Shintarō

Shintarō is any of several Japanese male given names. They consist of a prefix followed by "tarō", which alone is a name common among first sons. Prefixes carry additional meaning, such as "new"; many of these can stand alone as a given name. Possible writings include: 新太郎, 慎太郎, 信太郎, 真太郎, 晋太郎.

Real people who have used the name include:


 * Shintaro Abe (安倍 晋太郎), Japanese politician
 * Shintarō Arakawa (荒川 慎太郎), Japanese linguist
 * Shintarō Asanuma (浅沼 晋太郎), Japanese scriptwriter, director, actor, voice actor
 * Shintaro Ejiri (江尻 慎太郎), Hokkaidō Nippon Ham Fighters baseball player
 * Shintaro Fujinami (藤浪 晋太郎), Japanese baseball player for the Oakland Athletics
 * Shintarō Fujiyama (藤山 新太郎), Japanese magician
 * Shintarō Hashimoto (橋本 信太郎), Japanese admiral
 * Shintarō Hirase (平瀬 信太郎), Japanese malacologist
 * Shintarō Hirose (広瀬 新太郎), former baseball player for Yokohama Taiyō Whales and other teams
 * Shintaro Ikeda (池田 信太郎), Japanese badminton player
 * Shintaro Ishihara (石原 慎太郎), former Tokyo governor
 * Shintaro Ito (伊藤 信太郎), Japanese politician
 * Shintarō Kaidō (皆藤 慎太郎), TBS announcer
 * Shintaro Katsu (勝 新太郎), Japanese actor
 * Shintaro Kimura (木村 慎太郎), Japanese sprinter
 * Shintaro Nago (名古 新太郎), Japanese footballer
 * Nakaoka Shintarō (中岡 慎太郎), Japanese samurai
 * Shintarō Saitō (斎藤 慎太郎), Japanese shogi player
 * Shintaro Sakamoto (坂本 慎太郎), Japanese musician
 * Shintaro Shimizu (清水 慎太郎), Japanese footballer
 * Shintarō Suzuki (鈴木 信太郎), Japanese politician
 * Shintaro Tsuji (辻 信太郎), Japanese entrepreneur
 * Shintaro Uda (宇田 新太郎), Japanese inventor
 * Shintaro Yamada (山田 親太朗), Japanese model, actor and singer
 * Shintaro Yamada (businessman) (山田 進太郎), Japanese businessman
 * Yamashita Shintarō (山下 新太郎), Japanese painter
 * Shintaro Yoshida (由田 慎太郎), Japanese baseball player
 * Shintaro Yoshitake (吉武 真太郎), Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks baseball player

Fictional characters

 * Akikusa Shintaro, the nom de guerre of the lead character from the cult 1960s Japanese TV series The Samurai
 * Shintarō Kisaragi (如月 伸太郎), protagonist of the anime, light novels, manga series Kagerou Project, also known as Mekakucity Actors
 * Shintarou Natsume (夏目 慎太郎), character from the Beelzebub manga and anime series
 * Shintarō Midorima (緑間 真太郎), character from the Kuroko's Basketball manga and anime series