Shinji

• Shinji Aoba, perpetrator of the 2019 Kyoto Animation arson attack
• Shinji Aoyama, a Japanese film director
• Shinji Aramaki, a Japanese anime director and mechanical designer
• Shinji Hashimoto, a Japanese game producer
• Shinji Harada, a Japanese pop music artist
• Shinji Higuchi, a Japanese storyboard artist
• Shinji Hosoe, a Japanese composer
• Shinji Hosokawa, a Japanese judoka
• Shinji Inoue, a Japanese politician
• Shinji Ishihira, a Japanese director
• Shinji Kagawa, a Japanese football player
• Shinji Kajio, a Japanese author of science fiction and fantasy
• Shinji Kawada, a Japanese voice actor
• Shinji Kazama, a Japanese motorcyclist
• Shinji Kobayashi, Japanese footballer and manager
• Shinji Maejima, a Japanese Orientalist
• Shinji Maki, a Japanese comedian
• Shinji Mikami, a Japanese video game designer
• Shinji Mizui, a Japanese musician
• Shinji Mizushima, a Japanese manga artist
• Shinji Miyadai, a Japanese sociologist
• Shinji Miyazaki, a Japanese composer/arranger
• Shinji Mori, a Japanese baseball pitcher
• Shinji Morisue, a Japanese gymnast and tarento
• Shinji Nakae, a Japanese voice actor
• Shinji Nakano, a Japanese racing driver
• Shinji Ogura, Japanese long jumper
• Shinji Okazaki, a Japanese football player
• Shinji Ono, a Japanese football player
• Shinji Orito, a Japanese musical composer
• Shinji Otsu, Japanese sailor
• Shinji Shimoyama, Japanese baseball player
• Shinji Sogō, creator of the Shinkansen high-speed rail system
• Shinji Sōmai, a Japanese film director
• Shinji Takahashi, multiple people
• *Shinji Takahashi, Japanese baseball player
• *Shinji Takahashi, Japanese religious leader
• *Shinji Takahashi, Japanese sport shooter
• *Shinji Takahashi, Japanese volleyball player
• Shinji Takamatsu, anime director for Gin Tama
• Shinji Takao, a Japanese professional Go player
• Shinji Takeda, a Japanese actor and saxophonist
• Shinji Takehara, a Japanese professional boxer
• Shinji Takahira, a Japanese sprinter
• Shinji Tanimura, a Japanese singer-songwriter
• Shinji Tominari, Japanese footballer
• Shinji Tsujio, a Japanese football player
• Shinji Turner-Yamamoto, a Japanese environmental artist
• Shinji Udaka, a Japanese baseball player
• Shinji Wada, a Japanese manga artist
• Shinji Yamamoto, a Japanese handball player
• Shinji Yamasaki, 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 fangame “Danganronpa: Another 2”, based on the Danganronpa series
• Shinji Kazama, from Talentless Nana
• 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''