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All around the world, Shinobu (忍 , Shinobu , シノブ ) is quite a common epicene first name. The first name Shinobu is habitual in Japan, where it is a rare gender-neutral name, China, and Australia, where it is a very rare female name. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in China, Japan, and the United States. Likewise, Shinobu is the last name as well as the forename.
Shinobu is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Shinobu , the fictional character from Princess Connect!, Princess Connect! Re:Dive; Shinobu Minato , the fictional character from Ro-Kyu-Bu!; Shinobu Tomari , the fictional character from Hanzawa Naoki; Shinobu Inuyose , the fictional character from D4DJ, D4DJ First Mix and Shinobu Omiya , the fictional character from Kin-iro Mosaic, among other works.