What is "shirakawa"

Shirakawa (written: 白川) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

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

Fictional characters:

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