Editing Shiritori (section)

==Examples from popular culture==
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* In the Japanese version of ''[[Tomodachi Life]]'', there is an event called Shiritori Tournament, which was changed into [[Word chain]] in the European version and ''kkeunmaritgi'' in the Korean version; the North American version lacks the game, although there is a similar event called ''Rap Battle''.
* In episode 6 of the [[anime]] ''[[Nichijou]]'', the characters Yūko Aioi and Mio Naganohara play a picture version of the game.
* In episode 2 of the anime ''[[Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid]]'', the characters Miss Kobyashi, Tohru, and Kanna play the game (and lose by using the word ''dragon'').
* In episode 6 of ''[[No Game No Life]]'', Shiro and Sora face off against Jibril in materialization Shiritori, where objects appear or disappear when that object is named.
* In episode 3 of ''[[Non Non Biyori]]'', the sisters Komari and Natsumi play Shiritori to pass time after running from home.
* In episode 2 of ''[[The Quintessential Quintuplets]]'', Miku Nakano challenges Futaro Uesugi to a game of shiritori using names of Sengoku warlords.
* In episode 7 of ''[[Chronicles of the Going Home Club]]'', Sakura challenges Natsuki to a game of shiritori using taboo cards on which words are written that cannot be said by either player.
* In episode 28 of ''[[Inazuma Eleven GO: Galaxy (TV series)|Inazuma Eleven GO: Galaxy]]'', four members of the Earth Eleven play the game together, with Maneuver forcibly ending the game early to avoid rousing suspicion over his strange answers.
* The Japanese ending theme of ''[[Pokémon Journeys]]'' is "Pokémon Shiritori", which features the game being played with names of [[Pokémon]].