Akira may refer to:
Akira as a common name
Akira is a female Scottish name meaning "anchor".
Akira is a 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
People named Akira:
- Akira Fujimoto, president of software company Integra Incorporated, Polish-born naturalized Japanese citizen
- Akira Haraguchi, mental health counsellor known for memorizing digits of pi
- Akira Ifukube (昭), composer
- Akira Ishida (彰), voice actor
- Akira Itou (章), manga artist
- Akira Isogawa, fashion designer
- Akira Kamiya (明), voice actor
- Akira Kurosawa (明), film maker
- Akira Maeda, wrestler
- Akira Natori (亮), astronomer
- Sasanuma Akira (晃), voice actor
- Akira Terao (聰), musician, actor
- Akira Toriyama (明), manga artist
- Akira Yamaoka (晃), composer
- Akira Yoshizawa, origami artist
Fictional characters named Akira: