Shinobu Urakawa is a Japanese anime creator and lyricist, primarily known for his work in the 1970s. The name Shinobu Urakawa is a pen name for Kenji Yokoyama, a veteran producer who was active in the industry during that era.

Urakawa is best recognized as the original creator of the 1970 anime series Mahō no Mako-chan, also known as Magical Mako-chan or Mako the Mermaid. The series, produced by Toei Animation, was broadcast for 48 episodes from November 1970 to September 1971. The story is loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale The Little Mermaid, following a young mermaid princess who transforms into a human girl to live in Yokohama and search for the man she saved from a shipwreck. Mahō no Mako-chan is noted as one of the first magical girl anime that was not adapted from a pre-existing manga, representing an early original work for the studio.

Beyond this series, Urakawa contributed to other Toei Animation productions. He is credited with the original concept and planning for the 1976 mecha anime Magnerobo Ga-Keen. His work also extended to theme song lyrics; he wrote lyrics for the 1974 film D51 no Daibōken and the 1986 film GeGeGe no Kitarō: Saikyō Yōkai Gundan! Nihon Jōriku!!. He is also noted for writing lyrics for the series Balatack and for image songs in the Galaxy Express 999 franchise.

The creative identity of Shinobu Urakawa is tied to the early development of the magical girl genre and the production of original anime concepts at Toei Animation during a formative period for television anime. His work on Mahō no Mako-chan helped establish narrative templates and thematic elements, such as a teenage protagonist navigating human society with the aid of magic, that would become staples of the genre. His credited roles across concept development and lyric writing show a multifaceted involvement in anime production during this era.