is one of 24 wards of

Osaka city is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third-most populous city in Japan, following the special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population ...

, Japan. It stands at the mouth of the

Yodo River The , also called the Seta River (瀬田川 ''Seta-gawa'') and the Uji River (宇治川 ''Uji-gawa'') at portions of its route, is the principal river in Osaka Prefecture on Honshu, Japan. The source of the river is Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefectur ...

. It is home to the popular western-style theme park of

Universal Studios Japan is a theme park located in Osaka, Japan. Opened on March 31, 2001, it is one of six Universal Destinations & Experiences, Universal Studios theme parks worldwide and was the first to open outside the United States. The park is owned and operat ...

. It will be the site of

Expo 2025 is a World Expo organised and sanctioned by the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), which is being held in Osaka, Japan. It took place for six months from 13 April to 13 October 2025. This is the second time that Osaka has hosted a Worl ...

, a

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to be held in 2025.

Notable people from Konohana-ku, Osaka

Miyavi , better known by his stage name MIYAVI (雅, ''Miyabi'', stylized in all caps), is a Japanese guitarist, singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor known for his finger- slapping style of playing a guitar. He has been active since 1999, f ...

, Japanese/

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guitarist, singer-songwriter, record producer and actor (Real Name: Takamasa Ishihara,

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: 石原崇雅, ''Ishihara Takamasa'') *

Masaru Hamaguchi is a Japanese comedian and actor from Konohana-ku, Osaka. He is the tsukkomi of the manzai duo, Yoiko, with his partner Shinya Arino. Career Hamaguchi and Arino were classmates that graduated high school and formed a manzai duo in 1990. The ...

(

: 濱口優), Japanese comedian and member of Japanese comic duo Yoiko * Ryohei Odai (

: 小田井涼平), Japanese actor and

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(''

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'' and ''

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'') * You Yokoyama (

: 横山裕),

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, singer, actor, scriptwriter, radio host, lyricist and member of

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* Yuko Nasaka (

: 名坂有子), Japanese

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artist * Kasumi Saeki (

: 佐伯霞), Japanese

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and former

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Transportation

Trains

;

West Japan Railway Company , also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, ...

(JR West) *

Osaka Loop Line The is a railway Circle route, loop line in Japan operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It encircles central Osaka. Part of a second, outer loop line, the Osaka Higashi Line, from Hanaten Station, Hanaten to Kyuhoji Station, Kyuh ...

: Nishikujō Station * Sakurajima Line: Nishikujō Station -

Ajikawaguchi Station is a train station on the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Sakurajima Line (JR Yumesaki Line) in Konohana-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Ajikawaguchi being assigned station numbe ...

- Universal City Station - Sakurajima Station ;

Hanshin Electric Railway is a Japanese private railway company owned by Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group that links Osaka and Kobe. It also owns the Hanshin Tigers baseball team. The first character for Kobe (神戸) and the second character for Osaka (大阪) combine to form ...

Hanshin Namba Line The is a railway line operated by the private railway operator Hanshin Electric Railway connecting Amagasaki Station in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, and Ōsaka Namba Station in Chuo-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. History The , the pre ...

: Nishikujō Station - Chidoribashi Station - Dempō Station ;

Osaka Metro The is a major rapid transit system in the Osaka metropolitan area of Japan, operated by the Osaka Metro Company, Ltd. It serves the city of Osaka and the adjacent municipalities of Higashiosaka, Kadoma, Moriguchi, Sakai, Suita, and Yao. ...

* Chūō Line:

Yumeshima Station is a metro station on the Osaka Metro Chūō Line in Konohana-ku, Osaka, Japan. It is the westernmost station of the Osaka Metro system. Osaka Metro projects that the station will be used by over 130,000 people daily during the Expo 2025. Hi ...

References

External links

Official website of Konohana
{{Authority control Wards of Osaka