Shiro, Shirō, Shirow or Shirou may refer to:

People

Amakusa Shirō , also known as , was a Japanese Christian of the Edo period and leader of the Shimabara Rebellion, an uprising of Japanese Roman Catholics against the Shogunate. His Christian name was Geronimo and later Francisco. The uprising led by S ...

(1621–1638), leader of the Shimabara Rebellion * Ken Shiro (born 1992), Japanese boxer * Shiro Azumi, Japanese football player 1923–1925 * Shiro Ichinoseki (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 (1889–1946), Japanese admiral * Shiro Kikuhara (born 1969), Japanese football player * Shiro Kishibe (born 1949), Japanese actor * Shiro Koshinaka (born 1958), Japanese wrestler * Shiro Kuramata (1934–1991), Japanese designer * Shiro Makino (1893–1945), Japanese general at the Battle of Leyte * Shiro Maruyama (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 (1943–2012), Japanese enka singer *

Shiro Nakamura is a former Japanese car designer and company executive. Nakamura served as Senior Vice President of Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. From 2006, Nakamura had been Nissan's Chief Creative Officer. He was Chief Creative Officer of Nissan, Infiniti and Datsu ...

(born 1950), Japanese car designer * Shiro Oishi (born 1942), American judo practitioner and wrestler *

Shirō Sagisu is a Japanese composer, arranger and music producer. With a career spanning over 40 years (beginning in the late 1970s), he is best known for his works as a record producer for acts including various choir members Mike Wyzgowski, Misia, Satosh ...

(born 1957), Japanese music producer and composer * Shiro Saigo (1866–1922), Japanese judo practitioner *, Japanese film producer *, Japanese cross-country skier *

Shiro Sokabe Shiro Sokabe (June 26, 1865 – July 3, 1949) was a Christian missionary from Japan who ministered in Honomu, Hawaii. He was known as the "Samurai Missionary" Early life Sokabe was born in Fukuoka, Japan on June 26, 1865. He was the oldest son ...

(1865-1949), Japanese Christian minister *

Shiro Suzuki is a Japanese announcer and ''tarento''. He was born in Kamigamo Shrine of the Shinto shrine of bushi samurais. After being a Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) announcer he later became a free announcer. Suzuki is nicknamed . Nanjing Massacre den ...

(born 1938), Japanese television announcer *

Shiro Yadama is a Japanese author. His most famous work, ''Hare Tokidoki Buta'', known in English as '' Fair, then Partly Piggy'', was later written as an anime is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japa ...

(born 1944), Japanese author

Fictional characters

Kamui Shiro , also written as Kamui Shirou, is a fictional character that was created by Clamp and introduced as the protagonist of the manga series '' X''. Kamui is a young esper who returns to his home, Tokyo, after a six-year absence following his moth ...

, 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 is a Japanese light novel series by Yuu Kamiya. It is published under the MF Bunko J imprint with ten novels released between April 25, 2012, and January 25, 2018. The author and his wife, Mashiro Hiiragi, adapted the novels into a ma ...

'' * Shiro Amada, 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 "Ho ...

, 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, black paladin in ''Voltron: Legendary Defender'' * Shiro Fujimoto, a character in '' Ao no Exorcist'' * Shiro, is a supporting character in '' Sewayaki Kitsune no Senko-san'' * 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 rev ...

'' * 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 serie ...

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Places

* Shiro, Texas, an unincorporated community in Grimes County * Shirou, Iran or Shur Ab, a village in Zanjan Province

Other uses

* Shiro (food), an East African stew of chickpeas or broad bean meal * Shiro (restaurant), in Ahakista, County Cork, Ireland * Shiro Games, a French video game company * Shiro, a mass of branches in the

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of a fungus * Apache Shiro, a software security framework *

Japanese castle are fortresses constructed primarily of wood and stone. They evolved from the wooden stockades of earlier centuries, and came into their best-known form in the 16th century. Castles in Japan were built to guard important or strategic sites, suc ...

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