Shiro, Shirō, Shirow or Shirou may refer to:

People

* Amakusa Shirō (1621–1638), leader of the Shimabara Rebellion * Ken Shiro (born 1992), Japanese boxer *

Shiro Azumi was a Japanese football player. He played for the Japanese national team. Club career After graduating from high school, Azumi played for Osaka SC was founded by his alma mater high school graduates and many Japan national team players Kiyoo ...

, Japanese football player 1923–1925 *

Shiro Ichinoseki is a retired Japanese bantamweight weightlifter. He competed at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics and finished in third and fifth place, respectively. Between 1963 and 1965 he set three official world records – two in the snatch and one in the tota ...

(born 1944), Japanese weightlifter * Shirō Ishii (1892–1959), Japanese microbiologist and lieutenant general *, Japanese actor and comedian * Shiro Izumi (born 1961), Japanese actor, known for the Super Sentai franchise *, Japanese artist *

Shiro Kashiwa Shiro Kashiwa (October 24, 1912 – March 13, 1998) was an American lawyer and judge who was the first Attorney General of Hawaii to be appointed after it became a state in 1959. He served as a judge of the United States Court of Claims, then as ...

(1912–1998), Attorney General of Hawaii from 1959 *

Shiro Kawase was a vice admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. He was a torpedo expert and his extensive experience as a commander of destroyers and destroyer formations made him more knowledgeable about the escort of convoys than most Ja ...

(1889–1946), Japanese admiral *

Shiro Kikuhara is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. Club career Kikuhara was born in Kanagawa Prefecture on July 7, 1969. He joined the Yomiuri (later ''Verdy Kawasaki'') youth team in 1985. In February 1986, he debuted ...

(born 1969), Japanese football player *

Shiro Kishibe was a Japanese actor from Kyoto. He played the role of Sandy in ''Monkey''. Before becoming an actor, Kishibe was a guitarist and vocalist of a Japanese band called The Tigers. He has an elder brother, Ittoku Kishibe, who is also an actor, and ...

(born 1949), Japanese actor * Shiro Koshinaka (born 1958), Japanese wrestler * Shiro Kuramata (1934–1991), Japanese designer *

Shiro Makino was a Japanese general, who commanded the 16th Division in the Battle of Leyte A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, ...

(1893–1945), Japanese general at the Battle of Leyte *

Shiro Maruyama is a Japanese fencer. He competed in the team foil event at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an internat ...

(born 1948), Japanese fencer * Shirō Masamune, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese rower *

Shiro Misaki was a Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. National team career In May 1934, when Misaki was a Kwansei Gakuin University student, he was selected Japan national team for 1934 Far Eastern Championship Games in Manila. At ...

, Japanese football player 1934 * Shirō Miwa, Japanese manga artist *

Shiro Miya was a Japanese enka singer, lyricist and composer. His band Shiro Miya and the Pinkara Trio's 1972 song "Onna no Michi", became the second best-selling single in Japanese Oricon charts history, selling over 3.25 million copies. Life an ...

(1943–2012), Japanese enka singer * Shiro Nakamura (born 1950), Japanese car designer * Shiro Oishi (born 1942), American judo practitioner and wrestler * Shirō Sagisu (born 1957), Japanese music producer and composer * Shiro Saigo (1866–1922), Japanese judo practitioner *, Japanese film producer *, Japanese cross-country skier * Shiro Sokabe (1865-1949), Japanese Christian minister * Shiro Suzuki (born 1938), Japanese television announcer * Shiro Yadama (born 1944), Japanese author

Fictional characters

* Kamui Shiro, the main character of ''X'' * Shiro, mysterious albino girl in '' Deadman Wonderland'' * Shiro, firearms-obsessed nephew in '' Samurai Cat'' * Shiro, gamer in '' No Game No Life'' *

Shiro Amada is an original video animation (OVA) anime series in the Gundam franchise. Released from January 25, 1996, to July 25, 1999, the 12-episode series details the exploits of an Earth Federation ground unit during the One Year War - specifical ...

, commander in ''Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team'' *

Shirō Emiya , also written as "Shiro Emiya" in '' Fate/unlimited codes'', is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the 2004 visual novel ''Fate/stay night'', published by Type-Moon. Shirou is a teenager who accidentally participates in the "Hol ...

, the main character in ''Fate/stay night'' media * Shirou Kazami, the father of protagonist of ''Onegai Teacher'' * Shirō Shimizu, young theology student in '' Jigoku'' *

Takashi 'Shiro' Shirogane Sven Holgersson, known as in the original Japanese language ''Beast King GoLion'' and in '' Voltron: Legendary Defender'', is a fictional character in the media franchise ''Voltron'', and a member of the Voltron Force. The character's first appe ...

, black paladin in ''Voltron: Legendary Defender'' * Shiro Fujimoto, a character in ''

Ao no Exorcist is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Kazue Kato. The story revolves around Rin Okumura, a teenager who discovers he and his twin brother Yukio are the sons of Satan, born from a human woman, and he is the inhe ...

'' * Shiro, is a supporting character in ''

Sewayaki Kitsune no Senko-san is a Japanese web manga series written and illustrated by Rimukoro. It has been serialized online via Kadokawa Shoten's Comic Newtype website since October 2017 and has been collected in eleven ''tankōbon'' volumes. An anime television series ...

'' * Shiro Miyata, a character in the PlayStation 2 horror/stealth video game ''

Forbidden Siren known as ''Forbidden Siren'' in the PAL region, is a survival horror stealth game developed by Project Siren, a development team within Japan Studio, and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2 in 2003. The game's plot revo ...

'' * Shiro Kanzaki, a character and the main antagonist from the Tokusatsu TV series ''

Kamen Rider Ryuki is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. The twelfth installment in the Kamen Rider Series, it was a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei, and it was shown on TV Asahi from February 3, 2002 to January 19, 2003. The series ...

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Places

Shiro, Texas Shiro is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Grimes County, Texas, United States located on State Highway 30 and the Burlington-Rock Island Railroad in east central Grimes County. Education Public education in the co ...

, an unincorporated community in Grimes County *

Shirou, Iran Shur Ab ( fa, شوراب, also Romanized as Shūr Āb and Shūrāb; also known as Sarāb and Shirou) is a village in Saidabad Rural District, in the Central District of Ijrud County, Zanjan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islam ...

or Shur Ab, a village in Zanjan Province

Other uses

* Shiro (food), an East African stew of chickpeas or broad bean meal *

Shiro (restaurant) Shiro was a restaurant in Ahakista, County Cork, Ireland. It was a fine dining restaurant that was awarded one Michelin star each year in the period 1996–2001. The Michelin Guide awarded the restaurant the "Red M", indicating 'good food at a re ...

, in Ahakista, County Cork, Ireland *

Shiro Games Shiro Games is an independent video game development company based in Bordeaux, France. The company was founded in 2012 by Sebastien Vidal and Nicolas Cannasse, and the company is known for their ''Evoland'' game, which was developed during the 2 ...

, a French video game company * Shiro, a mass of branches in the mycelium of a fungus * Apache Shiro, a software security framework * Japanese castle

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