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'{{Short description|none}} This article contains lists of '''[[Lists of named passenger trains|named passenger trains]]''' in Japan. == [[Shinkansen]] (bullet trains) == {| class="wikitable sortable" |- valign="to ! Train name ! Name meaning ! Operator ! Train endpoints ! Operated ! Maximum operating speed (km/h) ! [[Japan Rail Pass]] coverage |- valign="top" | ''[[Aoba (train)|Aoba]]'' | refers to ''[[Aoba Castle]]'' | [[JR East]] | {{STN|Tokyo}} – {{STN|Sendai|Miyagi}} | 1982–1995 | 240 |{{terminated|Service discontinued}} |- valign="top" | ''[[Asahi (train)|Asahi]]'' | ''Morning Sun'' | JR East | {{STN|Tokyo}} – {{STN|Niigata}} | 1982–2004 | 275 |{{terminated|Service discontinued}} |- valign="top" | ''[[Asama (train)|Asama]]'' | refers to ''[[Mount Asama]]'' | JR East | [[Tokyo station|Tokyo]] – [[Nagano (city)|Nagano]] | 1998– | 260 |{{yes}} |- valign="top" | ''[[Hakutaka]]'' | ''White hawk''<ref>legendary white hawk in [[Mount Tate]]</ref> | JR East / [[JR-West]] | Tokyo – [[Kanazawa Station|Kanazawa]] | 2015– | 260 |{{yes}} |- valign="top" | ''[[Hayabusa (train)|Hayabusa]]'' | ''[[Peregrine falcon]]'' | JR East / [[JR Hokkaido]] | Tokyo – {{STN|Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto}} | 2011– | 320 |{{yes}} |- valign="top" | ''[[Hayate (train)|Hayate]]'' | ''Strong wind'' | JR East / JR Hokkaido | {{STN|Morioka}} – {{STN|Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto}} | 2002–<br>2002-2019 (Tokyo to Morioka) | 275 |{{yes}} |- valign="top" | ''[[Hikari (train)|Hikari]]'' | ''Light'' | [[JR Central]] / JR-West | Tokyo – {{STN|Hiroshima}} and {{STN|Nagoya}} – {{STN|Hakata}} | 1964– | {{Ublist|Tokaido Shinkansen: 285 | Sanyo Shinkansen: 300}} |{{yes}} |- valign="top" | ''[[Hikari (train)|Hikari Rail Star]]'' | ''Light – Rail Star'' | JR-West | {{STN|Shin-Ōsaka}} – {{STN|Hakata}} | 2000– | 285 |{{yes}} |- valign="top" | ''[[Kagayaki]]'' | ''Glitter'' | JR East / JR-West | Tokyo – {{STN|Kanazawa}} | 2015– | 260 |{{yes}} |- valign="top" | ''[[Kamome (train)|Kamome]]'' | ''Seagull'' | [[JR Kyushu]] | {{STN|Nagasaki}} – {{STN|Takeo-Onsen}} | 2022– | 260 |{{yes}} |- valign="top" | ''[[Kodama (train)|Kodama]]'' | ''Echo'' | JR Central / JR-West | Tokyo – {{STN|Shin-Ōsaka}} and {{STN|Shin-Ōsaka}} – {{STN|Hakata}} | 1964– | 285 |{{yes}} |- valign="top" | ''[[Komachi (train)|Komachi]]'' | ''Beauty''<ref>refers to ''[[Ono no Komachi]]''</ref> | JR East | Tokyo – {{STN|Akita}} | 1997– | 320 |{{yes}} |- valign="top" | ''[[Mizuho (train)|Mizuho]]'' | ''Harvest'', also an [[Names of Japan#Other names|ancient name]] of Japan | [[JR Kyushu]] / JR-West | Shin-Ōsaka – {{STN|Kagoshima-Chūō}} | 2011– | 300 |{{no}} |- valign="top" | ''[[Nasuno]]'' | refers to ''[[Nasu District, Tochigi|Nasu highlands]]'' | JR East | Tokyo – {{STN|Kōriyama|Fukushima}} | 1995– | 275 |{{yes}} |- valign="top" | ''[[Nozomi (train)|Nozomi]]'' | ''Hope'' | JR Central / JR-West | Tokyo – Shin-Ōsaka, Hakata | 1992– | {{Ublist|Tokaido Shinkansen: 285 | Sanyo Shinkansen: 300}} |{{no}} |- valign="top" | ''[[Sakura (train)|Sakura]]'' | ''Cherry blossoms'' | JR Kyushu / JR-West | Shin-Ōsaka – Kagoshima-Chūō | 2011– | 300 |{{yes}} |- valign="top" | ''[[Tanigawa (train)|Tanigawa]]'' | refers to ''[[Mount Tanigawa]]'' | JR East | Tokyo – Echigo-Yuzawa | 1997– | 240 |{{yes}} |- valign="top" | ''[[Toki (train)|Toki]]'' | ''[[Crested ibis]]'' | JR East | Tokyo – [[Niigata Station|Niigata]] | 1982–1997; 2004– | 275 |{{yes}} |- valign="top" | ''[[Tsubame (train)|Tsubame]]'' | ''[[Swallow]]'' | JR Kyushu | Hakata – Kagoshima-Chūō | 2004– | 260 |{{yes}} |- valign="top" | ''[[Tsubasa (train)|Tsubasa]]'' | ''Wings'' | JR East | Tokyo – {{STN|Shinjō}} | 1992– | 275 |{{yes}} |- valign="top" | ''[[Tsurugi (train)|Tsurugi]]'' | refers to ''[[Mount Tsurugi (Toyama)|Mount Tsurugi]]'' | JR-West | {{STN|Toyama}} – {{STN|Kanazawa}} | 2015– | 260 |{{yes}} |- valign="top" | ''[[Yamabiko]]'' | ''Mountain spirit'' | JR East | Tokyo – {{STN|Morioka}} | 1982– | 275 |{{yes}} |} == Daytime trains == === Limited express (partial list) === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- valign="top" ! Train name ! Name meaning ! Operator ! Train endpoints ! Operated |- valign="top" | ''[[A-Train (JR Kyushu)|A-Train]]'' | refers to ''Ariake'' region | [[JR Kyushu]] | {{STN|Yoshizuka}}, {{STN|Hakata}} – {{STN|Nagasu}} | 1967– |- valign="top" | ''[[Aizu Liner]]'' | refers to ''Aizu'' region | [[JR East]] | {{STN|Kōriyama|Fukushima}} – Aizu-Wakamatsu | 1968– |- valign="top" | ''[[Akagi (train)|Akagi / Swallow Akagi]]'' | refers to ''[[Mt. Akagi]]'' | JR East | {{STN|Ueno}}, {{STN|Shinjuku}} – {{STN|Takasaki}}, {{STN|Maebashi}} | 1982– |- valign="top" | ''[[Ariake (train)|Ariake]]'' | refers to ''Ariake'' region | JR Kyushu | {{STN|Kumamoto}} – {{STN|Misumi}} | 1967–2021 |- valign="top" | ''[[Asagiri (train)|Asagiri]]'' | ''Morning mist'' | [[Odakyu]] / [[JR Central]] | {{STN|Shinjuku}} – Gotemba | 1991–2018 |- valign="top" | ''[[Ashizuri (train)|Ashizuri]]'' | refers to ''Cape Ashizuri'' | [[JR Shikoku]] | {{STN|Kōchi|Kōchi}} – {{STN|Nakamura}} | 1990– |- valign="top" | ''Ayame'' | ''[[Japanese iris]]'' | JR East | Tokyo – {{STN|Narita}}, {{STN|Kashimajingū}}, Chōshi | 1975–2015 |- valign="top" | ''[[Azusa (train)|Azusa]]'' | refers to ''Azusa River'' | JR East | Shinjuku, {{STN|Tokyo}}, Chiba – Matsumoto, Minami-Otari | 1966– |- valign="top" | ''[[Banetsu Monogatari]]'' | refers to ''[[Banetsu West Line]]'' | JR East | {{STN|Niigata}} - {{STN|Aizu-Wakamatsu}} | 1999– |- valign="top" | ''[[Dinostar]]'' | portmanteau derived from the English word "dinosaur" for which Fukui is famous and the word "star"<ref>{{cite web | url=https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20141007-a328/ | title=北陸新幹線開業で金沢駅発着の特急「ダイナスター」「能登かがり火」誕生! | date=7 October 2014 }}</ref> | JR-West | {{STN|Fukui|Fukui}} – {{STN|Kanazawa}} | 2015– |- valign="top" | ''Enoshima'' | refers to ''[[Enoshima]]'' | Odakyu | {{STN|Shinjuku}} – {{STN|Fujisawa}} – {{STN|Katase-Enoshima}} | 1964– |- valign="top" | ''[[Fujikawa (train)|Fujikawa]]'' | refers to ''[[Fuji River]]'' | [[JR Central]] | Kōfu – Shizuoka | 1996– |- valign="top" | ''Hakone / Super Hakone / Metro Hakone'' | refers to ''[[Hakone]]'' | Odakyu | Shinjuku, {{STN|Kita-Senju}} – {{STN|Hakone-Yumoto}} | 1950– |- valign="top" | ''[[Hakuchō (train)|Hakuchō / Super Hakuchō]]'' | ''Swan'' | ''JR East / [[JR Hokkaido]]'' | ''{{STN|Shin-Aomori}}, {{STN|Aomori}} – {{STN|Hakodate}}'' | 2002–2016 |- valign="top" | ''[[Hamakaze]]'' | ''Sea breeze/beach wind'' | JR-West | {{STN|Ōsaka}} – {{STN|Kasumi}}, {{STN|Hamasaka}}, {{STN|Tottori}} | 1972– |- valign="top" | ''[[Haruka (train)|Haruka]]'' | ''Faraway'' | [[JR-West]] | {{STN|Kyoto}}/{{STN|Shin-Ōsaka}} – [[Kansai Airport]] | 1993– |- valign="top" | ''[[Hashidate]]'' | - | JR-West, [[Kyoto Tango Railway|Willer Trains]] | Kyoto – {{STN|Amanohashidate}}, Toyooka | 1965– |- valign="top" | ''[[Hida (train)|Hida]]'' | refers to ''[[Hida (region)|Hida]]'' | JR Central | {{STN|Ōsaka}}, Nagoya – {{STN|Takayama}}, {{STN|Hida Furukawa}}, {{STN|Toyama}} | 1968– |- valign="top" | ''[[Hitachi (Japanese train)|Hitachi]]'' | old name of ''[[Ibaraki Prefecture]]'' | JR East | ''{{STN|Shinagawa}} – {{STN|Iwaki|Fukushima}}'' | 1969– |- |''[[SL Hitoyoshi|Hitoyoshi]]'' |name of Hitoyohi, Kumamoto |JR Kyushu |Kumamoto – Hitoyoshi |2009– |- valign="top" | ''[[Hokuto (train)|Hokuto]]'' | ''Big Dipper'' | JR Hokkaido | Hakodate – Sapporo | 1965– |- valign="top" | ''Homeway / Metro Homeway'' | - | Odakyu | Shinjuku, Kita-Senju, {{STN|Ōtemachi|Tokyo}} – {{STN|Machida|Tokyo}}, {{STN|Sagami-Ōno}}, {{STN|Hon-Atsugi}}, {{STN|Odawara}}, Hakone-Yumoto, {{STN|Karakida}}, Fujisawa, Katase-Enoshima | 1999– |- valign="top" | ''[[Huis Ten Bosch (train)|Huis Ten Bosch]]'' | - | JR Kyushu | Hakata – {{STN|Huis Ten Bosch}} | 1992– |- valign="top" | ''[[Inaho]]'' | ''Rice stalk'' | JR East | ''{{STN|Niigata}} – Sakata, {{STN|Akita}}'' |1969– |- valign="top" | ''Inaji'' | ''Way to Ina'', refers to Ina region | JR Central | Toyohashi – {{STN|Iida}} | 1996– |- valign="top" | ''[[Ishizuchi]]'' | Refers to ''[[Mt. Ishizuchi]]'' | JR Shikoku | Takamatsu – {{STN|Matsuyama|Ehime}}, {{STN|Uwajima}} | 1988– |- valign="top" | ''[[Kaiji (train)|Kaiji]]'' | ''Way to Kai'', old name of [[Yamanashi Prefecture]] | JR East | Tokyo, Shinjuku – {{STN|Kōfu}}, Ryūō | 1988– |- valign="top" | ''Kaio'' | refers to ''[[Kaiō Hiroyuki]]'', a celebrity sumo wrestler from Nōgata | JR Kyushu | Hakata – {{STN|Nōgata}} | 2001– |- valign="top" | ''[[Kamome (train)|Kamome]]'' | ''Seagull'' | JR Kyushu | Hakata – {{STN|Saga}}, {{STN|Hizen-Kashima}}, {{STN|Nagasaki|Nagasaki}} and {{STN|Haiki}} – Nagasaki | 1961– |- valign="top" | ''[[Kamoshika]]'' | ''[[Japanese serow]]'' | JR East | Akita – Aomori | 1997–2010 |- valign="top" | ''[[Kamui (train)|Kamui]]'' | ''[[Kamuy]]'' | JR Hokkaido | Sapporo – {{STN|Asahikawa}} | 2007– |- valign="top" | ''[[Kawasemi Yamasemi]]'' | refers to kingfishers native to the area | JR Kyushu | Kumamoto-{{STN|Hitoyoshi}} | 2017- |- valign="top" | ''[[Kinosaki (train)|Kinosaki]]'' | refers to ''Kinosaki Onsen'' | JR-West | Kyoto – Kinosaki Onsen | 1996– |- valign="top" | ''[[Kinugawa (train)|Kinugawa]] / Spacia Kinugawa'' | refers to ''[[Kinugawa River]]'' | JR East / [[Tobu Railway]] | Shinjuku – {{STN|Kinugawa-Onsen}} | 2006– |- valign="top" | ''Kirameki'' | ''Glitter'' | JR Kyushu | Hakata – {{STN|Kokura}}, {{STN|Mojikō}} | 2001– |- valign="top" | ''[[Kirishima (train)|Kirishima]]'' | refers to ''Mt. Kirishima'' | JR Kyushu | {{STN|Miyazaki}} – {{STN|Miyakonojō}}, {{STN|Nishi-Miyakonojō}}, Kagoshima-Chūō and {{STN|Kokubu|Kagoshima}} – Kagoshima-Chūō | 1995– |- valign="top" | ''Kita-Kinki'' | ''North [[Kinki]]'' | JR-West | Shin-Ōsaka, Fukuchiyama – Toyooka, Kinosaki Onsen | 1986–2011 |- valign="top" | ''[[Kounotori (train)|Kounotori]]'' | ''Stork'' | JR-West | Shin-Ōsaka – Fukuchiyama, Toyooka, Kinosaki Onsen | 2011– |- valign="top" | ''[[Kumagawa]]'' | refers to ''[[Kuma River (Japan)|Kuma River]]'' | JR Kyushu | Kumamoto – Hitoyoshi | 2004– |- valign="top" | ''[[Kuroshio (train)|Kuroshio]]'' | ''[[Kuroshio Current]]'' | JR-West | Kyoto, Shin-Ōsaka, {{STN|Tennōji}} – Wakayama, Shirahama, Shingu | 1965– |- valign="top" | ''[[Kusatsu (train)|Kusatsu]]'' | refers to ''[[Kusatsu Onsen]]'' | JR East | Ueno – Manza-Kagawaguchi | 1985– |- valign="top" | ''[[Lilac (train)|Lilac]]'' | - | JR Hokkaido | {{STN|Sapporo}} – {{STN|Asahikawa}} | 1980–2007; 2017– |- valign="top" | ''[[Midori (train)|Midori]]'' | ''Green'' | JR Kyushu | Hakata – {{STN|Sasebo}} | 1976– |- valign="top" | ''[[Muroto (train)|Muroto]]'' | refers to ''[[Cape Muroto]]'' | JR Shikoku | Tokushima – {{STN|Mugi}} | 1962- |- valign="top" | ''[[Nanki]]'' | refers to ''South [[Kii Peninsula]]'' | JR Central | Nagoya – {{STN|Shingū}}, {{STN|Kii-Katsuura}} | 1978– |- valign="top" | ''[[Nanpū]]'' | ''Southern wind'' | JR Shikoku | Okayama – Kōchi, Nakamura, {{STN|Sukumo}} | 1972– |- valign="top" | ''[[Narita Express]]'' | - | JR East | [[Tokyo]] area – [[Narita Airport]] | 1991– |- valign="top" | ''[[Nikkō (train)|Nikkō]] / Spacia Nikkō'' | refers to ''[[Nikkō]]'' | JR East / Tōbu | Shinjuku – Tōbu-Nikko | 2006– |- valign="top" | ''[[Noto Kagaribi]]'' | ''Noto fire built in an iron basket'' | JR-West | Kanazawa – [[Wakuraonsen Station|Wakuraonsen]] | 2015– |- valign="top" | [[Odoriko|''Odoriko / Super View Odoriko / Saphir Odoriko'']] | refers to ''[[The Dancing Girl of Izu]]'' | JR East / [[Izukyū Corporation|Izukyū]] / [[Izuhakone Railway]] | Tokyo, Shinjuku, {{STN|Ikebukuro}} – {{STN|Itō}}, {{STN|Izukyū Shimoda}}, {{STN|Shuzenji}} | Odoriko: 1981- Super View Odoriko: 1990–2020 Saphir Odoriko: 2020- |- valign="top" | ''Ohayo Express / Oyasumi Express'' | ''Good morning express / Good night express'' | JR-West | {{STN|Tsuruga}} – {{STN|Kanazawa}} | {{Ublist| Ohayo Express: 2001–| Oyasumi Express: 2004–}} |- valign="top" | ''Ohayo Tochigi / Hometown Tochigi'' | ''Good morning Tochigi / - '' | JR East | Shinjuku – {{STN|Utsunomiya}}, {{STN|Kuroiso}} | 1995–2010 |- valign="top" | ''[[Okhotsk (train)|Okhotsk]]'' | refers to ''[[Sea of Okhotsk]]'' | JR Hokkaido | Sapporo – Asahikawa - {{STN|Abashiri}} | 1972– |- valign="top" | ''[[Relay Tsubame]]'' | ''Swallow'' | JR Kyushu | Hakata – {{STN|Shin-Yatsushiro}} | 2004–2011 |- |Relay Kamome | - |[[Kyushu Railway Company|JR Kyushu]] |[[Hakata Station|Hakata]] - [[Takeo-Onsen Station|Takeo-Onsen]] |2023- |- valign="top" | ''Sagami / Metro Sagami'' | refers to ''Sagami'', old name of ''[[Kanagawa Prefecture]]'' | Odakyu | Shinjuku, Kita-Senju – Machida, Sagami-Ōno, Hon-Atsugi, Odawara | 1950– |- valign="top" | ''[[Sarobetsu (train)|Sarobetsu]]'' | refers to ''[[Sarobetsu plain]]'' | JR Hokkaido | Asahikawa – Wakkanai | 2017– |- valign="top" | ''[[Sazanami (train)|Sazanami]]'' | ''Ripples'' | JR East | Tokyo – {{STN|Kimitsu}} | 1972– |- valign="top" | ''[[Shimanto (train)|Shimanto]]'' | refers to ''[[Shimanto River]]'' | JR Shikoku | Takamatsu – Kōchi, Sukumo | 1988– |- valign="top" | ''[[Shinano (train)|Shinano]]'' | refers to ''Shinano'' region, old name of [[Nagano Prefecture]] | JR Central | Nagoya – Nagano | 1968– |- valign="top" | ''[[Shiokaze (train)|Shiokaze]]'' | ''Sea breeze'' | JR Shikoku | Okayama – {{STN|Imabari}}, Matsuyama, Uwajima | 1972– |- valign="top" | ''[[Shiosai]]'' | - | JR East | Tokyo, Shinjuku – {{STN|Sakura|Chiba}}, {{STN|Narutō}}, {{STN|Chōshi}} | 1975– |- valign="top" | ''[[Shirasagi (train)|Shirasagi]]'' | ''Egret'' | JR-West | Nagoya, Maibara – Kanazawa | 1964– |- valign="top" | ''[[Shirayuki (train)|Shirayuki]]'' | ''White snow'' | JR East | ''[[Niigata Station|Niigata]] – [[Jōetsumyōkō Station|Jōetsumyōkō]]'' | 2015– |- valign="top" | ''[[Skyliner]]'' | - | [[Keisei Electric Railway|Keisei]] | {{STN|Keisei Ueno}} – {{STN|Narita Airport}} | 1972– |- valign="top" | ''[[Sonic (train)|Sonic]]'' | - | JR Kyushu | Hakata – {{STN|Yanagigaura}}, {{STN|Ōita}}, {{STN|Saiki}} (via [[Nippō Main Line]]) | 1997– |- valign="top" | ''[[Sōya (train)|Soya]]'' | refers to ''Soya'' region | JR Hokkaido | Sapporo – Asahikawa - Wakkanai | 2000– |- valign="top" | ''[[Super Hakuto]]'' | ''White hare'', i.e. ''[[Hare of Inaba]]'' | JR-West, [[Chizu Express]] | Kyoto – Tottori - Kurayoshi | 1994– |- valign="top" | ''[[Super Inaba]]'' | refers to ''Inaba'', old name of [[Tottori Prefecture]]. Also ''Hare of Inaba'' | JR-West, Chizu Express | Okayama – Tottori | 1993– |- valign="top" | ''[[Super Matsukaze]]'' | ''Pine wind'' | JR-West | {{STN|Tottori}} – {{STN|Masuda}} | 2003– |- valign="top" | ''[[Super Oki]]'' | refers to ''[[Oki Islands]]'' | JR-West | Tottori – Yonago, Shin-Yamaguchi | 2001– |- valign="top" | ''[[Ōzora (train)|Ozora]]'' | ''Sky'' | JR Hokkaido | Sapporo – Kushiro | 1961– |- valign="top" | ''[[Tokachi (train)|Tokachi]]'' | refers to ''Tokachi'' region | JR Hokkaido | Sapporo – Obihiro | 1990– |- valign="top" | ''[[Super White Arrow]]'' | - | JR Hokkaido | [[New Chitose Airport]], Sapporo – Asahikawa | 1986–2007 |- valign="top" | ''[[Suzuran]]'' | ''[[Lily of the valley]]'' | JR Hokkaido | Muroran – Sapporo | 1992– |- valign="top" | ''[[Taisetsu]]'' | another name of ''[[Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group|Mt. Daisetsu]]'' | JR Hokkaido | Asahikawa - {{STN|Abashiri}} | 2017– |- valign="top" | ''[[Thunderbird (train)|Thunderbird]]'' | - | JR-West | Ōsaka – Kanazawa, Wakura-Onsen | 1995– |- valign="top" | ''[[Tōkai (train)|Tōkai]]'' | refers to ''Tokai'' region | JR Central | {{STN|Tokyo}} – Shizuoka | 1996–2007 |- valign="top" | ''[[Tokiwa (train)|Tokiwa]]'' | old name of [[Ibaraki Prefecture]] | JR East | Shinagawa – {{STN|Tsuchiura}}, {{STN|Katsuta}}, Iwaki, {{STN|Takahagi}} | 2015– |- valign="top" | ''[[Trans-Kyushu Limited Express]]'' | - | JR Kyushu | {{STN|Beppu}} – Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto | 2004– |- valign="top" | ''[[Tsugaru (train)|Tsugaru]]'' | old name of ''[[Aomori Prefecture]]'' | JR East | Akita – {{STN|Aomori}} | 2002– |- valign="top" | ''[[Umisachi Yamasachi]]'' | refers to [[Hoderi]], whose myth supposedly takes place in Southern Kyushu | JR Kyushu | Miyazaki-{{STN|Nangō}} | 2009- |- valign="top" | ''[[Uwakai]]'' | refers to ''Sea of Uwa'' | JR Shikoku | Matsuyama – Uwajima | 1990– |- valign="top" | ''[[Uzushio (train)|Uzushio]]'' | refers to ''[[Naruto whirlpools]]'' | JR Shikoku | {{STN|Takamatsu|Kagawa}} – {{STN|Tokushima}} | 1988– |- valign="top" | ''[[Wakashio]]'' | ''Growing tide from neap tide to spring tide'', also another name of ''[[Kuroshio Current]]'' | JR East | Shinjuku – {{STN|Kazusa-Ichinomiya}}, {{STN|Katsuura}}, Awa-Kamogawa | 1972– |- valign="top" | ''[[Yakumo (train)|Yakumo]]'' | ''thick clouds'' | JR-West | [[Okayama Station|Okayama]] – [[Izumoshi Station|Izumoshi]] | 1972– |- valign="top" | ''Yufu / [[Yufuin-no-mori]]'' | refers to ''Yufu Onsen'' | JR Kyushu | Hakata – {{STN|Yufuin}}, Ōita, Beppu (via [[Kyūdai Main Line]]) | 1989– |- valign="top" | ''μ Sky'' | - | Meitetsu | {{STN|Shin-Unuma}}, {{STN|Shin-Kani}}, {{STN|Mikakino}}, {{STN|Meitetsu Gifu}}, {{STN|Meitetsu Nagoya}} – {{STN|Central Japan International Airport}} | 2005– |} === Express === {| class="wikitable" |- valign="top" ! Train name ! Operator ! Train endpoints ! Operated |- valign="top" | ''Chichibuji'' | [[Chichibu Railway]] | {{STN|Hanyū}}, {{STN|Kumagaya}} – {{STN|Kagemori}}, {{STN|Mitsumineguchi}} | 1969– |- valign="top" | ''Moriyoshi'' | Akita Nairiku Jūkan Railway | {{STN|Kakunodate}} – {{STN|Takanosu}} | 1989– |- valign="top" | ''SL Express'' | [[Ōigawa Railway]] | {{STN|Shin-Kanaya}} – {{STN|Senzu}} | 1976– |} === Rapid === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- valign="top" ! Train name ! Operator ! Train endpoints ! Operated |- valign="top" | ''{{Interlanguage link|Acty (train)|ja|3=東海道線_(JR東日本)#.E5.BF.AB.E9.80.9F.E3.80.8C.E3.82.A2.E3.82.AF.E3.83.86.E3.82.A3.E3.83.BC.E3.80.8D|lt=Acty}}'' | JR East | {{STN|Tokyo}} – {{STN|Atami}} | 1989– |- valign="top" | ''{{Interlanguage link|Airport (train)|ja|3=エアポート (列車)|lt=Airport}}'' | JR Hokkaido | {{STN|Otaru}}, Sapporo – [[New Chitose Airport]] | 1992– |- valign="top" | ''{{Interlanguage link|Aqua Liner (train)|ja|3=アクアライナー (列車)|lt=Aqua Liner}}'' | JR-West | {{STN|Yonago}} – {{STN|Masuda}} | 2001– |- valign="top" | ''Aterui'' | JR East | {{STN|Mizusawa}} – Morioka | 2001– |- valign="top" | ''{{Interlanguage link|Central Liner (train)|ja|3=セントラルライナー|lt=Central Liner}}'' | JR Central | {{STN|Nagoya}} – Nakatsugawa | 1999–2013 |- valign="top" | ''{{Interlanguage link|Hamayuri|ja|3=はまゆり (列車)|lt=Hamayuri}}'' | JR East | Morioka – {{STN|Kamaishi}} (via [[Kamaishi Line]]) | 2002– |- valign="top" | ''{{Interlanguage link|Kansai Airport Rapid Service|ja|3=関空快速}}'' | JR-West | Tennōji – {{STN|Kansai Airport}} (via Ōsaka) | 1994– |- valign="top" | ''{{Interlanguage link|Karikachi|ja|3=狩勝 (列車)|lt=Karikachi}}'' | JR Hokkaido | {{STN|Takikawa}}, {{STN|Asahikawa}} – {{STN|Obihiro}} | 1990– |- valign="top" | ''{{Interlanguage link|Kishuji Rapid Service|ja|3=紀州路快速}}'' | JR-West | Tennōji – {{STN|Wakayama}}, {{STN|Kainan}}, {{STN|Gobō}}, {{STN|Kii-Tanabe}} (via Ōsaka) | 1999– |- valign="top" | ''[[Kitami (train)|Kitami]]'' | JR Hokkaido | {{STN|Asahikawa}} – {{STN|Kitami|Hokkaidō}} | 1998– |- valign="top" | ''[[Kubikino]]'' | JR East | {{STN|Arai|Niigata}} – {{STN|Niigata}} | 2002–2015 |- valign="top" | ''[[Marine Liner]]'' | JR-West / JR Shikoku | {{STN|Okayama}} – {{STN|Takamatsu|Kagawa}} | 1988– |- valign="top" | ''[[Mie (train)|Mie]]'' | JR Central / Ise Tetsudo | Nagoya – {{STN|Toba}} | 1990– |- valign="top" | ''{{Interlanguage link|Nayoro (train)|ja|3=なよろ (列車)|lt=Nayoro}}'' | JR Hokkaido | {{STN|Asahikawa}} – {{STN|Nayoro}} | 1965– |- valign="top" | ''{{Interlanguage link|Rabbit (train)|ja|3=宇都宮線#.E5.BF.AB.E9.80.9F.E3.80.8C.E3.83.A9.E3.83.93.E3.83.83.E3.83.88.E3.80.8D|lt=Rabbit}}'' | JR East | Tokyo – {{STN|Utsunomiya}}, {{STN|Kuroiso}} | 1988– |- valign="top" | ''{{Interlanguage link|Rias (train)|ja|3=リアス (列車)|lt=Rias}}'' | JR East | Morioka – Miyako (via [[Yamada Line (JR East)|Yamada Line]]) | 1988– |- valign="top" | ''[[Shōnan Liner]]'' | JR East | Tokyo – Odawara (Some of trains pass [[Tōkaidō Freight Line]]) | 1986– |- |''{{Interlanguage link|Sunliner(train)|ja|3=サンライナー|lt=Sunliner}}'' |JR West |Okayama – Fukuyama |1989– |- |''{{Interlanguage link|Sunport (train)|ja|3=サンポート|lt=Sunport}}'' |JR Shikoku |Takamatsu – [[Matsuyama Station (Ehime)|Matsuyama]] (some trains to [[Kotohira Station|Kotohira]] via the [[Dosan Line]]) |2002– |- valign="top" | ''{{Interlanguage link|Tambaji Rapid Service|ja|3=丹波路快速}}'' | JR-West | Ōsaka – {{STN|Sasayamaguchi}} | 2000– |- valign="top" | ''{{Interlanguage link|Tottori Liner|ja|3=とっとりライナー}}'' | JR-West | Tottori – {{STN|Yonago}}, {{STN|Izumoshi}} | 2001– |- valign="top" | ''{{Interlanguage link|Urban (train)|ja|3=アーバン (列車)|lt=Urban}}'' | JR East | Tokyo – {{STN|Takasaki}}, {{STN|Maebashi}} | 1989– |- valign="top" | ''{{Interlanguage link|Yamatoji Rapid Service|ja|3=大和路快速}}'' | JR-West | Tennōji – {{STN|Kamo|Kyoto}} (via Ōsaka) | 1989– |} ==Night trains== === Limited express === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- valign="top" ! Train name ! Operator ! Train endpoints ! Operated |- valign="top" | ''[[Akatsuki (train)|Akatsuki]]'' | [[JR-West]] | {{STN|Kyoto}} – {{STN|Nagasaki|Nagasaki}} | 1965 – Mar 2008 |- valign="top" | ''[[Akebono (train)|Akebono]]'' | [[JR East]] | {{STN|Ueno}} – {{STN|Aomori}} | 1970 – Jan 2015 |- valign="top" | ''[[Asakaze (train)|Asakaze]]'' | JR-West | {{STN|Tokyo}} – Shimonoseki | 1956 – Mar 2005 |- valign="top" | ''[[Cassiopeia (train)|Cassiopeia]]'' | JR East | Ueno – {{STN|Sapporo}} | 1999 – Mar 2016; occasionally operates as a charter train |- valign="top" | ''Dream Nichirin'' | [[JR Kyushu]] | {{STN|Hakata}} – {{STN|Minami-Miyazaki}}, {{STN|Miyazaki Airport}} | 1993–2011 |- valign="top" | ''[[Fuji (train)|Fuji]]'' | JR Kyushu | Tokyo – {{STN|Ōita}} | 1964 – Mar 2009 |- valign="top" | ''[[Hayabusa (train)|Hayabusa]]'' | JR Kyushu | Tokyo – {{STN|Kumamoto}} | 1958 – Mar 2009 |- valign="top" | ''[[Hokuriku (train)|Hokuriku]]'' | JR East | Ueno – {{STN|Kanazawa}} | 1947 – Mar 2010 |- valign="top" | ''[[Hokutosei]]'' | JR East / [[JR Hokkaido]] | Ueno – Sapporo | 1988 – August 2015 |- valign="top" | ''[[Izumo (train)|Izumo]]'' | JR East | Tokyo – {{STN|Izumoshi}} (via {{STN|Tottori}}) | 1972 – Mar 2006 |- valign="top" | ''Marimo'' | JR Hokkaido | Sapporo – {{STN|Kushiro|Hokkaidō}} | 2001–2008 |- valign="top" | ''[[Naha (train)|Naha]]'' | JR Kyushu | Kyoto – Kumamoto | 1968 – Mar 2008 |- valign="top" | ''[[Nihonkai (Train)|Nihonkai]]'' | JR-West / JR East | {{STN|Ōsaka}} – Aomori | 1968 – Mar 2012 |- valign="top" | ''[[Sunrise Izumo]]'' | JR Central / JR-West | Tokyo – Izumoshi (via {{STN|Okayama}}) | 1998– |- valign="top" | ''[[Sunrise Seto]]'' | JR Central / JR-West | Tokyo – {{STN|Takamatsu|Kagawa}} | 1998– |- valign="top" | ''[[Okhotsk (train)|Okhotsk]]'' | JR Hokkaido | Sapporo – {{STN|Abashiri}} | 1992 – Mar 2006; Daytime service continues |- valign="top" | ''Rishiri'' | JR Hokkaido | Sapporo – {{STN|Wakkanai}} | 2000–2007 |- valign="top" | ''[[Sakura (train)|Sakura]]'' | JR Kyushu | Tokyo – Nagasaki | 1959 – Mar 2005 |- valign="top" | ''Suisei'' | JR-West | Kyoto – Minami-Miyazaki | 1968–2005 |- valign="top" | ''[[Twilight Express]]'' | JR-West | Ōsaka – Sapporo | 1989 – Mar 2015 |- valign="top" | ''Oze yakō 23:55 / Snowpal 23:55'' | [[Tobu Railway]] | {{STN|Asakusa|Tokyo Metro, Toei, Tobu}} – {{STN|Aizukōgen-Ozeguchi}} | 1986–; Climbing and skiing season only |} === Express === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- valign="top" ! Train name ! Operator ! Train endpoints ! Operated |- valign="top" | ''Daisen'' | JR-West | Ōsaka – {{STN|Yonago}} (via [[San'in Main Line]]) | 1968 – Oct 2004 |- valign="top" | ''[[Ginga (train)|Ginga]]'' | JR-West | Tokyo – Ōsaka | 1950 – Mar 2008 |- valign="top" | ''Hakkōda'' | JR East | Ueno – Aomori(via [[Tohoku Main Line]]) | 1961 – Dec 1993 (daily operation) / Aug 1998 (temporary service) |- valign="top" | ''[[Hamanasu (train)|Hamanasu]]'' | [[JR Hokkaido]] | Aomori – Sapporo | 1955 – Mar 2016 |- valign="top" | ''[[Kitaguni]]'' | JR-West | Ōsaka – {{STN|Niigata}} | 1968 – Jan 2013 |- valign="top" | ''[[Noto]]'' | JR East | Ueno – Kanazawa | 1975 – Feb 2012 |- valign="top" | ''Tsugaru'' | JR East | Ueno – Aomori(via [[Ōu Main Line]]) | 1954 (temporary service) / 1956 – Dec 1993 (daily operation) / Jan 1998 (temporary service) |} === Rapid === {| class="wikitable" |- valign="top" ! Train name ! Operator ! Train endpoints ! Operated |- valign="top" | ''[[Moonlight Echigo]]'' | JR East | {{STN|Shinjuku}} – Niigata | 1986 – May 2014 |- valign="top" | ''[[Moonlight Nagara]]'' | JR East / JR Central | Tokyo – {{STN|Ōgaki}} | 1996 – March 2020 |} ==See also== * [[Rail transport in Japan]] ==References== {{refbegin}} * JR Timetable, December 2008 * {{cite book | title = ＪＲ新幹線＆特急列車ファイル (JR Shinkansen & Limited Express Train File)| publisher = Kōtsū Shimbun| year = 2008 | location = Japan| isbn = 978-4-330-00608-6}} * {{cite book | title = 列車名鑑１９９5 (Train Name Directory 1995)| publisher = Railway Journal| date = August 1995 | location = Japan}} {{refend}} {{reflist}} [[Category:Named passenger trains of Japan| List of named passenger trains of Japan]] [[Category:Lists of named passenger trains|Japan]] [[Category:Japanese railway-related lists|Named passenger trains]]'