Naniwa () may refer to:
People with the given name
*, Japanese spy
*, ring name by Yoshikuni Kimura, japanese professional wrestler
*, Empress of Japan
*, Japanese actress
Music
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Naniwa Danshi
is a Japanese boy band formed by Starto Entertainment. It consists of seven members who primarily come from the Kansai region. The group's official debut announcement was made through their label Storm Labels. Their debut single, "Ubu Love", was ...
, Japanese boy band
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Naniwa Express Naniwa Express (ナニワエキスプレス, also written as 浪花エキスプレス) was a Japanese jazz fusion group active from 1977 to 1986. According to '' The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz'' it was "one of the most successful jazz fusion bands ...
, Japanese jazz fusion group
Places
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Naniwa-kyō
is a historical Japanese capital city, which was located in present-day central Osaka city.
Naniwa Palace Historic Park (Osaka city) The restored substructure of Daigokuden, before which there's a structure modeled after an Octagon House.
Traces ...
, the place that became the modern Japanese city of
Osaka
is a Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the List of cities in Japan, third-most populous city in J ...
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Naniwa-ku, Osaka
is one of 24 wards of Japan, wards of Osaka, Japan. It has an area of 4.37 km2, and a population of 51,567.
General information
Largely a residential area itself, Naniwa-ku is adjacent to and has in recent years blurred into the Namba ...
, one of the 24 wards of Osaka City, Japan
Other uses
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Naniwa Kin'yūdō
is a Japanese manga series by Yūji Aoki which has been serialized in '' Weekly Morning'' since 1990. The series was awarded the 1992 Kodansha Manga Award for general manga and the 1998 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Award for Excellence.
Plo ...
, is a Japanese manga
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Naniwa Maru
The is a replica ship of a typical Japanese trader from the Edo period (1603-1868) known as a ''higaki kaisen''. It was built as the main exhibit for the Osaka Maritime Museum, with academic interest which also encouraged sea based testing unti ...
, is a replica ship of a typical Japanese trader
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Japanese cruiser ''Naniwa'', the first protected cruiser built specifically for the Imperial Japanese Navy
See also
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Namba
Namba (, ) is a district in Chūō and Naniwa wards of Osaka, Japan. It is regarded as the center of Osaka's ''Minami'' ( :ja:ミナミ, "South") region. Its name came from a variation of '' Naniwa'', the former name of Osaka. Namba hosts som ...
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Japanese unisex given names
Japanese-language surnames