Ishin Explained

Ishin may refer to:

People

Given name "Ishin"

Kochinda Ando, known as Mō Ishin (毛惟新, died 1839), Ryukyutian politician
Yoshimoto Ishin (吉本伊信, 1916–1988), Japanese businessman and Buddhist priest
Ishin Nishio (西尾維新, born 1981, stylized as NisiOisiN), Japanese author

Surnamed "Ishin"

Ishin Sūden (以心崇伝, 1569–1633), Japanese Zen Buddhist monk and Sengoku-era diarist and Shogun advisor
Ishin Iihashi (stagename: ISHIN), Japanese pro-wrestler for the Dragongate wrestling federation; see List of Dragongate personnel
(Иван Егорович Ишин, 1875–1921), a Tambov Rebellion leader
Vladislav Ishin, a Russian figure skater at the 2013 Russian Figure Skating Championships

Fictional characters

Tano Ishin (田野いしん), the mascot for Tano Station (Kōchi), a train station in Tano, Aki, Kochi, Japan (given named Ishin)

Places

Ishin Tree, Idofa, Imeko/Afon, Ogun, Nigeria; see List of villages in Ogun State
Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan (nicknamed: Ishin City, City of Ishin); see List of city nicknames in Japan
Ishin Memorial Park Stadium, Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi, Japan; a sports stadium

Events

Meiji Restoration (明治維新, Meiji Ishin, 1868), the Japanese revolution that ousted the Shogun and restored the Emperor; also known as the Ishin (the Restoration)

Groups, organizations, companies

Ishin Party

Japan Restoration Party (日本維新の会, Nippon Ishin no Kai; 2012–2014), a political party in Japan; also called Ishin
Japan Innovation Party (維新の党, Ishin no Tō; 2014–2016), a political party in Japan; also called Ishin
Nippon Ishin no Kai (日本維新の会, Japanese Innovation Party; since 2016), a political party in Japan; also called Ishin
Osaka Restoration Association (大阪維新の会, Ōsaka Ishin no Kai), a political party in Osaka, Japan; also called Ishin

Other uses

Ishin (異神, eccentric gods), a category of deities found in Japan; see Sekizan Myōjin and Shinra Myōjin
(videogame, aka "Ishin!"), a 2014 videogame in the Yakuza:Ryuu-ga-Gotoku videogame series
"Ishin" (song), a song by Sharon, Lois, & Bram, from the 1984 album Mainly Mother Goose
JDF Ishin, a fictional ship from Innocent Venus; see List of fictional ships

See also