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 ** ''Akira'' (1988 film), an anime film adaptation of the manga ** ''Akira'' (video game), a 1988 video game based on the anime film **''

Akira Psycho Ball is a video game industry Video game developer, developer headquartered in Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan. Founded on February 2, 1987, KAZe is well known for developing various pachinko and pinball video games. Their services include the development ...

'', a 2002 pinball simulator for PlayStation 2 based on the anime film ** ''Akira'' (planned film), a planned live-action film adaptation of the manga * ''Akira'' (2016 Hindi film), an Indian Hindi-language action film by A. R. Murugadoss, starring Sonakshi Sinha * ''Akira'' (2016 Kannada film), an Indian Kannada-language romantic-drama film by G. Naveen Reddy, starring Anish Tejeshwar * ''Akira'' (album), a 2017 album by Black Cab *"Akira", a song by Kaddisfly from '' Buy Our Intention; We'll Buy You a Unicorn''

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