Iga

 ( Japanese-language Surnames ) 

Iga may refer to:

---

Arts and entertainment

• Ambush at Iga Pass, a 1958 Japanese film
• Iga no Kagemaru, Japanese manga series
• Iga, a set of characters from the Japanese novel The Kouga Ninja Scrolls

---

Biology

• Iga (beetle), a genus of beetle in the family Carabidae
• IgA, Immunoglobulin A, an antibody
• Iga, or iga warta, Adnyamathanha name for Capparis mitchelii, the Australian native orange

---

Cuisine

• Iga babi, Indonesian Pork ribs dish from Bali
• Iga penyet, Indonesian fried beef spare ribs dish from Java

---

People

---

Japan

• 1864-1951, a Japanese physician who also practised in Hawaii
• born 1968, nicknamed "Iga", a Japanese video game producer, known for his involvement with the Castlevania series
• 1886-1966 Japanese aerospace pioneer
• born 1965, a Japanese professional ice hockey player

---

Poland

• Iga Baumgart-Witan (born 1989), a Polish sprinter
• Iga Cembrzyńska (born 1939), a Polish actress
• Iga Świątek (born 2001), a Polish tennis player
• Iga Wyrwał (born 1989; also known as Eva or Eve), a Polish glamour model
• Jadwiga (diminutive "Iga"), a Polish female given name

---

Other

• Ayesha Leti-I'iga, New Zealand rugby union player
• Christopher Iga, Ugandan politician

---

Places

---

Japan

• Iga Province, an old province in the area that is today western Mie Prefecture, Japan
• Iga ikki, the confederacy of ninja families that controlled the province from the 1460s until 1581
• Tenshō Iga War, the name of two historical invasions of the province, the second of which ended the Iga ikki
• Iga, Mie, a city in Mie Prefecture, Honshū island, Japan
• Iga Kokubun-ji, a buddhist temple
• Iga Kokuchō ruins, an archaeological site
• Iga Ueno Ninja Festa, annual five-week ninja-themed festival
• Iga ware, style of traditional Japanese pottery from Iga area
• Iga Ueno Castle, a fortification in the centre of town and site of the former headquarters of the Iga ikki
• Iga-ryū (literally “the Iga School”), a school of ninjutsu in Japan

---

Elsewhere

• Iga Idunganran, the official residence of the Oba (king) of Lagos, Nigeria
• Iga Vas, a village in Slovenia

---

Transport

• Iga-Kōzu Station, a railway station on the Osaka line in the city of Iga, Mie prefecture, Japan
• Iga Railway Line, in the city of Iga, Mie prefecture, Japan
• Iga-Kambe Station, a railway station on the other end of Iga line
• Iga-Ueno Station, a railway terminus station on the Iga line
• Iga Station, a railway station on the Kashii Line in Kasuya, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan

---

Other uses

• 1854 Iga–Ueno earthquake, a deadly tremor in the Kansai region of Japan with the epicentre near Iga town
• 8300 Iga (previously 1994 AO2), a main-belt asteroid
• Tanaka-Iga, a Japanese company producing Buddhist goods
• IGA (disambiguation)

Post Comment