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, 1053 – 1129), 72nd Emperor of Japan
• Emperor Go-Shirakawa (後白河天皇, 1127 - 1192), 77th Emperor of Japan
• Hideki Shirakawa (白川 英樹, born 1936), winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• Kazuko Shirakawa (白川 和子, born 1947), Japanese actress
• Masaaki Shirakawa (白川 方明, born 1949), 30th governor of the Bank of Japan
• Mina Shirakawa (白川未奈, born 1987), Japanese professional wrestler for World Wonder Ring Stardom
• Sumiko Shirakawa (白川 澄子, 1935–2015), Japanese voice actress
• Yoshikazu Shirakawa (白川 義員, born 1935), Japanese photographer
• Yoshinori Shirakawa (白川 義則, 1869–1932), Japanese samurai and general in the Imperial Japanese Army
• Yukina Shirakawa (白川 ゆきな, born 1985), Japanese gravure idol

Fictional characters

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