Shiranui (disambiguation)

Shiranui (不知火; lit. "unknown fire") is a Japanese term given to the optical or supernatural phenomenon similar to will-o'-the-wisp. See Shiranui (Optical phenomenon) It is also a name associated with:

People

• Shiranui Dakuemon (1801–1854), sumo wrestler, the 8th Yokozuna
• Shiranui Kōemon (1822–1890), sumo wrestler, the 11th Yokozuna

Characters

• Mai Shiranui, a character in Fatal Fury and the King of Fighters series
• Genma Shiranui, one of the Konoha Jonin characters in the anime Naruto
• Shiranui (白野威), the wolf incarnation of Amaterasu in Ōkami (however, in this case the kanji means "white wild majesty")
• Genan Shiranui, a character in the Samurai Shodown/Samurai Spirits video game series
• Shiranui (シラヌイ（白野威、【しらぬい】）, Shiranui), A kitten in the protection of Nagi Sanzenin in the Hayate the Combat Butler series
• Shiranui, a fictional mountain and shrine in The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
• Kyō Shiranui, a character in the otome game Hakuōki Shinsengumi Kitan
• Hansode Shiranui, a character in the Medaka Box

Other

• Japanese destroyer Shiranui, list of Imperial Japanese Navy destroyers named Shiranui
• Shiranui DDT a professional wrestling move invented by Naomichi Marufuji
• a variety of citrus fruit, known also as Dekopon
• Shiranui-ryū, a school of Japanese martial arts.
• Shiranui, the second awakening of the Kunoichi subclass of the Thief in Dungeon Fighter Online
• Shiranui, a sword given from father to son in a samurai family that is briefly mentioned in the manga Angel Sanctuary
• Shiranui, an archetype in the card game Yu-Gi-Oh!, featuring FIRE type zombies with zero DEF
• Shiranui, a katana with little or no augments, appears in Final Fantasy X
• Genjutsu Shiranui, a jutsu used by Itachi Uchiha in Naruto: Ultimate Ninja series
• Shiranui Sea, a bay (also known as Yatsushiro Sea) south of Ariake Bay in Kyushu, Japan
• Shiranui, one of two "dohyo-iri" types in sumo wrestling that are performed by Yokozuna (grand champions)