Akari (given name)

Akari (written: 灯, 明里, 明梨, 明理, 朱里, 朱莉, 亜香里, あかり in hiragana or アカリ in katakana) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:


 * Nanawo Akari (ナナヲ アカリ), Japanese musician and YouTuber
 * Akari Akase (あかせ あかり, born 2001), Japanese singer, cosplayer, gravure idol, internet personality, and actress
 * Akari Asahina (朝日奈 あかり), Japanese AV idol, actress and gravure model
 * Akari Endo (born 1989), Dominican-Japanese actress
 * Akari Fujinami (藤波 朱理), Japanese freestyle wrestler
 * Akari Hayami (早見 あかり), Japanese idol, singer, actress and model
 * Akari Hibino (日比野 朱里), Japanese voice actress
 * Akari Inaba (born 1998), Japanese water polo player
 * Akari Kageyama (影山 灯), Japanese voice actress
 * Akari Kaida (海田 明里), Japanese video game composer
 * Akari Kishikawa (岸川 朱里), Japanese retired middle-distance runner
 * Akari Kitō (鬼頭 明里), Japanese voice actress
 * Akari Kurishima (栗島 朱里), Japanese women's footballer
 * Akari Matsukubo (松久保 明梨), Japanese professional footballer
 * Akari Midorikawa (born 2005), Japanese professional squash player
 * Akari Nibu (丹生 明里), Japanese singer, voice actress
 * Akari Ogata (緒方 亜香里), Japanese judoka
 * Akari Oumi (近江 あかり), Japanese volleyball player
 * Akari Saho (佐保 明梨), Japanese idol and singer
 * Akari Shiraki (白木 星), Japanese professional footballer
 * Akari Suda (須田 亜香里), Japanese idol and singer
 * Akari Takeshige (竹重 杏歌理), Japanese professional footballer
 * Akari Takeuchi (竹内 朱莉), Japanese idol and singer
 * Akari Uchida (内田 明理), Japanese video game producer
 * Akari Uemura (植村 あかり), Japanese idol and singer
 * Akari Yamada (山田 朱莉), Japanese model and actress
 * Akari Yoshida (吉田 朱里), Japanese idol and singer

Fictional characters

 * Akari Akaza (赤座 あかり), a character in the manga series YuruYuri
 * Akari Fujisaki (藤崎 あかり), a character in the anime series Hikaru No Go
 * Akari Hanao (花尾 朱莉), a character in the visual novel Moe! Ninja Girls
 * Akari Hinomoto (陽ノ本 アカリ), a character in the anime series Digimon Xros Wars
 * Akari Ichijou (一条 あかり), a character in the video game The Last Blade
 * Akari Kamigishi (神岸 あかり), a character in the visual novel To Heart
 * Akari Kawamoto (川本 あかり), a character in the manga series March Comes in like a Lion
 * Akari Kuzehashi (久世橋 朱里), a character in the manga series Kin-iro Mosaic
 * Akari Mizunashi (水無 灯里), a character in the manga series Aria
 * Akari Mizushima (水嶋 アカリ), a character in the anime series Chance Pop Session
 * Akari Nitta (新田明), a character in the manga and anime series Jujutsu Kaisen
 * Akari Oborodzuka (朧塚アカリ), a character played by Hatsune Miku in the "Onibi Series", a series of songs by Masa.
 * Akari Shinohara (篠原 明里), a character in the anime film 5 Centimeters Per Second
 * Akari Sakura (桜 あかり), a character in the anime series Jewelpet Twinkle
 * Akari Ōzora (大空 あかり), a character in the anime series Aikatsu!
 * Akari Taiyo (太陽 あかり), a character in the anime series Day Break Illusion
 * Akari Tsukumo (九十九 明里), a character in the anime series Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal
 * Akari Unryu (雲竜 あかり), a character in the manga series Ranma ½