Shirō Shiratori

Shirow Shiratori (白鳥士郎 Shiratori Shirō, born 1981 is a Japanese light novelist. He is most known for his series No-Rin and The Ryuo's Work Is Never Done!. He is from Tajimi, Gifu Prefecture.

Career After graduating from Tajimi Kita Senior High School, he attended and graduated from Kanazawa University from the faculty of law. Then, he attended Meijo University graduate school of law and completed his course. During the second year of university, Shiratori started writing novels.

In April 2008, he debuted with Rajikaru Erementsu (らじかるエレメンツ), published by SB Creative publishing label GA Bunko. The series spanned three volumes and concluded in January 2009.

From August 2009 to March 2010, Shiratori wrote and published Sōkai Gāruzu (蒼海ガールズ!), which also spanned three volumes and was published by GA Bunko.

In July 2011, he published the first volume of his first breakout work No-Rin (のうりん), which won him the newly established Ranobezuki Shotenin Taishō award in 2012.

Personal life Shiratori lived in his hometown of Tajimi until he moved to Nagoya in 2018 where he lives today. For that reason, Shiratori wrote what he believed readers would enjoy reading, and has stated that Ryuo! was the first series he wrote purely for his own enjoyment.

Initially, Shiratori was ashamed of being a light novel writer, so for a short while after his debut, he changed his name, hometown and birthday to avoid being found out. His old profile stated that he was born in 1977, that he was from Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture,

Shiratori cites light novelist Kei Satō as his role model.

He is a FC Gifu fan, sometimes posting about matches on his official blog or Twitter, and sometimes appears wearing a replica uniform not only at matches but also at events and interviews. In 2018, FC Gifu released a keychain in collaboration with Shiratori which depicted the author dressed in his signature Ryūō (promoted rook, lit. Dragon King) shōgi piece costume, which sold out. In 2019, the collaboration released newly designed keychains and towels.

In March 2018, Shiratori announced in the afterword for the eighth volume of Ryuo! that he was marrying a bookstore employee seven years his junior (in reality, they had been on the family registry since 2017). After the anime adaptation of Ryuo! had finished, on 12 May 2018 they officially held their marriage ceremony.

On 11 February 2019, he announced his wife had given birth to a baby girl.