Shin may refer to: Biology The front part of the human leg below the knee Shinbone, the tibia, the larger of the two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates Names Shin (given name) (Katakana: シン, Hiragana: しん), a Japanese given name Shin (Korean surname) (Hangul: 신, Hanja: 申, 辛, 愼), a Korean family name Shin (Chinese: 新, which means "new"), spelled in Pinyin as Xin Fictional characters Shin Akuma, a character in the Street Fighter series Shin Asuka (disambiguation), multiple Shin Malphur, a character in the video game Destiny 2: Forsaken Kamen Rider Shin, a character in the Kamen Rider series Seijuro Shin (進), a character in the manga and anime series Eyeshield 21 A character in the manga Dorohedoro A character in the manga and anime Fist of the North Star Music Shin (band) () Shin (singer) (蘇見信), a Taiwanese singer and former lead singer of the band Shin Shin, the drummer of the German visual kei group Cinema Bizarre The Shin, a Georgian fusion jazz band The Shins, an American indie band Shin (シン), a Japanese rock singer and former vocalist of Vivid Places Shin, Iran, a village in Zanjan Province, Iran Shin, Swat, an administrative unit in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan Shin, Syria, a village in Syria Loch Shin, a loch in the Scottish Highlands River Shin, a river in the Scottish Highlands Other uses Shin (letter), the twenty-first letter in many Semitic alphabets, including Hebrew and Arabic Shin Buddhism, a widely practiced branch of Buddhism in Japan, named after its founder, Shinran Shin Corporation, one of the largest conglomerates in Thailand Shina language Shina people, an ethnic group who live in parts of Pakistan and northern India Shin (信), a principle of Nichiren Buddhism See also Şin, Azerbaijan Shina (disambiguation) Shine (disambiguation) Shien (disambiguation) Shein (disambiguation) Sheen (disambiguation) Chin (disambiguation)