What is "komachi"

The is a high-speed shinkansen service between and in Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) since March 1997. It is the only shinkansen service that runs on the Akita Shinkansen, and uses E6 series trains. Between Tokyo Station and , it couples with Tohoku Shinkansen E5 series Hayabusa trainsets. After Morioka, the Komachi service continues along standard gauge tracks that were converted from narrow gauge. Because it then runs on tracks that have grade crossings, its maximum speed from Morioka to Akita is , compared to on the Tohoku Shinkansen.

The Komachi service was named after a famous poet from the area, Ono no Komachi, whose name (小町) is also synonymous with "belle" or "beauty" in Japanese.

is a locality (a ) in Kamakura, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan, defined as the part of town north of the Ebisubashi bridge on the Namerigawa. The part of town south of the same bridge is called .

Komachi may refer to:

• Komachi (train), the name of a Japanese train service
• Komachi (Kanagawa), a neighbourhood in Kamakura, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan
• Komachi, Iran, a village in South Khorasan Province, Iran
• Sekidera Komachi, a Japanese Noh play
• Komachi Onozuka, a Touhou Project character

• Ono no Komachi, a Japanese poet
• Komachi is a ring name used by various professional wrestlers in Japan

:* Volador, Jr. was the first to use the name.

:* Místico took over the part after Volador, Jr.

:* Mike Segura who sometimes worked as "Komachi II"