Iga

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title: "Iga" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["japanese-language-surnames"] topic_path: "geography/japan" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iga" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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

People

Japan

• Iga Mori, a Japanese physician who also practised in Hawaii
• Koji Igarashi, a Japanese video game producer, known for his involvement with the Castlevania series
• Ujihiro Iga Japanese aerospace pioneer
• Yuji Iga, 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)

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