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Akira is a very popular given name for both males and females in Japan. Several different kanji can be pronounced "Akira", and most of the characters are variants on basic characters meaning "distinct" or "bright". The same characters may appear together with a second character to form names like Akio or Akihiko, meaning "bright boy".
Kanji characters commonly used for "Akira" include: 明, 晃, 章, 亨, 陽, 日, 彰, 昭
Akira is also a female Scottish name meaning "anchor".
People named Akira:
- Akira Fujimoto, president of software company Integra Incorporated, Polish-born naturalized Japanese citizen
- Akira Ifukube (昭), composer
- Akira Ishida (彰), voice actor
- Akira Itou (章), manga artist
- Akira Kamiya (明), voice actor
- Akira Kurosawa (明), film maker
- Akira Toriyama (明), manga artist
- Akira Yamaoka (晃), composer
Fictional characters named Akira:
- Akira Ijyuin, character in the manga Man of Many Faces
- Akira Mijyou, character in the manga and anime Scryed
- Akira Okuzaki, character in the anime Mai-HiME
- Akira Sudō, character in the manga Tenshi Nanka Ja Nai
- Akira Toya, character in the manga and anime Hikaru no Go
- Akira, character in the video game Rival Schools
Akira is also a well known anime and manga series; see Akira (film).
Akira is a London three-piece alternative rock/post-rock band; see Akira (band).
In the Star Trek fictional universe, there is also an Akira class starship.
Topics referred to by the same term
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