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 (安倍晋太郎, 1924–1991), Japanese politician
Shintarō Arakawa (荒川慎太郎, born 1971), Japanese linguist
Shintarō Asanuma (浅沼晋太郎, born 1976), Japanese scriptwriter, director, actor, voice actor
Shintaro Ejiri (江尻慎太郎, born 1977), Hokkaidō Nippon Ham Fighters baseball player
Shintaro Fujinami (藤浪晋太郎, born 1994), Japanese baseball player for the Oakland Athletics
Shintarō Fujiyama [ja] (藤山新太郎, born 1954), Japanese stage magician
Shintarō Hashimoto (橋本信太郎, 1892–1945), Japanese admiral
Shintarō Hirase (平瀬信太郎, 1884–1939), Japanese malacologist
Shintarō Hirose [ja] (広瀬新太郎, born 1962), baseball player for Yokohama Taiyō Whales and other teams
Shintaro Ikeda (池田信太郎, born 1980), Japanese badminton player
Shintaro Ishihara (石原慎太郎, 1932–2022), Tokyo governor^[1]
Shintaro Ito (伊藤信太郎, born 1953), Japanese politician
Shintarō Kaidō [ja] (皆藤慎太郎, born 1968), TBS announcer
Shintaro Katsu (勝新太郎, 1931–1997), Japanese actor^[2]
Shintaro Kimura (木村慎太郎, born 1987), Japanese sprinter
Shintaro Nago (名古新太郎, born 1996), Japanese footballer
Nakaoka Shintarō (中岡慎太郎, 1838–1867), Japanese samurai
Shintarō Saitō (斎藤慎太郎, born 1993), Japanese shogi player
Shintaro Sakamoto (坂本慎太郎, born 1967), Japanese musician
Shintaro Shimizu (清水慎太郎, born 1992), Japanese footballer
Shintarō Suzuki (鈴木信太郎, 1884–1958), Japanese politician
Shintaro Tsuji (辻信太郎, born 1927), Japanese entrepreneur
Shintaro Uda (宇田新太郎, 1896–1976), Japanese inventor
Shintaro Yamada (山田親太朗, born 1986), Japanese model, actor and singer
Shintaro Yamada (businessman) (山田進太郎, born 1977), Japanese businessman
Yamashita Shintarō (山下新太郎, 1881–1966), Japanese painter
Shintaro Yoshida (由田慎太郎, born 1981), Japanese baseball player
Shintaro Yoshitake (吉武真太郎, born 1975), Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks baseball player^[3]

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

References

^ Ishihara Shintarō – Tōkyō governor
^ Katsu Shintarō at IMDb
^ Yoshitake Shintaro baseball profile Archived 2002-09-01 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] Ishihara Shintarō – Tōkyō governor

[2] Katsu Shintarō at IMDb

[3] Yoshitake Shintaro baseball profile Archived 2002-09-01 at the Wayback Machine

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