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.
Written forms
Forms in kanji can include:新太郎, 慎太郎, 信太郎, 真太郎, 晋太郎.
Notable people
- Shintaro Abe, Japanese politician
- Shintarō Arakawa, Japanese linguist
- Shintarō Asanuma, Japanese scriptwriter, director, actor, voice actor
- Shintaro Ejiri, Hokkaidō Nippon Ham Fighters baseball player
- Shintaro Fujinami, Japanese baseball player for the Oakland Athletics
- , Japanese stage magician
- Shintarō Hashimoto, Japanese admiral
- Shintarō Hirase, Japanese malacologist
- , baseball player for Yokohama Taiyō Whales and other teams
- Shintaro Ikeda, Japanese badminton player
- Shintaro Ishihara, Tokyo governor
- Shintaro Ito, Japanese politician
- , TBS announcer
- Shintaro Katsu, Japanese actor
- Shintaro Kimura, Japanese sprinter
- Shintaro Nago, Japanese footballer
- Nakaoka Shintarō, Japanese samurai
- Shintarō Saitō, Japanese shogi player
- Shintaro Sakamoto, Japanese musician
- Shintaro Shimizu, Japanese footballer
- Shintarō Suzuki, Japanese politician
- Shintaro Tsuji, Japanese entrepreneur
- Shintaro Uda, Japanese inventor
- Shintaro Yamada, Japanese model, actor and singer
- Shintaro Yamada (businessman), Japanese businessman
- Yamashita Shintarō, Japanese painter
- Shintaro Yoshida, Japanese baseball player
- Shintaro Yoshitake, 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, protagonist of the anime, light novels, manga series Kagerou Project, also known as Mekakucity Actors
- List of Beelzebub characters#Tōhōshinki, character from the Beelzebub manga and anime series
- Shintarō Midorima, character from the Kuroko's Basketball manga and anime series