Shirota

Shirota is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Atsushi Shirota (代田 敦資), Japanese footballer
 * Yu Shirota (城田 優), Japanese actor and singer
 * Minoru Shirota (代田 稔), Japanese microbiologist and inventor of Yakult, a yogurt-like probiotic drink containing Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota
 * Shirōta Kusakabe (日下部 四郎太), Japanese geophysicist