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Naniwa (Japanese: なにわ, なには, ナニワ, 難波, 浪速, 浪花, 浪華) may refer to: Kawashima Naniwa (川島 浪速, 1865-1949), Japanese spy Gran Naniwa (愚乱・浪花, 1977–2010), ring name...

hill" or "large slope". It is unclear when this name gained prominence over Naniwa, but the oldest written evidence for the name dates back to 1496. By the...

Naniwa-ku (浪速区) is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It has an area of 4.37 km2, and a population of 51,567. Largely a residential area itself, Naniwa-ku...

Kawashima Naniwa (Japanese: 川島浪速; Kawashima Naniwa; 1865–1949) was a Japanese spy who worked in Manchuria. He was a close friend of Shanqi, the 10th Prince...

professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Gran Naniwa (愚乱・浪花, Guran Naniwa). Naniwa was known for his comedic gimmick, in which he performed...

Naniwa-kyō (難波京) is a historical Japanese capital city, which was located in present-day central Osaka city. Traces of ancient palaces in Naniwa were found...

Naniwa Danshi (なにわ男子) is a Japanese boy band formed by Starto Entertainment (formerly Johnny & Associates) on October 6, 2018. It consists of seven members...

Princess Naniwa no Ono (? – 489) was Empress of Japan as the consort of Emperor Kenzō. Princess Naniwa was the daughter of Prince Oka-no-Wakugo and great-granddaughter...

Kuni-kyō (Kuni Palace), 740–744 in the reign of Shomu Naniwa-kyō (Naniwa Palace [ja]), 744 Naniwa-kyō, Shigaraki Palace, 744–745 Heijō-kyō (Heijō Palace)...

Chieko Naniwa (浪花 千栄子) (November 19, 1907 – December 22, 1973) was a Japanese actress who was active from the 1920s to the 1970s. She is best known for...

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...

The Naniwa Maru (浪華丸) 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...

Naniwa Nagara-Toyosaki Palace (難波長柄豊碕宮, Naniwa-no-Nagara-no-Toyosaki-no-miya), is a historical palace which was located in present-day central Osaka, Japan...

Minami no Teiō (ミナミの帝王, lit. "King of Minami") is a Japanese manga series written by Dai Tennōji [ja] and illustrated Rikiya Gō [ja]. It has been serialized...

Osaka Elegy (Japanese: 浪華悲歌, Hepburn: Naniwa Erejī, lit. "Naniwa Elegy") is a 1936 Japanese drama film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. It forms a diptych...

Naniwa Kin'yudo (Japanese: ナニワ金融道, lit. The Way of Osaka Financing) is a Japanese manga series by Yūji Aoki which has been serialized in Weekly Morning...

Naniwa (浪速) was the lead ship of her class of two protected cruisers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the 1880s. As Japan lacked the industrial...

given up for adoption in 1915 at the age of eight to her father's friend, Naniwa Kawashima, a Japanese espionage agent and mercenary adventurer. Her adoptive...

The Naniwa Photography Club (浪華写真倶楽部) is an avant-garde amateur photography club that was established with the support of the Kuwata Photographic Materials...

(大阪美術学校, Ōsaka Bijutsu Gakkō) in 1957, and then to Naniwa University of the Arts (浪速芸術大学, Naniwa Geijutsu Daigaku) in 1964. The university adopted the...