Shinji

Shinji (しんじ, シンジ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:


 * Shinji Aoyama (真治), a Japanese film director
 * Shinji Aramaki (伸志), a Japanese anime director and mechanical designer
 * Shinji Hashimoto, a Japanese game producer
 * Shinji Harada, 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, 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, a Japanese motorcyclist
 * Shinji Kobayashi (小林 伸二), 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, a Japanese musician
 * Shinji Mizushima (新司), a Japanese manga artist
 * Shinji Miyadai (真司), a Japanese sociologist
 * Shinji Miyazaki, 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
 * Shinji Ogura (小倉 新司), 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
 * Shinji Otsu (大津 真二), Japanese sailor
 * Shinji Shimoyama (下山 真二), 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
 * Shinji Takahashi (baseball) (高橋 信二), Japanese baseball player
 * Shinji Takahashi (religious leader) (高橋 信次), Japanese religious leader
 * Shinji Takahashi (sport shooter) (高橋 信司), Japanese sport shooter
 * Shinji Takahashi (volleyball) (髙橋 慎治), Japanese volleyball player
 * Shinji Takamatsu, 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
 * Shinji Tominari (冨成 慎司), 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 Yamaguchi (山口 真司), Japanese footballer
 * Shinji Yamamoto (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Shinji Yamasaki (山崎 慎次), Japanese water polo player

Fictional characters

 * Shinji Ikari, of Neon Genesis Evangelion
 * Shinji Itou, a supporting character in the visual novel and anime Chaos;Child
 * Shinji, from Texhnolyze
 * Shinji, an antagonist of the manga Digimon Chronicle, partnered with Omnimon X
 * Shinji, Japanese name of Paul from Pokémon
 * Shinji Hirako, from Bleach
 * Shinji Ibu, a regular for the Fudomine Middle School tennis team in the Prince of Tennis manga and anime
 * Shinji Kamuro, from Mob Psycho 100
 * Shinji Kido, the title hero from Kamen Rider Ryuki
 * Shinji Kasai, the Ultimate Firefighter, from Danganronpa Another 2: Moon of Hope and Sun of Despair
 * Shinji Kubo, the protagonist of the Yukio Mishima novel The Sound of Waves
 * Shinji Mimura, from Battle Royale
 * Shinji Matō, from Fate/Stay Night
 * Shinji Nakagawa in Megazone 23
 * Shinji Tanaka, from Yakuza
 * Shinji Webber, from Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V
 * Shinji Inui, from Initial D
 * Shinji Watari, from Haikyuu!!
 * Shinji Koganei, from Kuroko's Basketball
 * Shinji Nishiya, from My Hero Academia
 * Shinji, from Kids Return