What is "kuroshio"

The is a limited express train service in Japan connecting Kyoto, Shin-Osaka, Tennōji, Wakayama, Kii-Tanabe, Shirahama, and Shingu via the Tokaido Main Line ( JR Kyoto Line), Osaka Loop Line, Hanwa Line, and Kisei Line (Kinokuni Line), operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). This article covers the derivative limited express trains, "" and "", the names of which were discontinued from start of the revised timetable on 17 March 2012.

is an oceanic current. See Kuroshio Current.

Kuroshio may also refer to:

• Kuroshio, Kōchi, a small town in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan

• , a Kagerō-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II

• JDS Kuroshio (SS-501), a submarine of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force in 1955

• , an of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force in 1974

• , an of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force in 2002

• Kuroshio (train), Japanese train service
• Kuroshio Sea, a tank in the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium

Category:Imperial Japanese Navy ship names