Shinobu Yaguchi (?? ??, Yaguchi Shinobu, born 30 May 1967) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter.
He specializes in feel-good "zero to hero" films, where a group of people take up an unlikely activity, face a number of obstacles, but finally succeed.
His film Waterboys was particularly successful and led to a TV series which entered its third season in 2005.
He was awarded Best Screenplay at the 2005 Yokohama Film Festival for his film Swing Girls.