Kirishima
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Kirishima is a Japanese surname may refer to
- Kirishima City, a city in Kagoshima prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan
- Kirishima National ParkKirishima-Yaku National Parkis a national park in Kyūshū, Japan. It is composed of two parts: Kirishima-Kagoshima Bay, an area of Kagoshima Prefecture and Miyazaki Prefecture known for its active volcanoes, volcanic lakes, and onsen; and Yakushima, an island south of Kyūshū in Kagoshima Prefecture, known for its cryptomeria...
, a Japanese national park in both Miyazaki and Kagoshima Prefectures on the island of Kyūshū - Mount KirishimaMount Kirishimais a 1700 meter high active volcano group in Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. Numerous eruptions have been recorded since 742. Very strong eruptions happened in 788, 1716 and 1717. Augite-hypersthene andesite is the dominant rock type....
, a highly active volcano in Kagoshima PrefectureKagoshima Prefectureis a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. The capital is the city of Kagoshima.- Geography :Kagoshima Prefecture is located at the southwest tip of Kyushu and includes a chain of islands stretching further to the southwest for a few hundred kilometers... - Japanese battleship KirishimaJapanese battleship Kirishimawas a warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I and World War II. Designed by British naval engineer George Thurston, she was the third launched of the four Kongō-class battlecruisers, among the most heavily armed ships in any navy when built...
, a battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, commissioned in 1915 and named after the volcano - JDS Kirishima (DDG-174)JDS Kirishima (DDG-174)JDS Kirishima is a Kongō class guided missile destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force . Kirishima was named for Mount Kirishima....
, commissioned in 1995 - Kirishima KazuhiroKirishima KazuhiroKirishima Kazuhiro is a former sumo wrestler from Makizono, Kagoshima, Japan, who held the second highest rank of ōzeki from 1990 to 1992 and won one top division tournament championship...
, a retired Japanese sumo wrestler - Kirishima (train)Kirishima (train)The is a limited express train service in Japan operated by JR Kyushu which runs between Kagoshima-Chūō and Miyazaki....
, a train service in Japan