Shiranui

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Shiranui (不知火; lit. "unknown fire") is a Japanese term given to the optical or supernatural phenomenon similar to Will o' the wisp. It has also been used as the name for several fictional characters:

  • Mai Shiranui, an SNK character that appeared in the Fatal Fury series
  • Genma Shiranui, one of the Konoha Jonin characters in the anime, Naruto
  • Shiranui, the wolf incarnation of Amaterasu in Ōkami
  • Shiranui, a sword given from father to son in a samurai family that is briefly mentioned in the manga Angel Sanctuary

It can also refer to two sumo wrestlers: