Shinobu

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

as a given name

• 忍, "endurance/perseverance/patience"
• 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, though hiragana is typically reserved for females and katakana for foreign-born Japanese.

• Shinobu Adachi (忍, born 1958), Japanese voice actress and actress
• Shinobu Asagoe (しのぶ, born 1976), Japanese professional tennis player
• Shinobu Fukuhara (忍, born 1976), Japanese baseball pitcher
• Shinobu Hashimoto (忍, born 1918), Japanese screenwriter, director, and producer
• Shinobu "Inoran" Inoue (清信, born 1970), Japanese rock musician
• Shinobu Ishihara (忍, 1879–1963), Japanese ophthalmologist
• Shinobu Iwane, professional shogi player
• Shinobu Ito (born 1983), former Japanese football player
• Shinobu Kandori (忍, born 1964), Japanese female wrestler and politician
• Shinobu Muraki (born 1923), Japanese production designer and art director
• Shinobu Nakayama (忍, born 1973), Japanese actress and a former J-pop singer
• Shinobu Ohno (忍, born 1984), Japanese female football player
• Shinobu Ohtaka (忍), Japanese manga artist
• Shinobu Orikuchi (信夫, 1887–1953), Japanese ethnologist, linguist, folklorist, novelist, and poet
• Shinobu Otake (しのぶ, born 1957), Japanese actress
• Shinobu Otowa (しのぶ, born 1977), Japanese enka singer
• Shinobu Sato (born 1955), Japanese classical artist
• Shinobu Satouchi (信夫), Japanese voice actor
• Shinobu Sekine (忍, born 1943), Japanese judoka
• Shinobu Tanno (忍, born 1973), Japanese illustrator
• Shinobu Tsukasa (忍, born 1942), Japanese yakuza overlord
• Shinobu Yaguchi (史靖, born 1967), Japanese film director and screenwriter
• Shinobu Sugawara, (菅原 忍, born 1980, Japanese professional wrestler)
• Shinobu Wakanosato (忍, born 1976), Japanese professional sumo wrestler
• Shinobu Kaitani (born 1967), manga artist and a recipient of the 1991 Tezuka Award
• Shinobu Kitamoto (born 1977), Japanese sprint canoer
• Shinobu Terajima (born 1972), Japanese actress
• Shinobu Ikeda (born 1962), Japanese footballer

• Shinobu Oshino (忍), a character in the light novel and anime series Monogatari
• Shinobu Jacobs (シノブ), a character in the video game No More Heroes
• Shinobu Handa, a character in the anime and manga series Shōjo Sect
• 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 Kocho, a supporting character in the manga and anime series Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba.
• Shinobu Sensui (忍), a character from the anime and manga series YuYu Hakusho
• Shinobu (忍), a ninja trainee in "2x2 Shinobuden", aka Ninja Nonsense
• Shinobu, a chinchilla on the animated sitcom Bob's Burgers
• Shinobu Takeda, a fictional character that appears in the comic book series W.I.T.C.H.
• Shinobu Takatsuki, a character in the anime and manga series Junjo Romantica
• Shinobu Togami, a character in the light novel series Danganronpa: Togami
• Shinobu Fujiwara (藤原忍), a character in the anime series Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God
• Shinobu Mouryou, a character in the Comic/short film series Contemplating REIKO
• Captain Shinobu Nagumo, a character in Mobile Police Patlabor
• Shinobu Wakamiya, a character from the manga series Chihayafuru
• Shinobu Kawajiri (しのぶ), a minor character in the manga and anime series Diamond is Unbreakable.