Shinji is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Shinji Aoba (真司), perpetrator of the 2019 Kyoto Animation arson attack Shinji Aoyama (真治), a Japanese film director Shinji Aramaki (伸志), a Japanese anime director and mechanical designer Shinji Hashimoto (真司), a Japanese game producer Shinji Harada (真二), 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 (信司), 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 (深志), a Japanese motorcyclist Shinji Kobayashi , 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 (伸次), a Japanese musician Shinji Mizushima (新司), a Japanese manga artist Shinji Miyadai (真司), a Japanese sociologist Shinji Miyazaki (慎二), 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 , 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 , 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 (disambiguation), multiple people Shinji Takahashi (baseball) , Japanese baseball player Shinji Takahashi , Japanese religious leader Shinji Takahashi , Japanese sport shooter Shinji Takahashi (volleyball) , Japanese volleyball player Shinji Takamatsu (信司), 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 , 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 Yamamoto (伸二), a Japanese handball player Shinji Yamasaki , Japanese water polo player