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Tenryu

The Japanese proper name Tenryū can refer to several items.

Places:

  • Tenryū, Shizuoka
  • Tenryū, Nagano
  • Tenryū River
  • Tenryū-ji, temple

People:

  • Tenryū Saburō (Saburo Wakuta, 1903-1989), former sumo wrestler and early exponent of the aikido martial art.
  • Genichiro Tenryū (Genichiro Shimada, born 1950), also a former sumo wrestler, now a professional wrestler.

Other:

  • Japanese corvette Tenryū (1883)
  • Japanese cruiser Tenryū (1918), a ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN)
  • JS Tenryu, a ship of the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF), on active duty as of 2011