers'' is an American animated sitcom created by Loren Bouchard for the Fox Broadcasting Company. It is centered on the Belcher family—parents Bob Belcher, Bob and Linda Belcher, Linda and their three children, Tina Belcher, Tina, G ...

*Shinobu Handa, a character in the anime and manga series '' Shōjo Sect'' *Shinobu Ijūin (忍), a character in the manga and anime series '' Haikara-san ga Tōru'' *Shinobu Inuyose, a character from the music media franchise ''

D4DJ ''D4DJ'' (''Dig Delight Direct Drive DJ'') is a Japanese music media franchise created by Bushiroad, with original story by Kō Nakamura. Takaaki Kidani is credited as executive producer. It consists primarily of live disc jockey performa ...

'' * Shinobu Jacobs (シノブ), a character in the video game ''No More Heroes'' * 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 several ...

(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 volumes by Kodansha. The series tells ...

'' * Shinobu Miyake (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 collected 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 manga magazine ''Cutie Comic'' from 2000 to 2001, before being transferred to Shueisha's manga magazines '' Young You'' (2001 ...

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

Diamond is Unbreakable is the fourth main story arc of the Japanese manga series ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'', written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' for a little more than years, from May 4, 1992, to D ...

.'' *Shinobu Kocho (しのぶ), a supporting character in the manga and anime series '' Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba.'' * Shinobu Oshino (忍), a character in the light novel and anime series ''Monogatari'' *Shinobu Sarutobi, a character from the light novel series '' High School Prodigies Have It Easy Even in Another World'' *Shinobu Sengoku, a character from the game franchise ''

Ensemble Stars! is a Japanese game franchise developed by Cacalia Studio and published by Happy Elements K.K., the Japanese division of the Chinese company Happy Elements. It is a spin-off of the 2012 game '' Ensemble Girls!'' It was first released as a li ...

'' * Shinobu Sensui (忍), a character from the anime and manga series ''YuYu Hakusho'' *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 Terr ...

'' *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 P ...

'' *Captain Shinobu Nagumo, a character in ''Mobile Police Patlabor'' *Kuki Shinobu, a character in 2020 video game ''

Genshin Impact ''Genshin Impact'' is a 2020 action role-playing game produced by MiHoYo, MiHoYo/HoYoverse. The game features an anime-style open world environment and an action-based Role-playing battle systems, battle system using Classical element, element ...

References

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