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2026-01-27Peak: 962026-02-25
30-day total: 2,233

Akira may refer to:

People

  • Akira (given name); and a list of people with this given name

Surnames

  • Asa Akira (born 1986), American pornographic actress, model, and director
  • Elly Akira, Japanese pornographic actress
  • Francesco Akira (born 1999), Japanese ring name for Italian wrestler Francesco Begnini

Mononymed people

  • Akira (actor) (born 1981), Japanese actor and dance performer
  • Akira (American wrestler) (born 1993), American professional wrestler
  • Akira Nogami (born 1966; ring name "AKIRA"), Japanese professional wrestler and actor
  • Natalie Horler (born 1981; stage name "Akira"), German singer and television presenter formerly using the stagename "Akira"
  • Akira the Don, stagename of British DJ Adam Narkiewicz
  • Akira the Hustler (born 1969), stagename of Japanese artist Yukio Cho

Fictional characters

  • Akira Yuki, a major character of the Virtua Fighter series of video games
  • Akira (The Simpsons), a Japanese chef on The Simpsons
  • Akira (Akira), a character from the 1980s cyberpunk manga of the same name
  • Akira Hiragi, a character from Valkyrie Drive-Mermaid
  • Akira Kurusu, the protagonist in the manga adaption of Persona 5
  • Akira Otoishi, a minor antagonist and antihero in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
  • Akira Nijino, a.k.a. ToQ #6, a character from Ressha Sentai ToQger
  • A-Kira, a.k.a. Minoru Tanaka, a character from Death Note

Arts and entertainment properties

  • Akira (franchise), a Japanese cyberpunk franchise
    • Akira (manga), a 1980s cyberpunk manga by Katsuhiro Otomo
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