Shiro

Shiro or Shirou may refer to:

Places

• Shiro, Texas (USA), an unincorporated community in Grimes County
• Shirou, Iran, a village in Zanjan Province, Iran

Japanese term

"Shiro" or "Siro", as "Shi" is also spelled "Si" in Japan.

Pronounced "shiro"

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

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

Characters

• Shiro Amada, a character in the Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team original video animation
• , a character in Crayon Shin-chan media
• Shiro (Bleach 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
• Shiro (Blanche), a white "witch cat" featured in the 1977 movie ハウス (House)
• Shiro Fujimoto, a main character from the anime and manga ("Ao no exorcist")
• Miaowara Shiro, a character in Samurai Cat
• Fujiwara Shiro a character in the manga and two episode anime 'Sex Pistol' (yaoi)
• Shiro Kanzaki, a character in Kamen Rider Ryuki
• Shiro Takayama, a character from RE: Alistair++
• Shiro, the main character from Jigoku (film)
• Similar is Shiroe from the anime series Log Horizon, although the name is different
• Shiro, one of the main characters from No Game No Life
• Shiro (or Yashiro Isana), the main character of K (anime)
• Shiro Tagachi, one of the main NPCs in the video game Guild Wars Factions
• Shiro Tagami, a main character of the visual novel series "Harvest December"
• Takashi "Shiro" Shirogane, one of the main characters in Netflix's "Voltron: Legendary Defender
• SIRO-A, a Japanese entertainment performance group (ja:白A)

Pronounced "shirō"

Shirō

Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Region of origin	Japanese

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

People

• Amakusa Shirō (1621–1638), leader of the Shimabara Rebellion
• Shiro Kawase (1889–1946), Japanese admiral
• Shirō Ishii (1892–1959), Japanese microbiologist and lieutenant general
• Shiro Kuramata (1934–1991), Japanese designer
• Shiro Miya (1943–2012), Japanese enka singer
• Shiro Kishibe (born 1949), Japanese actor
• Shiro Nakamura (born 1950), Japanese car designer
• Shirō Sagisu (born 1957), Japanese music producer and composer
• Shiro Koshinaka (born 1958), Japanese professional wrestler

Characters

• Shirō Emiya, the main character in Fate/stay night media
• Shirou Kazami, the father of protagonist of Onegai Teacher
• Takashi "Shiro" Shirogane, a protagonist in "Voltron84" and the netflix reboot "VLD"

Other uses

• Shiro (food), a preparation of ground chick peas used in East African cuisine
• Apache Shiro, a security framework formerly known as JSecurity
• Shiro, a special kind of mycelia
• Shiro alga carta, an ecological paper made from algae which would otherwise clog up the Venice lagoon
• Shiro (restaurant), former Michelin starred Japanese restaurant in Ahakista, Ireland
• Shiro Games, video game development company based in Bordeaux, France