Shinji

• 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 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 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 Yamaguchi, Japanese footballer
• Shinji Yamamoto, multiple people
• Shinji Yamasaki, Japanese water polo player

  Fictional characters

• Shinji Ikari, of Neon Genesis Evangelion
• Shinji, from Texhnolyze
• Shinji, an antagonist of the manga Digimon Chronicle, partnered with Omnimon X
• Shinji, Japanese name of Paul from Pokémon
• Shinji Hirako, from Bleach
• Shinji Gaiden, from The Elder Scrolls
• Shinji Ibu, a regular for the Fudomine Middle School tennis team in the Prince of Tennis manga and anime
• Shinji Kamuro, from Mob Psycho 100
• Shinji Kido, the title hero from Kamen Rider Ryuki
• Shinji Kubo, the protagonist of the Yukio Mishima novel The Sound of Waves
• Shinji Mimura, from Battle Royale
• Shinji Matō, from Fate/Stay Night
• Shinji Nakagawa in Megazone 23
• Shinji Tanaka, from Yakuza
• Shinji Webber, from Yugioh Arc-V
• Shinji Inui, from Initial D
• Shinji Watari, from Haikyuu!!
• Shinji Koganei, from Kuroko's Basketball