Train name Name meaning Operator Train endpoints Operated A-Train refers to Ariake region JR Kyushu Yoshizuka , Hakata – Nagasu 1967– Aizu Liner refers to Aizu region JR East Kōriyama – Aizu-Wakamatsu 1968– Akagi / Swallow Akagi refers to Mt. Akagi JR East Ueno , Shinjuku – Takasaki , Maebashi 1982– Ariake refers to Ariake region JR Kyushu Kumamoto – Misumi 1967–2021 Asagiri Morning mist Odakyu / JR Central Shinjuku – Gotemba 1991–2018 Ashizuri refers to Cape Ashizuri JR Shikoku Kōchi – Nakamura 1990– Ayame Japanese iris JR East Tokyo – Narita , Kashimajingū , Chōshi 1975–2015 Azusa refers to Azusa River JR East Shinjuku, Tokyo , Chiba – Matsumoto, Hakuba 1966– Banetsu Monogatari refers to Banetsu West Line JR East Niigata - Aizu-Wakamatsu 1999– Dinostar portmanteau derived from the English word "dinosaur" for which Fukui is famous and the word "star" [ 4] JR-West Fukui – Kanazawa 2015–2024 Enoshima refers to Enoshima Odakyu Shinjuku – Fujisawa – Katase-Enoshima 1964– Fuji Excursion JR East Shinjuku – Kawaguchiko 2019– Fujikawa refers to Fuji River JR Central Kōfu – Shizuoka 1996– Hachiōji / Ōme JR East Tokyo – Hachiōji ,Ōme 2019–2025 Hakone / Super Hakone / Metro Hakone refers to Hakone Odakyu Shinjuku, Kita-Senju – Hakone-Yumoto 1950– Hakuchō / Super Hakuchō Swan JR East / JR Hokkaido Shin-Aomori , Aomori – Hakodate 2002–2016 Hamakaze Sea breeze/beach wind JR-West Ōsaka – Kasumi , Hamasaka , Tottori 1972– Haruka Faraway JR-West Kyoto /Shin-Ōsaka – Kansai Airport 1993– Hashidate - JR-West, Willer Trains Kyoto – Amanohashidate , Toyooka 1965– Hida refers to Hida JR Central Ōsaka , Nagoya – Takayama , Hida Furukawa , Toyama 1968– Hitachi old name of Ibaraki Prefecture JR East Shinagawa – Sendai 1969– Hitoyoshi name of Hitoyohi, Kumamoto JR Kyushu Kumamoto – Hitoyoshi 2009–2024 Hokuto Big Dipper JR Hokkaido Hakodate – Sapporo 1965– Homeway / Metro Homeway - Odakyu Shinjuku, Kita-Senju, Ōtemachi – Machida , Sagami-Ōno , Hon-Atsugi , Odawara , Hakone-Yumoto, Karakida , Fujisawa, Katase-Enoshima 1999– Huis Ten Bosch - JR Kyushu Hakata – Huis Ten Bosch 1992– Inaho Rice stalk JR East Niigata – Sakata, Akita 1969– Inaji Way to Ina , refers to Ina regionJR Central Toyohashi – Iida 1996– Ishizuchi Refers to Mt. Ishizuchi JR Shikoku Takamatsu – Matsuyama 1988– Iyonada Monogatari Story of the Iyonada Sea ; refers to Iyo, old name of Ehime Prefecture JR Shikoku Matsuyama – Iyo-Ōzu , Yawatahama 2014– Kaiji Way to Kai , old name of Yamanashi Prefecture JR East Tokyo, Shinjuku – Kōfu , Ryūō 1988– Kaio refers to Kaiō Hiroyuki , a celebrity sumo wrestler from Nōgata JR Kyushu Hakata – Nōgata 2001– Kamome Seagull JR Kyushu Hakata – Saga , Hizen-Kashima , Nagasaki and Haiki – Nagasaki 1961– Kamoshika Japanese serow JR East Akita – Aomori 1997–2010 Kamui Kamuy JR Hokkaido Sapporo – Asahikawa 2007– Kawasemi Yamasemi refers to kingfishers native to the area JR Kyushu Kumamoto-Hitoyoshi 2017- Kinosaki refers to Kinosaki Onsen JR-West Kyoto – Kinosaki Onsen 1996– Kinugawa / Spacia Kinugawa refers to Kinugawa River JR East / Tobu Railway Shinjuku – Kinugawa-Onsen 2006– Kirameki Glitter JR Kyushu Hakata – Kokura , Mojikō 2001– Kirishima refers to Mt. Kirishima JR Kyushu Miyazaki – Miyakonojō , Nishi-Miyakonojō , Kagoshima-Chūō and Kokubu – Kagoshima-Chūō 1995– Kita-Kinki North Kinki JR-West Shin-Ōsaka, Fukuchiyama – Toyooka, Kinosaki Onsen 1986–2011 Kounotori Stork JR-West Shin-Ōsaka – Fukuchiyama, Toyooka, Kinosaki Onsen 2011– Kumagawa refers to Kuma River JR Kyushu Kumamoto – Hitoyoshi 2004– Kuroshio Kuroshio Current JR-West Kyoto, Shin-Ōsaka, Tennōji – Wakayama, Shirahama, Shingu 1965– Kusatsu/Shima refers to Kusatsu Onsen JR East Ueno – Naganoharakusatsuguchi 1985– Lilac - JR Hokkaido Sapporo – Asahikawa 1980–2007; 2017– Mahoroba,Rakuraku Yamato JR West Osaka ,Shin-Ōsaka – Nara Mahoroba: 2010;2019- Rakuraku Yamato: 2024-
Midori Green JR Kyushu Hakata – Sasebo 1976– Muroto refers to Cape Muroto JR Shikoku Tokushima – Mugi 1962-2025 Nanki refers to South Kii Peninsula JR Central Nagoya – Shingū , Kii-Katsuura 1978– Nanpū Southern wind JR Shikoku Okayama – Kōchi 1972– Narita Express - JR East Tokyo area – Narita Airport 1991– Nikkō / Spacia Nikkō refers to Nikkō JR East / Tōbu Shinjuku – Tōbu-Nikko 2006– Noto Kagaribi Noto fire built in an iron basket JR-West Kanazawa – Wakuraonsen 2015– Odoriko / Super View Odoriko / Saphir Odoriko refers to The Dancing Girl of Izu JR East / Izukyū / Izuhakone Railway Tokyo, Shinjuku, Ikebukuro – Itō , Izukyū Shimoda , Shuzenji Odoriko: 1981- Super View Odoriko: 1990–2020
Saphir Odoriko: 2020-
Ohayo Express / Oyasumi Express Good morning express / Good night express JR-West Tsuruga – Kanazawa Ohayo Express: 2001–2024 Oyasumi Express: 2004–2024 Ohayo Tochigi / Hometown Tochigi Good morning Tochigi / - JR East Shinjuku – Utsunomiya , Kuroiso 1995–2010 Okhotsk refers to Sea of Okhotsk JR Hokkaido Sapporo – Asahikawa - Abashiri 1972– Ozora Sky JR Hokkaido Sapporo – Kushiro 1961– Rakuraku Biwako JR West Osaka – Kusatsu ,Maibara 2003- Rakuraku Harima JR West Kyoto ,Shin-Ōsaka – Aboshi 2019- Relay Tsubame Swallow JR Kyushu Hakata – Shin-Yatsushiro 2004–2011 Relay Kamome - JR Kyushu Hakata - Takeo-Onsen 2023- Sagami / Metro Sagami refers to Sagami , old name of Kanagawa Prefecture Odakyu Shinjuku, Kita-Senju – Machida, Sagami-Ōno, Hon-Atsugi, Odawara 1950– Sarobetsu refers to Sarobetsu plain JR Hokkaido Asahikawa – Wakkanai 2017– Sazanami Ripples JR East Tokyo – Kimitsu 1972– Shimanto refers to Shimanto River JR Shikoku Takamatsu – Kōchi, Sukumo 1988– Shinano refers to Shinano region, old name of Nagano Prefecture JR Central Nagoya – Nagano 1968– Shiokaze Sea breeze JR Shikoku Okayama – Imabari , Matsuyama 1972– Shiosai - JR East Tokyo, Shinjuku – Sakura , Narutō , Chōshi 1975– Shirasagi Egret JR-West Nagoya, Maibara – Tsuruga 1964– Shirayuki White snow JR East Niigata – Jōetsumyōkō ,Arai 2015– Shōnan refers to Shōnan region JR East Tokyo,Shinjyuku – Hiratsuka,Odawara 2021– Skyliner - Keisei Keisei Ueno – Narita Airport 1972– Sonic - JR Kyushu Hakata – Yanagigaura , Ōita , Saiki (via Nippō Main Line ) 1997– Soya refers to Soya region JR Hokkaido Sapporo – Asahikawa - Wakkanai 2000– Super Hakuto White hare , i.e. Hare of Inaba JR-West, Chizu Express Kyoto – Tottori - Kurayoshi 1994– Super Inaba refers to Inaba , old name of Tottori Prefecture . Also Hare of Inaba JR-West, Chizu Express Okayama – Tottori 1993– Super Matsukaze Pine wind JR-West Tottori – Masuda 2003– Super Oki refers to Oki Islands JR-West Tottori – Yonago, Shin-Yamaguchi 2001– Super White Arrow - JR Hokkaido New Chitose Airport , Sapporo – Asahikawa 1986–2007 Suzuran Lily of the valley JR Hokkaido Muroran – Sapporo 1992– Taisetsu another name of Mt. Daisetsu JR Hokkaido Asahikawa - Abashiri 2017–2025 Thunderbird - JR-West Ōsaka – Tsuruga 1995– Tokachi refers to Tokachi region JR Hokkaido Sapporo – Obihiro 1990– Tōkai refers to Tokai region JR Central Tokyo – Shizuoka 1996–2007 Tokiwa old name of Ibaraki Prefecture JR East Shinagawa – Tsuchiura , Katsuta , Iwaki, Takahagi 2015– Trans-Kyushu Limited Express - JR Kyushu Beppu – Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto 2004– Tsugaru old name of Aomori Prefecture JR East Akita – Aomori 2002– Tsurugisan refers to Mount Tsurugi JR Shikoku Tokushima – Awa-ikeda 1996– Umisachi Yamasachi refers to Hoderi , whose myth supposedly takes place in Southern Kyushu JR Kyushu Miyazaki-Nangō 2009- Uwakai refers to Sea of Uwa JR Shikoku Matsuyama – Uwajima 1990– Uzushio refers to Naruto whirlpools JR Shikoku Takamatsu – Tokushima 1988– Wakashio Growing tide from neap tide to spring tide , also another name of Kuroshio Current JR East Shinjuku – Kazusa-Ichinomiya , Katsuura , Awa-Kamogawa 1972– Yakumo thick clouds JR-West Okayama – Izumoshi 1972– Yufu / Yufuin-no-mori refers to Yufu Onsen JR Kyushu Hakata – Yufuin , Ōita, Beppu (via Kyūdai Main Line ) 1989– μ Sky - Meitetsu Shin-Unuma , Shin-Kani , Mikakino , Meitetsu Gifu , Meitetsu Nagoya – Central Japan International Airport 2005–