Shirakawa (surname)

• Hideki Shirakawa, winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• Kazuko Shirakawa, Japanese actress
• Masaaki Shirakawa, 30th governor of the Bank of Japan
• Sumiko Shirakawa, Japanese voice actress
• Yoshikazu Shirakawa, Japanese photographer
• Yoshinori Shirakawa, Japanese samurai and general in the Imperial Japanese Army
• Yukina Shirakawa, Japanese gravure idol

  Fictional characters

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