Akira (name)

Akira (name)

Infobox Given Name Revised
name = Akira


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caption= Akira Kurosawa, a film director
pronunciation= Á-ki-ra
gender = Flagicon|JapanFlagicon|Nigeria Unisex
Flagicon|Scotland Female
meaning = Flagicon|Japan It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Flagicon|Scotland anchor
region = Japanese
Scotish
Nigerian
origin =
related names = Acair
Akiko
Akio
footnotes =

Nihongo|Akira|あきら, アキラ is a common Japanese given name. There are several Kanji for Akira. One popular Kanji is 明 which means "bright", "intelligent", or "clear". Though Akira is normally used to name males, it can be a female name as well. This name is also an anglicized female version of the Scottish male name Acair, meaning "anchor". While in Nigeria, Akira is used as a unisex name.

People

*Akira Fubuki (born 1978), AV Idol
*Akira Fujimoto, president of software company Integra Incorporated
*Akira Haraguchi (born 1946), mental health counsellor
*Akira Hayashi (born 1974), breaststroke swimmer
*Akira Ifukube (昭) (1914-2006), composer of classical music and film scores
*Akira Iida (born 1969), racing driver
*Akira Ishida (彰) (born 1967), voice actor
*Akira Isogawa, fashion designer
*Akira Ito (亮), hockey player
*Akira Ito (章), manga artist
*Akira Jimbo, jazz fusion drummer
*Akira Kamiya (明), voice actor
*Akira Kobayashi, actor
*Akira Kurosawa (明) (1910-1998), film director, producer, and screenwriter
*Akira Machida (顯), the head of the Japanese Supreme Court
*Akira Maeda, wrestler
*Akira Natori (亮), astronomer
*Akira Nogami, wrestler
*Akira Sasanuma (晃), voice actor
*Akira Takasaki (晃), heavy metal guitarist
*Akira Taue (明), professional wrestler
*Akira Terao (聰), musician & actor
*Akira Toriyama (明), manga artist
*Akira Watase (晶), pornstar
*Akira Yamaoka (晃), composer
*Akira Yoshizawa (章), origami artist
*Shizuo Akira, Japanese immunologist

Fictional characters

*Akira (character), a character in "Akira" media
*Akira ("The Simpsons"), a character in "The Simpsons" media
*Akira Kazama, a character in "Rival Schools" media
*Akira Kusano, a character in "Nobuta wo Produce" media
*Akira Mimasaka, a character in "Boys Over Flowers" media
*Akira Okuzaki, a character in "My-HiME" media
*Akira Takano, a character in "School Rumble" media
*Akira Toya, a character in "Hikaru no Go" media
*Akira Yuki, a character in the "Virtua Fighter" universe

ee also

*Kira (given name)


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