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Shinsuke Sakimoto
Shinsuke Sakimoto (嵜本晋輔, born 1982) is a Japanese entrepreneur and former Gamba Osaka player who founded Valuence Holdings, the brand-reuse group behind Nanboya, listed in 2018.
Shinsuke Sando
Shinsuke Sando (SANDO Shinsuke) is a Japanese chemical biologist, a professor at the University of Tokyo since 2014, known for molecular probes that image biological activity in living systems.
Shintaishi
Shintaishi (新体詩, "new-style poetry") was a Meiji-period genre of Japanese poetry written in the literary language under Western influence, originating with the 1882 anthology Shintaishishō.
Shintaishi shō
Shintaishi shō (新体詩抄), an 1882 Japanese anthology of translated and original poetry compiled by three Imperial University instructors, is regarded as the starting point of Japanese modern poetry.
Shintaro Katsu (勝新太郎)
Shintaro Katsu (勝新太郎), real name Toshio Okumura, was a Japanese actor and director best known for playing the blind swordsman Zatoichi in 26 films from 1962 to 1989.
Shintaro Mochizuki (望月 慎太郎)
Shintaro Mochizuki (望月 慎太郎), Japanese tennis player from Kawasaki; 2019 Wimbledon boys' champion and former junior world No. 1; career-high ATP 92; 2026 Wimbledon fourth round as qualifier, losing to Sinner.
Shintaro Sakamoto
Shintaro Sakamoto (坂本慎太郎), born in 1967 in Osaka, is a Japanese rock musician who led the psychedelic band Yura Yura Teikoku before going solo in 2011.
Shintaro Yamada
Shintaro Yamada (山田進太郎), born 1977, is a Japanese entrepreneur who founded the used-goods marketplace app Mercari in 2013 and remains its chief executive and largest shareholder.
Shinto (神道)
Shinto (神道), also called the Shinto religion, is Japan's indigenous religion, centered on kami worshiped at more than 80,000 shrines, with no founder or scripture.
Shinto shrine (神社)
A Shinto shrine (神社, jinja) is a sacred space in Japan where kami, the deities of Shinto, are enshrined; about 80,000 exist across the country.
Shinto wedding (神前結婚)
Shinto wedding (神前結婚, shinzen-shiki): a Japanese marriage rite before the kami, centered on the san-san-kudo sake exchange. Created in the Meiji era after the 1900 imperial wedding, first held publicly at Tokyo Daijingū in 1901.
Shinty
Shinty (camanachd, iomain), Scotland's Highland stick-and-ball team sport, played 12-a-side with a two-sided caman, goal-only scoring, no offside; governed by the Camanachd Association, strictly amateur, related to Irish hurling.
Shiny Doshi
Shiny Doshi, Indian Hindi television actress (born Ahmedabad), debuted 2013 as Kusum Desai in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Saraswatichandra; known for Sarojini, Jamai Raja, Shrimad Bhagwat Mahapuran, and Dhaara in Pandya Store; returned via reality show The 50.
Shiny Happy People
Shiny Happy People: 1991 R.E.M. single from Out of Time, second single, featuring Kate Pierson of the B-52's; peaked at No. 10 US Hot 100 and No. 6 UK, later dropped by the band from live sets.
Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets
Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets is a 2023 four-part Prime Video docuseries about the Duggar family, their TLC show 19 Kids and Counting, and abuse allegations tied to Bill Gothard's Institute in Basic Life Principles.
Shiny Pokémon
Shiny Pokémon are rare alternate-colored variants introduced in Pokémon Gold and Silver, with base odds of 1/8192 in Gens II–V and 1/4096 from Gen VI, boosted by the Shiny Charm and Masuda method.
Shinya Aoki
Shinya Aoki (青木真也), 'Tobikan Judan,' is a Japanese lightweight MMA submission specialist and former Shooto, WAMMA, DREAM, and two-time ONE champion, with roughly 33 of 49 wins by submission.
Shinya Inoué
Shinya Inoué (1921–2019) was a Japanese-American cell biologist and microscopist who proved spindle fibers exist in living cells and pioneered polarized-light microscopy of living cells.
Shinya Yamanaka (山中伸弥)
Shinya Yamanaka (山中伸弥), born 1962 in Osaka, is a Japanese physician-scientist who created induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells with four transcription factors (OSKM) in 2006 and shared the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; he led Kyoto University's CiRA and the CiRA Foundation.
Shinya Yoshikawa
Shinya Yoshikawa is a Japanese biochemist at the University of Hyogo who determined the crystal structure of bovine heart cytochrome c oxidase and its proton-pumping mechanism.
Shinyanga Region
Shinyanga Region, northwestern Tanzania south of Lake Victoria, capital Shinyanga Municipality; 2,241,299 people (2022 census), six councils, 18,555 km2, gold and diamond mining including Mwadui.
Shinzaburo Ito
Shinzaburo Ito (伊藤紳三郎) is a Japanese polymer chemist who spent his career at Kyoto University, becoming a professor in 1999 and studying polymer and perovskite solar cells.
Shinzo Abe (安倍晋三)
Shinzo Abe (安倍晋三, 1954–2022), Japan's longest-serving prime minister (2006–07, 2012–20), architect of Abenomics, the Free and Open Indo-Pacific, and the Quad; assassinated in Nara in 2022.
Shioli Kutsuna (忽那汐里)
Shioli Kutsuna (忽那汐里), also romanized Shiori Kutsuna, is an Australian-born Japanese actress born in Sydney in 1992, known for playing Yukio in the Deadpool films and Mitsuki in Invasion.
Shion (Overwatch)
Shion (시온) is Overwatch's 52nd hero, a Flanker Damage Omnic released June 16, 2026 in Season 3: Into the Tiger's Den; she leads the Hashimoto Clan, wields Kira Pistols, and throws a motorcycle.
Shionogi
Shionogi & Co., Ltd. is a Japanese research-based pharmaceutical company known for the COVID-19 antiviral Xocova (ensitrelvir), approved in Japan in 2022, the antibiotic cefiderocol, and HIV drug royalties.
Ship
A ship is a large watercraft that carries cargo, passengers, or performs specialized work at sea, distinct from a boat by size, typically over 500 tons displacement.
Ship breaking
Ship breaking, also called ship recycling, dismantles end-of-life ships to recover steel and machinery; it is among the most dangerous occupations, concentrated in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Türkiye.
Ship burial
Ship burial is a funerary practice in which a ship or boat, sometimes with the dead and grave goods aboard, is interred under a mound or in a grave.
Ship chandler
A ship chandler is a seaport merchant that supplies vessels with provisions, stores, spare parts, safety equipment, and bonded goods, delivering directly to ships in port.