# Shiro

Shiro, Shirō, Shirow or Shirou may refer to:

## People

* Amakusa Shirō (天草 四郎, 1621–1638), leader of the Shimabara Rebellion
* Ken Shiro (born 1992), Japanese boxer
* Shiro Azumi (安積 四郎), Japanese football player 1923–1925
* Shirō Fukai (深井 史郎, 1907–1959), Japanese composer
* Shiro Ichinoseki (一ノ関 史郎, born 1944), Japanese weightlifter
* Shirō Ishii (石井 四郎, 1892–1959), Japanese microbiologist and lieutenant general
* Shirō Itō (伊東 四朗, born 1937), Japanese actor and comedian
* Shiro Izumi (和泉 史郎, born 1961), Japanese actor, known for the Super Sentai franchise
* Shiro Kasamatsu (笠松 紫浪, 1898–1991), Japanese artist
* Shiro Kashiwa (1912–1998), Attorney General of Hawaii from 1959
* Shiro Kawase (河瀬 四郎, 1889–1946), Japanese admiral
* Shiro Kikuhara (菊原 志郎, born 1969), Japanese football player
* Shiro Kishibe (岸部 四郎, born 1949), Japanese actor
* Shiro Koshinaka (越中 詩郎, born 1958), Japanese wrestler
* Shiro Kuramata (倉俣 史朗, 1934–1991), Japanese designer
* Shiro Makino (牧野 四郎, 1893–1945), Japanese general at the Battle of Leyte
* Shiro Maruyama (圓山 詩郎, born 1948), Japanese fencer
* Shirō Masamune (士郎 正宗, born 1961), Japanese manga artist
* Shiro Mataki (俣木 志朗, born 1953), Japanese rower
* Shiro Misaki (三崎 四郎), Japanese football player 1934
* Shirō Miwa (三輪士郎, born 1978), Japanese manga artist
* Shiro Miya (宮 史郎, 1943–2012), Japanese enka singer
* Shiro Nakamura (中村 史郎, born 1950), Japanese car designer
* Shiro Oishi (born 1942), American judo practitioner and wrestler
* Shirō Sagisu (鷺巣 詩郎, born 1957), Japanese music producer and composer
* Shiro Saigo (西郷 四郎, 1866–1922), Japanese judo practitioner
* Shirō Sano (佐野 史郎, born 1955), Japanese actor and film director
* Shirō Sasaki (佐々木 史朗, born 1939), Japanese anime producer
* Shiro Sato (佐藤 志郎, born 1953), Japanese cross-country skier
* Shiro Sokabe (曽我部 四郎, 1865-1949), Japanese Christian minister
* Shiro Suzuki (鈴木 史朗, born 1938), Japanese television announcer
* Shiro Yadama (矢玉 四郎, 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, commander in Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team
* Shirō Emiya, 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
* Shiro Kanzaki, a character and the main antagonist from the Tokusatsu TV series Kamen Rider Ryuki.
* Shiro Ogami, a character in the Revue Starlight franchise

## 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 mycelium of a fungus
* Apache Shiro, a software security framework
* Japanese castle
* Shiro the cat, known online as Longcat