Akane

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name = Akane


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gender = Female
meaning = It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
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related names = Sumire
Tsubaki
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Akane (あかね, アカネ) is the Japanese word for madder (茜, "Akane").

("Rubia cordifloria") and is associated with red (from the red dye made from its roots). The original Hinomaru flag was dyed from using madder from Akane town in Fukuoka Prefecture.

"Akane" (natively written in a variety of forms) is also a female Japanese given name. This name can refer to:

People

*Akane Omae (大前 茜, born 1982), a Japanese voice actress
*Akane Ikegami, a Japanese character designer and illustrator

Fictional characters

*Akane, the fox and guardian angel from "Angel Tales" (Tenshi no Shippo)
*Akane Aizawa, a character in "Dai Sentai Goggle V"
*Akane Kimidori, a character in manga and anime series "Dr. Slump"
*Akane Kobayashi, a character in "Doki Doki School Hours" ("Sensei no Ojikan")
*Akane Narita, a character in "Hot Gimmick"
*Akane Suzumiya, a character in "Akane Maniax" and "Kimi ga Nozomu Eien"
*Akane Tendo, a character in manga and anime series "Ranma ½"
*Akane Yamano, a character in "Dual!"
*Akane, the Japanese name of Whitney, a character in "Pokémon"
*Akane, a character of Harukanaru Toki no Naka de ~ Hachiyoshou
*Akane "Jubei" Yagyu, a character from the video game, ""
*Akane Higurashi, a character in "My-HiME", and her "My-Otome" counterpart Akane Soir
*Akane, a character in the "Tales of the Otori" series of books by Lian Hearn
*Akane, a character from the MMORPG "Guild Wars"
*Akane Karasuma, a character in the anime "Sailor Moon Sailor Stars"