title: Shinzō
text: # Shinzō
  
  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
  