Shin'ichi

Shin'ichi or Shinichi (しんいち, シンイチ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Shin and ichi are separated and it is pronounced.

Possible writings
Different kanji that are pronounced "shin" (しん) are combined with the kanji for "one" (一)" 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 (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
 * Shin'ichi Hisamatsu (久松 真一), Japanese Zen Buddhist scholar, philosopher and tea master
 * Shinichi Honma (本間 信一), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Shinichi Hoshi (新一, 1926–1997), Japanese novelist and science fiction writer
 * Shinichi Ikejiri (池尻 愼一), Japanese physician and writer
 * Shin'ichi Ishiwata (信一), Japanese scientist
 * Shinichi Itoh (真一, born 1966), Japanese professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
 * Shinichi Iwasaki (岩崎 伸一), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Shinichi Kitaoka (伸一, born 1948), Japanese professor of political science
 * Shinichi Mori (進一, born 1947), Japanese enka singer
 * Shinichi Ota (太田 真一), Japanese cyclist
 * Shinichi Sato (baseball) (佐藤 真一), Japanese baseball player
 * Shinichi Sato (footballer) (佐藤 真一), Japanese footballer
 * Shin'ichi Satō (shogi) (佐藤 慎一), Japanese shogi 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
 * Shinichi Tanaka (田中 信一), Japanese ski jumper
 * Shin'ichi Tanaka (photographer) (田中 新一), Japanese photographer
 * Shinichi Tomii (富井 慎一), Japanese modern pentathlete
 * 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, born 1967), 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

Fictional characters

 * Shinichi Kudō (新一) in the US Version named Jimmy Kudo, the main protagonist of the anime and manga series Case Closed (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
 * 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!
 * Shin'ichi Susuki, the protagonist of YOU and ME and HER: A Love Story