Shiro

Shiro or Shirou may refer to:

Japanese term

Pronounced "shiro"

When a Japanese term is pronounced shiro, it may refer to:

• shiro (白), the Japanese term for the color white
• shiro (城), a Japanese term for a castle
• shiro (城), a Japanese term for generation

Fictional characters

• Shiro, a character in Crayon Shin-chan media
• Shiro (Bleach) or Tōshirō Hitsugaya, a character in Bleach media
• Shiro (Suikoden), a character in the Suikoden universe
• Shiro Tagachi, also Shiro the Betrayer, a character in the Guild Wars series, featuring in Guild Wars Factions and Guild Wars Nightfall.
• Shiro from Ginga Densetsu Riki and Ginga Nagareboshi Gin.
• Shiro, a main character from the manga "Deadman Wonderland". Also known as "The Red Man", "The Wretched Egg" and "The Original Sin"
• Shiro Yoshimo, a character from The Dresden Files. One of the three Knights of the Cross

Pronounced "shirō"

Shirō
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/Name	Japanese
Region of origin	Japanese

When a Japanese term is pronounced shirō, it may refer to:

People

• Amakusa Shirō, a leader of the Shimabara Rebellion
• Shiro Kishibe, a Japanese actor
• Shiro Koshinaka, a Japanese professional wrestler
• Shiro Kuramata, a Japanese designer
• Shiro Miya, a Japanese enka singer
• Shirō Sagisu, a Japanese music producer and composer

Fictional characters

• Shirō Emiya, the main character in Fate/stay night media
• Shirou Kazami, the father of protagonist of Onegai Teacher
• Shiro Tagachi, a character in:
  • Guild Wars Factions
  • Guild Wars Nightfall

Other uses

• Apache Shiro, a security framework formerly known as JSecurity
• Shiro, a special kind of mycelia
• Shiro (food), a preparation of ground chick peas used in East African cuisine
• Shiro, Texas (USA), an unincorporated community in Grimes County
• Shiro alga carta, an ecological paper made from algae which would otherwise clog up the Venice lagoon
• Shiro (restaurant), former Michelin starred restaurant in Ahakista, Ireland.