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Ōsumi Province was an old province of Japan in the area that is today the eastern part of Kagoshima Prefecture. It was sometimes called . Ōsumi bordered on Hyūga and Satsuma Provinces. Osumi's ancient capital was near modern Kokubu. During the Sengoku a ...

, a former province of Japan *

Ōsumi Peninsula 261x261px, Satellite image of Ōsumi Peninsula The projects south from the Japanese island of Kyūshū and includes the southernmost point on the island, Cape Sata. Its east coast lies on the Pacific Ocean, while to the west it faces the Satsuma ...

Ōsumi Islands The is an archipelago in the Nansei Islands, and are the northernmost group of the Satsunan Islands, which is in turn part of the Ryukyu Archipelago. The chain extends from the southern tip of Kyushu to Yakushima. Administratively, the group belo ...

, an archipelago at the northern end of the Ryukyu Islands *

Ōsumi (satellite) Ōsumi (or Ohsumi, おおすみ) is the first Japanese satellite put into orbit. It was launched on February 11, 1970 at 04:25 UTC with a Lambda 4S-5 rocket from Uchinoura Space Center by Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science, University ...

, the first Japanese satellite *

Ōsumi class LST Ōsumi can stand for: *Ōsumi Province, a former province of Japan * Ōsumi Peninsula *Ōsumi Islands, an archipelago at the northern end of the Ryukyu Islands * Ōsumi (satellite), the first Japanese satellite * Ōsumi class LST, a class of Japane ...

, a class of Japanese amphibious transport dock

People with the surname

Masaaki Ōsumi is a Japanese director known for his work in animated television series and films. Career Ōsumi was born in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and graduated from School of Media Science at the Tokyo University of Technology. He got his start in the e ...

(born 1934), Japanese anime director *Baron

Mineo Ōsumi Baron was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy and served twice as Minister of the Navy of Japan during the volatile 1930s. Biography Early life Ōsumi was born in what is now the city of Inazawa, Aichi. He was a graduate of the 24th class ...

, a Japanese admiral *

Paul Osumi was a Christian minister in Hawaii. He is best known for his column in the '' Hawaii Hochi'' and the ''Honolulu Advertiser'', "Today's Thought". Early life Osumi was born on June 15, 1905 in Kusatsu, Hiroshima, Japan. He immigrated to Hawaii in ...

, a Japanese Christian minister *

Yoshinori Ohsumi is a Japanese cell biologist specializing in autophagy, the process that cells use to destroy and recycle cellular components. Ohsumi is a professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology's Institute of Innovative Research.Yoshinori Ohsumi's He rec ...

, Japanese cell biologist and 2016 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine {{disambig, geo, surname Japanese-language surnames