What is "wakaba"

Wakaba is a Japanese word and name meaning "young leaf". It may refer to:

• The wakaba / Shoshinsha mark, a sign put on new drivers' cars in Japan

Objects

• , a Japanese sunk at the Battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944

• , the former destroyer Nashi, a Japanese destroyer that was salvaged after being sunk in 1945

• Wakaba mark, the or , introduced in 1972, is a green and yellow V-shaped symbol that new Japanese drivers must display on their cars for one year

Places

• Wakaba-ku, one of the six wards of the city of Chiba in Japan

People

• Wakaba, a popular J-pop group

Popular culture

• Wakaba Shinohara, a character in the anime Revolutionary Girl Utena
• Wakaba (Suikoden), a character in the video game Suikoden II
• Hinata Wakaba, a character in the video game Rival Schools
• Tsukishima Wakaba, one of the four sisters in Cross Game
• Tamama Aliases is "Wakaba-1" from the anime Sgt. Frog