Shinobu

Infobox Given Name Revised
name = Shinobu


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caption= Wakanosato Shinobu, a sumo wrestler
pronunciation= Shí-no-b(ú)
gender = Unisex
meaning = It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
region = Japanese
origin = Japanese
related names = Shino
footnotes = nihongo|Shinobu|しのぶ is a Japanese verb meaning Nihongo|"recall"|偲ぶ or Nihongo|"stealth / endure"|忍ぶ. It is a Japanese given name used by either sex. Shinobu is also the dictionary form of "shinobi" the alternative name of ninja.

Possible writings

Shinobu can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*忍ぶ, "stealth / endure"
*偲ぶ, "recall / remember"
*慕ぶ, "recall / remember";as a given name
*忍, "stealth / endure"
*清信, "purify, belief"
*志信, "intention, belief";as a male given name
*信夫, "belief, man"The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

Real people

;with the given name Shinobu
*Shinobu Adachi (忍), a Japanese voice actress and actress
*Shinobu Amayake, a Japanese video game music composer
*Shinobu Asagoe (しのぶ), a Japanese professional tennis player
*Shinobu Fukuhara (忍), a Japanese baseball pitcher
*Shinobu Hashimoto (忍), a Japanese screenwriter, director, and producer
*Shinobu "Inoran" Inoue (清信), a Japanese rock musician
*Shinobu Ishihara (忍), a Japanese ophthalmologist
*Shinobu Kandori (忍), a Japanese female wrestler and politician
*Shinobu Muraki, a Japanese production designer and art director
*Shinobu Nakayama (忍), a Japanese actress and a former J-pop singer
*Shinobu Ohno, (忍) a Japanese female football player
*Shinobu Ohtaka (忍), a Japanese manga artist
*Shinobu Orikuchi (信夫), a Japanese ethnologist, linguist, folklorist, novelist, and poet
*Shinobu Ōtake (しのぶ), a Japanese actress
*Shinobu Otowa (しのぶ), a Japanese enka singer
*Shinobu Sato, a Japanese classical artist
*Shinobu Satōchi (信夫), a Japanese voice actor
*Shinobu Sekine (忍), a Japanese judoka
*Shinobu Sugawara, a Japanese wrestler
*Shinobu Tanaka (しのぶ), a Japanese game music composer
*Shinobu Tanno (忍), a Japanese illustrator
*Shinobu Yaguchi (史靖), a Japanese film director and screenwriter
*Wakanosato Shinobu (忍), a Japanese professional sumo wrestler

Fictional characters

;with the given name Shinobu
*Shinobu (シノブ), a character in the video game "No More Heroes"
*Shinobu Ijūin (忍), a character in the manga and anime series "Haikara-san ga Tōru"
*Shinobu Kagurazaka (忍), a character in the manga and anime series "Tenjho Tenge"
*Shinobu Maehara (しのぶ), a character in the manga and anime series "Love Hina"
*Shinobu Miyake (しのぶ), a character in the manga and anime series "Urusei Yatsura"
*Shinobu Morita (忍), a character in the manga, anime, and TV drama series "Honey and Clover"
*Shinobu Sensui (忍), a character from the anime and manga series "YuYu Hakusho"

Other uses

*Shinobu, an American indie rock band

ee also

*Shinobi, the alternative name of ninja.
*Ninin Ga Shinobuden, a manga and anime series