Ōshima

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Oshima, Ōshima may refer to:

[edit] Places

• Ōshima (大島, Ōshima^? lit. "big island") (sorted by prefecture):
  • Nii Ōshima Island, part of Niihama in Ehime Prefecture
  • Ōshima, Ehime, an island connected by the Hakata-Ōshima Bridge and the Kurushima-Kaikyo Bridge
  • Ōshima, Fukuoka, a former village in Munakata District, which became part of the city of Munakata, Fukuoka in 2005
  • Amami Ōshima in Kagoshima Prefecture
  • Ōshima District, Kagoshima
  • Oshima, Nagasaki (Kitamatsuura), village in Kitamatsura district
  • Oshima, Nagasaki (Nishisonogi), town in Nishisonogi district
  • Oshima, Niigata
  • Ōshima Subprefecture (Tokyo)
  • Izu Ōshima, one of the Izu Islands in Tokyo
  • Oshima, Toyama
  • Kii Ōshima in Wakayama Prefecture
  • Ōshima District, Yamaguchi, which includes:
    • Ōshima, Yamaguchi, a former town in Oshima District, Yamaguchi, now part of Suō-Ōshima, Yamaguchi
• Oshima (渡島, Oshima^?):
  • Oshima Subprefecture, a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture

[edit] People

Ōshima (大島, Ōshima^?):

• Hiromi Oshima, model and playmate
• Hiroshi Ōshima, Japanese ambassador to Nazi Germany during World War II
• Michiru Oshima, a Japanese composer
• Nagisa Oshima, Japanese film director
• Naoto Ōshima, former character designer for SEGA
• Towa Oshima, manga artist
• Tsutomu Ohshima, martial artist, head of Shotokan Karate of America.

[edit] Company

• Oshima (company) [1], a Media company in South Africa