Shiro, Shirō, Shirow or Shirou may refer to:
People
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- Shiro, Texas, an unincorporated community in Grimes County
- Shirou, Iran or Shur Ab, a village in Zanjan Province
Other uses
edit- 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