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

• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese linguist
• , Japanese scriptwriter, director, actor, voice actor
• , Hokkaidō Nippon Ham Fighters baseball player
• , Japanese baseball player for the Oakland Athletics
• , Japanese stage magician
• , Japanese admiral
• , Japanese malacologist
• , baseball player for Yokohama Taiyō Whales and other teams
• , Japanese badminton player
• , Tokyo governor
• , Japanese politician
• , TBS announcer
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese sprinter
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese samurai
• , Japanese shogi player
• , Japanese musician
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese entrepreneur
• , Japanese inventor
• , Japanese model, actor and singer
• , Japanese businessman
• , Japanese painter
• , Japanese baseball player
• , 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
• , protagonist of the anime, light novels, manga series Kagerou Project, also known as Mekakucity Actors
• , character from the Beelzebub manga and anime series
• , character from the Kuroko's Basketball manga and anime series