Train name
|
Name meaning
|
Operator
|
Train endpoints
|
Operated
|
A-Train
|
refers to Ariake region
|
JR Kyushu
|
Yoshizuka, Hakata – Nagasu
|
1967–
|
Aizu Liner
|
refers to Aizu region
|
JR East
|
Kōriyama – Aizu-Wakamatsu
|
1968–
|
Akagi / Swallow Akagi
|
refers to Mt. Akagi
|
JR East
|
Ueno, Shinjuku – Takasaki, Maebashi
|
1982–
|
Ariake
|
refers to Ariake region
|
JR Kyushu
|
Kumamoto – Misumi
|
1967–2021
|
Asagiri
|
Morning mist
|
Odakyu / JR Central
|
Shinjuku – Gotemba
|
1991–2018
|
Ashizuri
|
refers to Cape Ashizuri
|
JR Shikoku
|
Kōchi – Nakamura
|
1990–
|
Ayame
|
Japanese iris
|
JR East
|
Tokyo – Narita, Kashimajingū, Chōshi
|
1975–2015
|
Azusa
|
refers to Azusa River
|
JR East
|
Shinjuku, Tokyo, Chiba – Matsumoto, Minami-Otari
|
1966–
|
Banetsu Monogatari
|
refers to Banetsu West Line
|
JR East
|
Niigata - Aizu-Wakamatsu
|
1999–
|
Dinostar
|
portmanteau derived from the English word "dinosaur" for which Fukui is famous and the word "star"[4]
|
JR-West
|
Fukui – Kanazawa
|
2015–2024
|
Enoshima
|
refers to Enoshima
|
Odakyu
|
Shinjuku – Fujisawa – Katase-Enoshima
|
1964–
|
Fujikawa
|
refers to Fuji River
|
JR Central
|
Kōfu – Shizuoka
|
1996–
|
Hakone / Super Hakone / Metro Hakone
|
refers to Hakone
|
Odakyu
|
Shinjuku, Kita-Senju – Hakone-Yumoto
|
1950–
|
Hakuchō / Super Hakuchō
|
Swan
|
JR East / JR Hokkaido
|
Shin-Aomori, Aomori – Hakodate
|
2002–2016
|
Hamakaze
|
Sea breeze/beach wind
|
JR-West
|
Ōsaka – Kasumi, Hamasaka, Tottori
|
1972–
|
Haruka
|
Faraway
|
JR-West
|
Kyoto/Shin-Ōsaka – Kansai Airport
|
1993–
|
Hashidate
|
-
|
JR-West, Willer Trains
|
Kyoto – Amanohashidate, Toyooka
|
1965–
|
Hida
|
refers to Hida
|
JR Central
|
Ōsaka, Nagoya – Takayama, Hida Furukawa, Toyama
|
1968–
|
Hitachi
|
old name of Ibaraki Prefecture
|
JR East
|
Shinagawa – Iwaki
|
1969–
|
Hitoyoshi
|
name of Hitoyohi, Kumamoto
|
JR Kyushu
|
Kumamoto – Hitoyoshi
|
2009–
|
Hokuto
|
Big Dipper
|
JR Hokkaido
|
Hakodate – Sapporo
|
1965–
|
Homeway / Metro Homeway
|
-
|
Odakyu
|
Shinjuku, Kita-Senju, Ōtemachi – Machida, Sagami-Ōno, Hon-Atsugi, Odawara, Hakone-Yumoto, Karakida, Fujisawa, Katase-Enoshima
|
1999–
|
Huis Ten Bosch
|
-
|
JR Kyushu
|
Hakata – Huis Ten Bosch
|
1992–
|
Inaho
|
Rice stalk
|
JR East
|
Niigata – Sakata, Akita
|
1969–
|
Inaji
|
Way to Ina, refers to Ina region
|
JR Central
|
Toyohashi – Iida
|
1996–
|
Ishizuchi
|
Refers to Mt. Ishizuchi
|
JR Shikoku
|
Takamatsu – Matsuyama, Uwajima
|
1988–
|
Kaiji
|
Way to Kai, old name of Yamanashi Prefecture
|
JR East
|
Tokyo, Shinjuku – Kōfu, Ryūō
|
1988–
|
Kaio
|
refers to Kaiō Hiroyuki, a celebrity sumo wrestler from Nōgata
|
JR Kyushu
|
Hakata – Nōgata
|
2001–
|
Kamome
|
Seagull
|
JR Kyushu
|
Hakata – Saga, Hizen-Kashima, Nagasaki and Haiki – Nagasaki
|
1961–
|
Kamoshika
|
Japanese serow
|
JR East
|
Akita – Aomori
|
1997–2010
|
Kamui
|
Kamuy
|
JR Hokkaido
|
Sapporo – Asahikawa
|
2007–
|
Kawasemi Yamasemi
|
refers to kingfishers native to the area
|
JR Kyushu
|
Kumamoto-Hitoyoshi
|
2017-
|
Kinosaki
|
refers to Kinosaki Onsen
|
JR-West
|
Kyoto – Kinosaki Onsen
|
1996–
|
Kinugawa / Spacia Kinugawa
|
refers to Kinugawa River
|
JR East / Tobu Railway
|
Shinjuku – Kinugawa-Onsen
|
2006–
|
Kirameki
|
Glitter
|
JR Kyushu
|
Hakata – Kokura, Mojikō
|
2001–
|
Kirishima
|
refers to Mt. Kirishima
|
JR Kyushu
|
Miyazaki – Miyakonojō, Nishi-Miyakonojō, Kagoshima-Chūō and Kokubu – Kagoshima-Chūō
|
1995–
|
Kita-Kinki
|
North Kinki
|
JR-West
|
Shin-Ōsaka, Fukuchiyama – Toyooka, Kinosaki Onsen
|
1986–2011
|
Kounotori
|
Stork
|
JR-West
|
Shin-Ōsaka – Fukuchiyama, Toyooka, Kinosaki Onsen
|
2011–
|
Kumagawa
|
refers to Kuma River
|
JR Kyushu
|
Kumamoto – Hitoyoshi
|
2004–
|
Kuroshio
|
Kuroshio Current
|
JR-West
|
Kyoto, Shin-Ōsaka, Tennōji – Wakayama, Shirahama, Shingu
|
1965–
|
Kusatsu
|
refers to Kusatsu Onsen
|
JR East
|
Ueno – Manza-Kagawaguchi
|
1985–
|
Lilac
|
-
|
JR Hokkaido
|
Sapporo – Asahikawa
|
1980–2007; 2017–
|
Midori
|
Green
|
JR Kyushu
|
Hakata – Sasebo
|
1976–
|
Muroto
|
refers to Cape Muroto
|
JR Shikoku
|
Tokushima – Mugi
|
1962-
|
Nanki
|
refers to South Kii Peninsula
|
JR Central
|
Nagoya – Shingū, Kii-Katsuura
|
1978–
|
Nanpū
|
Southern wind
|
JR Shikoku
|
Okayama – Kōchi, Nakamura, Sukumo
|
1972–
|
Narita Express
|
-
|
JR East
|
Tokyo area – Narita Airport
|
1991–
|
Nikkō / Spacia Nikkō
|
refers to Nikkō
|
JR East / Tōbu
|
Shinjuku – Tōbu-Nikko
|
2006–
|
Noto Kagaribi
|
Noto fire built in an iron basket
|
JR-West
|
Kanazawa – Wakuraonsen
|
2015–
|
Odoriko / Super View Odoriko / Saphir Odoriko
|
refers to The Dancing Girl of Izu
|
JR East / Izukyū / Izuhakone Railway
|
Tokyo, Shinjuku, Ikebukuro – Itō, Izukyū Shimoda, Shuzenji
|
Odoriko: 1981-
Super View Odoriko: 1990–2020
Saphir Odoriko: 2020-
|
Ohayo Express / Oyasumi Express
|
Good morning express / Good night express
|
JR-West
|
Tsuruga – Kanazawa
|
- Ohayo Express: 2001–2024
- Oyasumi Express: 2004–2024
|
Ohayo Tochigi / Hometown Tochigi
|
Good morning Tochigi / -
|
JR East
|
Shinjuku – Utsunomiya, Kuroiso
|
1995–2010
|
Okhotsk
|
refers to Sea of Okhotsk
|
JR Hokkaido
|
Sapporo – Asahikawa - Abashiri
|
1972–
|
Relay Tsubame
|
Swallow
|
JR Kyushu
|
Hakata – Shin-Yatsushiro
|
2004–2011
|
Relay Kamome
|
-
|
JR Kyushu
|
Hakata - Takeo-Onsen
|
2023-
|
Sagami / Metro Sagami
|
refers to Sagami, old name of Kanagawa Prefecture
|
Odakyu
|
Shinjuku, Kita-Senju – Machida, Sagami-Ōno, Hon-Atsugi, Odawara
|
1950–
|
Sarobetsu
|
refers to Sarobetsu plain
|
JR Hokkaido
|
Asahikawa – Wakkanai
|
2017–
|
Sazanami
|
Ripples
|
JR East
|
Tokyo – Kimitsu
|
1972–
|
Shimanto
|
refers to Shimanto River
|
JR Shikoku
|
Takamatsu – Kōchi, Sukumo
|
1988–
|
Shinano
|
refers to Shinano region, old name of Nagano Prefecture
|
JR Central
|
Nagoya – Nagano
|
1968–
|
Shiokaze
|
Sea breeze
|
JR Shikoku
|
Okayama – Imabari, Matsuyama, Uwajima
|
1972–
|
Shiosai
|
-
|
JR East
|
Tokyo, Shinjuku – Sakura, Narutō, Chōshi
|
1975–
|
Shirasagi
|
Egret
|
JR-West
|
Nagoya, Maibara – Tsuruga
|
1964–
|
Shirayuki
|
White snow
|
JR East
|
Niigata – Jōetsumyōkō
|
2015–
|
Skyliner
|
-
|
Keisei
|
Keisei Ueno – Narita Airport
|
1972–
|
Sonic
|
-
|
JR Kyushu
|
Hakata – Yanagigaura, Ōita, Saiki (via Nippō Main Line)
|
1997–
|
Soya
|
refers to Soya region
|
JR Hokkaido
|
Sapporo – Asahikawa - Wakkanai
|
2000–
|
Super Hakuto
|
White hare, i.e. Hare of Inaba
|
JR-West, Chizu Express
|
Kyoto – Tottori - Kurayoshi
|
1994–
|
Super Inaba
|
refers to Inaba, old name of Tottori Prefecture. Also Hare of Inaba
|
JR-West, Chizu Express
|
Okayama – Tottori
|
1993–
|
Super Matsukaze
|
Pine wind
|
JR-West
|
Tottori – Masuda
|
2003–
|
Super Oki
|
refers to Oki Islands
|
JR-West
|
Tottori – Yonago, Shin-Yamaguchi
|
2001–
|
Ozora
|
Sky
|
JR Hokkaido
|
Sapporo – Kushiro
|
1961–
|
Tokachi
|
refers to Tokachi region
|
JR Hokkaido
|
Sapporo – Obihiro
|
1990–
|
Super White Arrow
|
-
|
JR Hokkaido
|
New Chitose Airport, Sapporo – Asahikawa
|
1986–2007
|
Suzuran
|
Lily of the valley
|
JR Hokkaido
|
Muroran – Sapporo
|
1992–
|
Taisetsu
|
another name of Mt. Daisetsu
|
JR Hokkaido
|
Asahikawa - Abashiri
|
2017–
|
Thunderbird
|
-
|
JR-West
|
Ōsaka – Tsuruga
|
1995–
|
Tōkai
|
refers to Tokai region
|
JR Central
|
Tokyo – Shizuoka
|
1996–2007
|
Tokiwa
|
old name of Ibaraki Prefecture
|
JR East
|
Shinagawa – Tsuchiura, Katsuta, Iwaki, Takahagi
|
2015–
|
Trans-Kyushu Limited Express
|
-
|
JR Kyushu
|
Beppu – Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto
|
2004–
|
Tsugaru
|
old name of Aomori Prefecture
|
JR East
|
Akita – Aomori
|
2002–
|
Umisachi Yamasachi
|
refers to Hoderi, whose myth supposedly takes place in Southern Kyushu
|
JR Kyushu
|
Miyazaki-Nangō
|
2009-
|
Uwakai
|
refers to Sea of Uwa
|
JR Shikoku
|
Matsuyama – Uwajima
|
1990–
|
Uzushio
|
refers to Naruto whirlpools
|
JR Shikoku
|
Takamatsu – Tokushima
|
1988–
|
Wakashio
|
Growing tide from neap tide to spring tide, also another name of Kuroshio Current
|
JR East
|
Shinjuku – Kazusa-Ichinomiya, Katsuura, Awa-Kamogawa
|
1972–
|
Yakumo
|
thick clouds
|
JR-West
|
Okayama – Izumoshi
|
1972–
|
Yufu / Yufuin-no-mori
|
refers to Yufu Onsen
|
JR Kyushu
|
Hakata – Yufuin, Ōita, Beppu (via Kyūdai Main Line)
|
1989–
|
μ Sky
|
-
|
Meitetsu
|
Shin-Unuma, Shin-Kani, Mikakino, Meitetsu Gifu, Meitetsu Nagoya – Central Japan International Airport
|
2005–
|