Shirakawa (surname)

Shirakawa (written 白川 or 白河; "white river") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Emperor Shirakawa (白河天皇), 72nd Emperor of Japan
 * Emperor Go-Shirakawa (後白河天皇), 77th Emperor of Japan
 * Hideki Shirakawa (白川 英樹), winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
 * Kazuko Shirakawa (白川 和子), Japanese actress
 * Masaaki Shirakawa (白川 方明), 30th governor of the Bank of Japan
 * Mina Shirakawa (白川未奈), Japanese professional wrestler for World Wonder Ring Stardom
 * Sumiko Shirakawa (白川 澄子), Japanese voice actress
 * Yoshikazu Shirakawa (白川 義員), Japanese photographer
 * Yoshinori Shirakawa (白川 義則), Japanese samurai and general in the Imperial Japanese Army
 * Yukina Shirakawa (白川 ゆきな), Japanese gravure idol

Fictional characters

 * Naoya Shirakawa (白川 直也), a character in the manga series Kaichou wa Maid-sama!