Shinzō, Shinzo or Shinzou is a masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

Shinzō can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

• 真三, "true, three"
• 伸三, "extend, three"
• 新三, "new, three"
• 心臓, "heart"
• 信三, "belief, three"
• 進三, "progress, three"
• 慎三, "humility, three"
• 晋三, "advance, three"
• 紳三, "gentleman, three"
• 新蔵, "new, warehouse"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People with the given name

Notable people with the name include:

• Shinzō Abe (安倍 晋三, 1954–2022), Japanese politician and former Prime Minister of Japan
• Shinzō Fukuhara (福原 信三, 1883–1948), Japanese photographer
• Shinzō Hanabusa (英 伸三, born 1936), Japanese photographer
• Shinzo Koroki (興梠 慎三, born 1986), Japanese footballer
• Shinzo Maeda (前田 真三, 1922–1998), Japanese photographer
• Shinzō Shimao (島尾 伸三, born 1948), Japanese photographer
• Shinzo Shinjo (新城 新蔵, 1873–1938), Japanese academic, physicist, astronomer
• Shinzo Yamada (山田 伸三, 1914–2000), Japanese cross-country skier

See also

• Shinzo or Mushrambo, Japanese anime series