Fukushima

Fukushima (福島, Fukushima, "Good-Fortune Island") may refer to:

• Fukushima City – the capital city of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
• Fukushima Prefecture – a Japanese prefecture
• Two nuclear power plants located in Fukushima Prefecture:
  • Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
    • The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster of March 2011
  • Fukushima II Nuclear Power Plant (Fukushima Dai-ni)
• Fukushima-ku, Osaka – a ward in Osaka, Japan
• Fukushima, Hokkaidō – a town in Hokkaido, Japan
• Fukushima-juku – a former post town on the Nakasendō and Kisoji, located in Nagano Prefecture
• Fukushima Industries Corp. – a refrigerator company
• Fukushima University – a national university in Japan
• Mount Fukushima – peak in Antarctica

People

Fukushima is a Japanese surname.

• Keido Fukushima – a Japanese Rinzai Zen Master and abbot of Tōfuku-ji in Kyoto
• Koji Fukushima – a Japanese professional cyclist
• Kunihiko Fukushima – inventor of the Neocognitron
• Masami Fukushima – a Japanese science fiction editor, translator and writer.
• Fukushima Masanori – a samurai during the Sengoku period
• Mizuho Fukushima – a Japanese politician, chairperson of Social Democratic Party
• Satoshi Fukushima, actor
• Shinichi Fukushima – a Japanese professional cyclist
• Tadashi Fukushima – a Japanese long-distance runner
• Fukushima Yasumasa – a Japanese military leader
• Yumiko Fukushima – a former Japanese announcer, wife of Ichiro Suzuki
• Haruka Fukushima – a shōjo manga artist