Information has been compiled by Jeff Donahoo Agano Class Ships in Class: Agano Meaning: River in Niigata Prefecture Katakana: Hiragana: Noshiro Meaning: River in Akita Prefecture Katakana: Hiragana: Sakawa Meaning: River in Kanagawa Prefecture Katakana: Hiragana: Yahagi Meaning: River in Aichi Prefecture Katakana: Hiragana: Aoba Class Ships in Class: Aoba Meaning: Mountain in Miyagi Prefecture Katakana: Hiragana: Kinugasa Meaning: Mountain in Kyoto Prefecture Katakana: Hiragana: Furutaka Class Furutaka Meaning: Mountain on Eta Jima Katakana: Hiragana: Kako Meaning: River in Hyogo Prefecture Katakana: Hiragana: Ibuki Class Ships in Class: Ibuki Meaning: Mountain in Shiga Prefecture Katakana: Hiragana: Ikoma (?) Meaning: Mountain Katakana: Hiragana: Katori Class Ships in Class: Kashii Meaning: Shrine in Fukuoka Prefecture Katakana: Hiragana: Kashima Meaning: Shrine in Ibaraki Prefecture Katakana: Hiragana: Kashiwara Meaning: Shrine near Mt Unebi, Nara Prefecture Katakana: Hiragana: Katori Meaning: Shrine on Tone River in Chiba Prefecture Katakana: Hiragana: Kuma Class Ships in Class: Kiso Meaning: River in Nagano Prefecture Katakana: Hiragana: Kitakami Meaning: River in Iwate Prefecture Katakana: Hiragana: Kuma Meaning: River in Kumamoto Prefecture Katakana: Hiragana: Oi Meaning: River in Shizuoka Prefecture Katakana: Hiragana: (note: Stern was in hentaigana: ) Tama Meaning: River in southeast Tokyo Katakana: Hiragana: Mogami Class Ships in Class: Kumano Meaning: River in Mie Prefecture Katakana: Hiragana: Mikuma Meaning: River in Oita Prefecture Katakana: Hiragana: Mogami Meaning: River in Yamagata Prefecture Katakana: Hiragana: Suzuya Meaning: River in southern Karafuto (Sakhalin) Island Katakana: Hiragana: Myoko Class Ships in Class: Ashigara Meaning: Mountain in Kanagawa Prefecture Katakana: Hiragana: Haguro Meaning: Mountain in Yamagata Prefecture Katakana: Hiragana: Myoko Meaning: Mountain in Niigata Prefecture Katakana: Hiragana: Nachi Meaning: Mountain in Wakayama Prefecture Katakana: Hiragana: Nagara Class Ships in Class: Abukuma Meaning: River in Fukushima Prefecture Katakana: Hiragana: Isuzu Meaning: River in Mie Prefecture Katakana: Hiragana: Kinu Meaning: River in Tochigi Prefecture Katakana: Hiragana: Nagara Meaning: River in Gifu Prefecture Katakana: Hiragana: Natori Meaning: River in Miyagi Prefecture Katakana: Hiragana: Yura Meaning: River in Kyoto Prefecture Katakana: Hiragana: Oyodo Class Ships in Class: Niyodo Meaning: River in Kochi Prefecture Katakana: Hiragana: Oyodo Meaning: River in Miyazaki Prefecture Katakana: Hiragana: Takao Class Ships in Class: Atago Meaning: Mountain near Kyoto Katakana: Hiragana: Chokai Meaning: Mountain in Yamagata Prefecture Katakana: Hiragana: Maya Meaning: Mountain in Hyogo Prefecture Katakana: Hiragana: Takao Meaning: Mountain east of Kyoto Katakana: Hiragana: Sentai Class Ships in Class: Jintsu Meaning: River in Toyama Prefecture Katakana: Hiragana: Kamo Meaning: River in Kyoto Prefecture Katakana: Hiragana: Kizo Meaning: River in Mie Prefecture Katakana: Hiragana: Naka Meaning: River in Tochigi Prefecture Katakana: Hiragana: Nayoro Meaning: River in Nothern Hohhaido Katakana: Hiragana: Sendai Meaning: River in Kagoshima Prefecture Katakana: Hiragana: Tenryu Class Ships in Class: Tatsuta Meaning: River in Nara Prefecture Katakana: Hiragana: Tenryu Meaning: River flowing from Suwa Lake, Nagano Prefecture Katakana: Hiragana: Tone Class Ships in Class: Chikuma Meaning: River in Nagano Prefecture Katakana: Hiragana: Tone Meaning: River in the Kanto Plain Katakana: Hiragana: Yubari Class Ships in Class: Yubari Meaning: River in Hokkaido originating at Mt Yubari Katakana: Hiragana: