Ginga may refer to:

Japanese

Other

* "Ginga" (single), a 2005 single from Japanese rock band Fujifabric * Yokosuka P1Y ''Ginga'', a Japanese bomber aircraft

TV

Ginga (middleware) Ginga is the middleware specification for the Nipo-Brazilian Digital Television System (SBTVD, from the Portuguese ''Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão Digital''). Ginga is also ITU-T Recommendation for IPTV Services. It is also considered in ITU-T ...

, a Japanese-Brazilian digital TV middleware

Series

Ginga Nagareboshi Gin is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Takahashi. It was published by Shueisha in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1983 to 1987, and collected in 18 bound volumes. It received the 1987 Shogakukan Manga Award for best sh ...

, a Japanese manga/anime series from the 1980s *

Ultraman Ginga , is a Japanese television series produced by Tsuburaya Productions. It is the 25th entry to the ''Ultra Series'', released to celebrate the company's 50th anniversary. It is the first entry in the New Generation series, ending a six year long hia ...

, a Japanese 2013 tokusatsu series created by

Tsuburaya Productions is a Japanese special effects studio founded in 1963 by special effects wizard Eiji Tsuburaya and was run by his family, until October 2007, when the family sold the company to advertising agency TYO Inc. The studio is best known for producing t ...

Characters

* Ginga Hagane, from '' Beyblade: Metal Fusion'' *

Ginga Nakajima The following list introduces the characters of the ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (series), Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha'' in Main and Movie Timeline. Protagonists Nanoha Series ; : : The main protagonist of the series, Nanoha is an ordinary ...

, from ''

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS is the third season of the '' Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha'' series. The ''Nanoha'' anime was, in turn, a spin-off of the ''Triangle Heart'' series of games and OVAs, specifically ''Triangle Heart 3: Sweet Songs Forever''. This season aired ...

Trains

Ginga (train) The was an overnight express sleeper train operating on the Tōkaidō Main Line between and in Japan. It was initially operated by Japanese National Railways (JNR) and, after its privatization in 1987, by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). ...

, a Japanese overnight train * ''

SL Ginga The is a steam-hauled " Joyful Train" (excursion train) operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) primarily on the Kamaishi Line in the north-east Tohoku Region of Japan since April 2014. The train consists of restored JNR Class C58 ste ...

'', a Japanese excursion train

Other uses

Ginga (satellite) ASTRO-C, renamed Ginga (Japanese for 'galaxy'), was an X-ray astronomy satellite launched from the Kagoshima Space Center on 5 February 1987 using M-3SII launch vehicle. The primary instrument for observations was the Large Area Counter (LAC). ...

, an astronomical satellite, * Ginga, a slang term for a person with

red hair Red hair (also known as orange hair and ginger hair) is a hair color found in one to two percent of the human population, appearing with greater frequency (two to six percent) among people of Northern or Northwestern European ancestry and ...

Ginga (capoeira) Capoeira has always been an eclectic martial art with a variety of different techniques that make use of the hands, feet, legs, arms, elbows, knees, and head. Some techniques are used for moving along the ground while others are used for evading at ...

, a style of footwork used in the martial art capoeira. * Ginga Scout, a location-based soccer application