Wikipedia:
Shinobu (しのぶ) is a Japanese verb meaning "recall" (偲ぶ) or "stealth / endure" (忍ぶ). It is a Japanese given name used by either sex. Shinobu is also the dictionary form of shinobi which can be combined with mono (者) to make shinobi no mono (忍びの者), an alternative name of ninja.
Possible writings
Shinobu can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
忍ぶ, "stealth / endure"偲ぶ, "recall / remember"慕ぶ, "recall / remember"as a given name忍, "stealth / endure"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.
People
Shinobu Adachi (忍, born 1958), Japanese voice actress and actressShinobu Asagoe (しのぶ, born 1976), Japanese professional tennis playerShinobu Fukuhara (忍, born 1976), Japanese baseball pitcherShinobu Hashimoto (忍, born 1918), Japanese screenwriter, director, and producerShinobu "Inoran" Inoue (清信, born 1970), Japanese rock musicianShinobu Ishihara (忍, 1879–1963), Japanese ophthalmologistShinobu Ito (born 1983), former Japanese football playerShinobu Kandori (忍, born 1964), Japanese female wrestler and politicianShinobu Muraki (born 1923), Japanese production designer and art directorShinobu Nakayama (忍, born 1973), Japanese actress and a former J-pop singerShinobu Ohno (忍, born 1984), Japanese female football playerShinobu Ohtaka (忍), Japanese manga artistShinobu Orikuchi (信夫, 1887–1953), Japanese ethnologist, linguist, folklorist, novelist, and poetShinobu Ōtake (しのぶ, born 1957), Japanese actressShinobu Otowa (しのぶ, born 1977), Japanese enka singerShinobu Sato (born 1955), Japanese classical artistShinobu Satouchi (信夫), Japanese voice actorShinobu Sekine (忍, born 1943), Japanese judokaShinobu Sugawara, a Japanese wrestlerShinobu Tanaka (しのぶ), Japanese game music composerShinobu Tanno (忍, born 1973), Japanese illustratorShinobu Tsukasa (忍, born 1942), Japanese yakuza overlordShinobu Yaguchi (史靖, born 1967), Japanese film director and screenwriterWakanosato Shinobu (忍, born 1976), Japanese professional sumo wrestlerShinobu Kaitani (born 1967), manga artist and a recipient of the 1991 Tezuka AwardShinobu Kitamoto (born 1977), Japanese sprint canoerShinobu Terajima (born 1972), Japanese actressShinobu Ikeda (born 1962), Japanese footballer
Characters
Shinobu Jacobs (シノブ), a character in the video game No More HeroesShinobu Handa, a character in the anime and manga series Shōjo SectShinobu Ijūin (忍), a character in the manga and anime series Haikara-san ga TōruShinobu Kagurazaka (忍), a character in the manga and anime series Tenjho TengeShinobu Maehara (しのぶ), a character in the manga and anime series Love HinaShinobu Miyake (しのぶ), a character in the manga and anime series Urusei YatsuraShinobu Morita (忍), a character in the manga, anime, and TV drama series Honey and CloverShinobu Oshino (忍), a character in the light novel and anime BakemonogatariShinobu Sensui (忍), a character from the anime and manga series YuYu HakushoouryouShinobu (忍), a ninja trainee in "2x2 Shinobuden", aka Ninja NonsenseShinobu 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 RomanticaShinobu Fujiwara (藤原忍), a character in the anime series Dancouga – Super Beast Machine GodShinobu Mouryou, a character in the Comic/short film series Contemplating REIKOCaptain Shinobu Nagumo , a character in Mobile Police Patlabor
Other
Shinobu (band), an American indie rock band
