Tenryu

The Japanese proper name Tenryū can refer to several items.

Places:

• Tenryū, Shizuoka
• Tenryū, Nagano
• Tenryū River
• Tenryū-ji, temple

People:

• Saburo Tenryū (Saburo Wakuta, 1903-1989), former sumo wrestler and early exponent of the aikido martial art.
• Genichiro Tenryu (Genichiro Shimada, born 1950), also a former sumo wrestler, now a professional wrestler.

Other:

• Japanese corvette Tenryū (1883)
• Japanese cruiser Tenryū (1918), a ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN)
• JS Tenryu, a ship of the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF), on active duty as of 2011