Akira (given name)

Akira (あきら, アキラ) is a given name present in a few languages. It is a unisex Japanese given name that is predominantly used for males. There are several kanji for Akira.

Possible writings
In Japanese there are many alternative ways to write the name Akira in kanji. This is not an exhaustive list. A popular kanji is 明 (the combination of the two different characters 日 = sun and 月 = moon) which means "the light coming from the sun", "sunlight and moonlight", "bright", "intelligent", "wisdom" or "truth". Though Akira is generally used to name males, sometimes it can be a female name as well.
 * 明, "bright"
 * 亮, "light"
 * 昭, "shining"
 * 光, "light"
 * 昌, "prosper"
 * 晃, "clear"
 * 彰, "acknowledge"
 * 朗; "clear/bright"
 * 晶, "sparkle"
 * 章, "chapter/section"
 * 旭; "rising sun"
 * 顕; "exposure/clarity"
 * 彬, "refined/gentle"
 * 明楽, "bright, ease"
 * 秋良, "autumn, good"
 * 了, "completion"
 * 安喜良, "calm, joy, good"
 * 亜紀良, "asia, chronicle, good"
 * 日日日, "day, day, day"
 * 彬良, "refined/gentle, good"
 * 明良, "bright, good"
 * 旦 "morning/dawn"

People with the name

 * Akira Aizawa (相澤晃), Japanese long-distance runner
 * Akira Akao (赤尾 公), Japanese footballer
 * Akira Akatsuki (暁月 あきら), Japanese manga artist
 * Akira Amano (天野 明), Japanese manga artist
 * Akira Amari (甘利 明), Japanese politician
 * Akira Ando (安東 輝), Japanese footballer
 * Akira Aoyama (青山士), Japanese civil engineer
 * Akira Arimura (有村 章), Japanese endocrinologist, biochemist, physiologist, and professor
 * Akira Asada (浅田 彰), Japanese art critic and curator
 * Akira Asahara (浅原 晃), Japanese Magic: The Gathering player
 * Akira Back (born 1974), Korean-American chef
 * Akira Chen (born 1969), Taiwanese actor and film director
 * Akira Chiba (born 1959), Japanese businessman
 * Akira Corassani (born 1982), Iranian-Swedish mixed martial artist
 * Akira Silvano Disaro (ディサロ 燦 シルヴァーノ), Japanese footballer
 * Akira Eguchi, Japanese pianist
 * Akira Ejiri (江尻 亮), Japanese baseball player
 * Akira Emoto (柄本 明), Japanese actor
 * Akira Endo (遠藤 章), Japanese biochemist
 * Akira Endo (遠藤 明), Japanese-American conductor and music educator
 * Akira Eto (江藤 智), Japanese baseball player
 * Akira Fantini (ファンティーニ 燦), Japanese football goalkeeper
 * Akira Fitzgerald (フィッツジェラルド・アキラ), Japanese football goalkeeper
 * Akira Fujii (藤井 旭), Japanese astrophotographer and astronomer
 * Akira Fujishima (藤嶋 昭), Japanese chemist and university president
 * Akira Fujita (藤田 明), Japanese water polo player
 * Akira Fujiwara (藤原 彰), Japanese historian
 * Akira Furuya (古谷 彰), Japanese anime art director
 * Akira Fuse (布施 明), Japanese singer and actor
 * Akira Gomi (五味 彬), Japanese photographer
 * Akira Gunji (郡司 彰), Japanese politician
 * Akira Hagiwara (萩原 光), Japanese racing driver
 * Akira Hamashita (浜下瑛), Japanese footballer
 * Akira Haraguchi (原口 證), Japanese mental health counsellor
 * Akira Hasegawa (長谷川晃), Japanese physicist and engineer
 * Akira Hatano (秦野 章), Japanese politician
 * Akira Hayami (速水融), Japanese historian and professor
 * Hayashi Akira (林 韑), Japanese scholar and diplomat
 * Akira Hayashi (林 享), Japanese swimmer
 * Akira Higashi (東 輝), Japanese ski jumper
 * Akira Himekawa, pen name used by a Japanese duo of manga artists
 * Akira Hiramoto (平本 アキラ), Japanese manga artist
 * Akira Hirose, Japanese engineer
 * Akira Hokuto (佐々木 久子), Japanese wrestler
 * Akira Hori (堀晃), Japanese science fiction writer
 * Akira Hosomi (1943–2018), Japanese chemist
 * Akira Hyodo (兵頭彰), Japanese wrestler
 * Akira Ibayashi (井林 章), Japanese footballer
 * Akira Ifukube (伊福部 昭), Japanese composer of classical music and film scores
 * Akira Iida (飯田 章), Japanese racing driver
 * Akira Inaba (稲葉 陽), Japanese shogi player
 * Akira Inoue (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Akira Ioane (born 1995), New Zealand rugby player
 * Akira Iriye (born 1934), historian of American diplomatic history
 * Akira Ishibashi (石橋 顕), Japanese sailor
 * Akira Ishida (石田 彰), Japanese voice actor
 * Akira Ishimaru (アキラ 石丸), Japanese-American engineer and academic
 * Akira Isogawa (五十川 明), fashion designer
 * Akira Ito (field hockey) (伊藤 亮), hockey player
 * Akira Itō (manga artist) (伊藤 彰), Japanese manga artist
 * Akira Jimbo (神保 彰), Japanese jazz fusion drummer
 * Akira Kaji (加地 亮), Japanese football player
 * Akira Kamiya (神谷 明), Japanese voice actor
 * Akira Kanbe (かんべ あきら), Japanese manga artist
 * Akira Kawashima (川島 明), Japanese comedian, television personality and actor
 * Akira Kobayashi (小林 旭), Japanese actor and singer
 * Akira Kodama (小玉 晃), Japanese basketball player
 * Akira Komoto (小本 章), Japanese artist
 * Akira Kurosawa (黒澤 明), Japanese film director, producer, and screenwriter
 * Akira Machida (町田 顯), head of the Japanese Supreme Court
 * Akira Maeda (前田 日明), wrestler
 * Akira Masuda (増田 章), Japanese karate practitioner
 * Akira Mitake (見岳 章), Japanese composer
 * Akira Mikazuki (三ヶ月 章), Japanese scholar and politician
 * Akira Morishita (森下 晃), Filipino-Japanese actor and singer
 * Akira Mutō (武藤 章), general in the Imperial Japanese Army
 * Akira Nakaura (中浦 章), Japanese sport wrestler
 * Akira Narahashi (名良橋 晃), Japanese football defender
 * Akira Nishio (西尾 明), Japanese shogi player
 * Akira Nogami (野上 彰), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Akira Raijin (雷陣 明) or Akira Kawabata (川畑 顕) (born 1978), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Akira Sakata (坂田 明), Japanese free jazz saxophonist
 * Akira Sasaki (佐々木 明), Japanese alpine skier
 * Akira Sasanuma (笹沼 尭羅), Japanese voice actor
 * Akira Satō (photographer) (佐藤 明), Japanese photographer
 * Akira Satō (ski jumper) (佐藤 晃), Japanese ski jumper
 * Akira Schmid (born 2000), Swiss ice hockey player
 * Akira Sekine (関根 明良), Japanese voice actress
 * Akira Senju (千住 明), Japanese composer
 * Akira Shima (島 朗), Japanese shogi player
 * Akira Shoji (小路 晃), Japanese professional mixed martial artist
 * Akira Suzuki (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Akira Takabe (高部 聖), Japanese footballer
 * Akira Takarada (宝田 明), Japanese actor
 * Akira Takasaki (高崎 晃), heavy metal guitarist
 * Akira Takayasu (髙安 晃), Japanese sumo wrestler
 * Akira Takeuchi (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Akira Tamura (田村 明), Japanese city planner
 * Akira Taue (田上 明), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Akira Terao (寺尾 聰), entertainer
 * Akira Tomii (富井 周), Japanese diplomat
 * Akira Toriyama (ophthalmologist) (鳥山 晃), Japanese ophthalmologist and photographer
 * Akira Toriyama (鳥山 明), Japanese manga artist and character designer
 * Akira Tozawa (戸澤 陽), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Akira Watanabe (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Akira Yaegashi (八重樫 東), Japanese professional boxer
 * Akira Yamada (山田 晶), Japanese philosopher
 * Akira Yamagishi (山岸 章), Japanese trade unionist
 * Akira Yamaguchi (山口 晃), Japanese artist
 * Akira Yamamoto (山本 旭), Japanese World War II flying ace
 * Akira Yamaoka (山岡 晃), Japanese composer and music producer
 * Akira Yanase (柳瀬 彰良), Japanese water polo player
 * Akira Yoshida (吉田 明), Japanese rugby union player
 * Akira Yoshino (吉野 彰), Japanese chemist
 * Akira Yoshizawa (吉澤 章), Japanese origamist

Fictional characters

 * Akira (Akira), the title character of Akira
 * Akira, a character in the video game Shin Megami Tensei IV
 * Akira (The Simpsons), a character in The Simpsons media
 * Akira, a character in the anime and manga Samurai Deeper Kyo
 * Akira, a character in the manga Dengeki Daisy
 * Akira, the main protagonist in the BL visual novel Togainu no Chi
 * Akira Agarkar Yamada, a character in Tsuritama media
 * Akira Akao, a character in the manga Sakamoto Days
 * Akira Asai, a character from Call of the Night
 * Akira Asaba (麻羽 央), a character in Magical Trans!
 * Akira (Blue Mask), a character in Hikari Sentai Maskman
 * Akira Fudo, the main character in Devilman
 * Akira Fujiwara, a character in Ojamajo Doremi
 * Akira Hayama, a character in the manga Shokugeki no Soma
 * Akira Himi (aka Aqua Current), a character in the light novel Accel World
 * Akira Hojo, a character in Sanctuary
 * Akira Howard, the twin of the main protagonist in Astral Chain
 * Akira Inugami (aka Wolf), a character in the manga Wolf Guy
 * Akira Kaburagi Regendorf, the protagonist in the Dance in the Vampire Bund manga and its anime adaption
 * Akira Kazama, a character in Rival Schools media
 * Akira Kenjou (剣城 あきら), a character in the anime series Kirakira PreCure a la Mode
 * Akira Kogami, a character in Lucky Star franchise
 * Akira Kogane, a character in Voltron: Defender of the Universe, also known as Beast King GoLion (given name changed to 'Keith' for the US adaptations)
 * Akira Kunimi (国見 英), a character from Haikyu!! with the position of wing spiker for Aoba Johsai High
 * Akira Kurusu, the protagonist's name in the manga adaptation of Persona 5
 * Akira Kusano, a character in Nobuta wo Produce media
 * Akira Mado, a supporting character in the manga series Tokyo Ghoul
 * Akira Matsuda, a character from the "Realm of Mystery" saga, written by Alison Oropeza
 * Akira Midousuji (御堂筋 翔 Midōsuji Akira), a character in the manga and anime Yowamushi Pedal
 * Akira Mimasaka, a character in Boys Over Flowers media
 * Akira Momoi, a character in Denshi Sentai Denziman
 * Akira Nijigaoka, a character in Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure
 * Akira Nijino, a character from Ressha Sentai ToQger
 * Akira Nishikiyama, an antagonist from the game series Yakuza
 * Akira Okochi, a character in Negima!: Magister Negi Magi media
 * Akira Okuzaki, a character in My-HiME media
 * Akira Otoishi, a minor antagonist in Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
 * Akira Rai, a character in Jab Tak Hai Jaan
 * Akira Renbokoji, a character in the anime Kakumeiki Valvrave
 * Akira Satou, a character in Katawa Shoujo
 * Akira Sendoh, a character in the manga Slam Dunk
 * Akira Sengoku, the main character in the manga Eden no Ori
 * Akira Shimotsuki, a supporting character in the manga series, Watashi ni xx Shinasai
 * Akira Sohma, a character in Fruits Basket
 * Akira Tachibana (橘 あきら), a protagonist in the manga After the Rain (manga)
 * Akira Tadokoro, one of the eight main protagonists of Live A Live
 * Akira Takano, a character in School Rumble media
 * Akira Takaoka, an antagonist in ''Assassination Classroom
 * Akira Takizawa, a character in the anime Eden of the East
 * Akira Toudou, a character in the Special A
 * Akira Toudou, a character from the manga series World's End Harem
 * Akira Toya, a character in Hikaru no Go media
 * Akira Udō, a character in Air Gear media
 * Akira Yamabuki (Yamatoga in the English dub), a character from the anime series Beyblade Burst
 * Akira Yuki, a character in the Virtua Fighter universe
 * Akira Yukishiro, a character in the Revue Starlight franchise