Shinpei or Shimpei (written: 心平, 晋平, 新平, 伸平, 進平, 慎平 or 真平) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Etō Shimpei (江藤 新平, 1834–1874), Japanese politician
• Shinpei Fukuda (福田 真平, born 1987), Japanese cyclist
• Shimpei Fukuoka (福岡 慎平, born 2000), Japanese footballer
• Gotō Shinpei (後藤 新平, 1857–1929), Japanese politician
• Shimpei Itoh (伊藤 伸平, born 1960), Japanese manga artist
• Shinpei Matsushita (松下 新平, born 1966), Japanese politician
• Shinpei Mykawa (前川 真平, 1874–1906), Japanese farmer
• Shinpei Nakayama (中山 晋平, 1887–1952), Japanese songwriter
• Shinpei Ogura (小倉 進平, 1882–1944), Japanese linguist
• Shimpei Ota (太田 心平, born 1975), Japanese anthropologist
• Shimpei Sakurada (樱田 真平, born 1984), Japanese footballer
• Shinpei Takagi (actor, born 1902) (高木新平), Japanese actor
• Shinpei Takagi (actor, born 1985) (高木 心平), Japanese actor
• Shimpei Takeda, Japanese photographer