Shiraki

Shiraki (written: 白木 or 素木) is a Japanese surname. The word shiraki means "plain wood, unpainted wood, unvarnished wood; a bow made of unvarnished wood; Neoshirakia" in the Japanese language. In Old Japanese, Shiraki (also pronounced as Shiragi) was also the Japanese name of the kingdom of Silla (新羅) on the Korean Peninsula. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Hideo Shiraki (白木 秀雄), Japanese jazz drummer and bandleader
 * Mari Shiraki (白木 万理), Japanese actress
 * Shizu Shiraki (素木 しづ), Japanese writer

Fictional characters

 * Meiko Shiraki, a character in the manga series Prison School