Shun (given name)

Shun

Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	It means speed, fast or quick". Different meanings depending on the kanji used

Shun (written: 旬, 駿, 俊, 峻 or 舜) is a masculine Japanese given name meaning speed. Notable people with the name include:

• Shun Fujimoto (藤本 俊) (born 1950), Japanese gymnast
• Shun Ito (伊東 俊) (born 1987), Japanese footballer
• Shun Iwasa (岩佐 俊), Japanese general
• Shun Ishikawa (石川駿), (born 1990), Japanese professional baseball infielder
• Shun Kuwahara (桑原 俊) (born 1981), Japanese gymnast
• Shun Medoruma (目取真 俊) (born 1960), Japanese writer
• Shun Morishita (森下 俊) (born 1986), Japanese footballer
• Shun Nagasawa (長沢 駿) (born 1988), Japanese footballer
• Shun Nakahara (中原 俊) (born 1951), Japanese film director
• Shun Nakamura (中村 俊), Japanese video game designer
• Shun Nogaito (野垣内 俊) (born 1986), Japanese footballer
• Shun Oguri (小栗 旬) (born 1982), Japanese actor, voice actor and film director
• Shun Sugata (菅田 俊) (born 1955), Japanese actor
• Shun Tono (東野 峻) (born 1986), Japanese baseball player
• Shun Yamaguchi (山口 俊) (born 1987), Japanese baseball player
• Shun Yashiro (八代 駿) (1933–2003), Japanese actor and voice actor

Fictional characters

• Shun Aonuma, a character from the novel and anime series From the New World
• Shun, a support character in the Japanese RPG Ar Tonelico II
• Shun Di fictional Drunken Kung Fu Master in Virtua Fighter Series
• Andromeda Shun, a main character in the anime Saint Seiya
• Shun Kazami; a main character in the Bakugan anime.