What is "aoba"

Aoba or AOBA may refer to:

is the name of a number of train services that formerly operated in Japan by Japanese National Railways (JNR), and most recently an all-stations service operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) until September 1997 on the high-speed Tōhoku Shinkansen in Japan.

Aoba (written: 青葉) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• (born 1978), Japanese Go player

• , Japanese voice actress

• (born 1979), Japanese footballer

Fictional characters:

• Aoba Kozue, a character in Mahoraba
• Aoba Koyo, a character in Katekyo Hitman Reborn!
• Shigeru Aoba, a character in Neon Genesis Evangelion
• Yayoi Aoba, a character in Captain Tsubasa
• The Aoba was a Salamis-Class Cruiser in the Mobile Suit Gundam universe
• Aoba Tsuzaki, a character in Jinki:EXTEND
• Aoba Yamashiro, a character in the manga series Naruto
• Aoba Seragaki, the protagonist of BL game DRAMAtical Murder