Shirota
Shirota is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Atsushi Shirota, Japanese footballer
- Yu Shirota, Japanese actor and singer
- Minoru Shirota, Japanese microbiologist and inventor of Yakult, a yogurt-like probiotic drink containing Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota
- Shirōta Kusakabe, Japanese geophysicist