Akane Yoshida

Akane (, ) is the Japanese word for 'deep red' (, ''Akane'', ''Rubia cordifolia'') and is associated with red (from the red dye made from its roots) and brilliant red. ''Akane'' (written in a variety of forms) is both a female Japanese given name, ranked #9 of names to give girls in Japan, as well as a surname. In fiction, the name Akane has been used for various characters in anime, manga, games, books, and comics. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

*, Japanese badminton player
*, Japanese writer
*, Japanese professional wrestler
*, Japanese voice actress
*, member of the Japanese rock band ''Band-Maid''
*, Japanese ice hockey player
*, Japanese actress, model and tarento
*, Japanese ice hockey player
*, Japanese voice actress and singer
*, Japanese Olympic dressage rider
*, Japanese voice actress
*, Japanese idol and model
*, Japanese goalball player
*, Japanese professional footballer
*Akane Ogura (), Japanese manga artist
*Akane Omae (, born 1982), Japanese voice actress
* Akane Osawa (), member of the Japanese pop music duet Tomboy
*, Japanese women's footballer
*, Japanese actress
* Akane Shibata (), Japanese field hockey player
*, Japanese ice hockey player
*Akane Sugazaki (, born 1989), Japanese pop singer and songwriter
*Akane Takayanagi (), member of the Japanese girl idol group SKE48
*Akane Tomonaga (), Japanese voice actress
*, Japanese badminton player
*Akane Yamaguchi (), Japanese badminton player who competed in the 2012 Japan Super Series
*, Japanese competitor in synchronized swimming
*, Japanese rhythmic gymnast
* Akane Yoshida (born 1994), Japanese weightlifter

Surname

*, Japanese model and AV actress
*, Japanese anime director

Fictional characters

*Akane, the main heroine from the video game '' Akane the Kunoichi''
*Akane, senior geisha in the ''Westworld'' series
*Akane, Hikaru's younger sister in ''Parodius''
*Akane, the fox and guardian angel from ''Angel Tales'' (''Tenshi no Shippo'')
*Akane, the Japanese name of Whitney, a character in ''Pokémon''
* Akane Aizawa, in ''Dai Sentai Goggle-V''
*Akane Aoi, a character in the manga and anime series ''Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun''
* Akane Aki, a character in the manga series ''Dash Kappei''
* Akane Asahina a classmate from the series ''Kanokon''
*Akane Fujita, Takoyaki shop owner from the series ''Pretty Cure (2004 TV series)''
*Akane Higurashi, from the anime and manga series ''My-HiME''
* Akane Hino, one of the main characters of the series ''Smile PreCure!''
* Akane Hino, a character in the 2011 mobile game ''The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls''
*Akane Hououji, a character in the manga series ''The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses''
* Akane Inuwaka, a character in the video game series ''Arcana Heart''
*Akane Isshiki, a main character in the anime series ''Vividred Operation''
*Akane Kimidori, in manga and anime series ''Dr. Slump''
*Akane Kino, the younger sister of the main character in the manga series '' Voice Over! Seiyu Academy''
*Akane Kiryu of '' Fatal Frame II''
* Akane Kishida from ''Kitchen Princess''
* Akane Kobayashi, a character in ''Doki Doki School Hours''
* Akane Kurashiki, a major character from the video game series ''Zero Escape''
*Akane Kurokawa, an character in the manga and anime series ''Oshi no Ko''
* Akane Mishima, one of the main characters of ''Kampfer''
* Akane Mizuhara, a main character in the visual novel ''Final Approach''
*Akane Motomiya, a main character in the video game, anime and manga series '' Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time''
*Akane Nakiko, a comic book character from ''Witchblade''
* Akane Narita, in ''Hot Gimmick''
*Akane Osaki, the main character of the manga series ''Akane-banashi''
* Akane Owari, a character from the ''Danganronpa'' series
*Akane Ryuuku, a roleplay character of Gumball Watterson from ''The Amazing World of Gumball''
*Akane Ryuzoji, a character in the manga series ''World's End Harem''
*Akane Sakurada, the main character of the anime and manga series ''Castle Town Dandelion''
*Akane Sakuramori, a character of the light novel series ''I Got Married to the Girl I Hate Most in Class''
* Akane Sano, a main character in the manga series ''Black God''
* Akane Satomura, a main character in the visual novel ''One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e''
*, a character in the ''Chainsaw Man'' anime and manga series
* Akane Serizawa, a minor character in the anime and manga series ''Pani Poni''
*, a character in the anime series ''SSSS.Gridman''
*Akane Shinonome, a character in the anime series '' Little Battlers Experience WARS''
*Akane Soir, a character in the anime and manga series ''My-Otome''
* Akane Sonozaki, in the anime, manga, and visual novel series ''Higurashi When They Cry''
*Akane Suzumiya, a character in ''Kimi ga Nozomu Eien'' and ''Akane Maniax''
* Akane Takigawa, in the manga and anime series ''Cross Game''
* Akane Tachibana, lead character in basketball manga series ''I'll''
* Akane Tendo, in manga and anime series ''Ranma ½''
*Akane Toriyasu, a character in the video game ''Yandere Simulator''
*Akane Carver, a British school girl OC from London, UK
*Akane Tsunemori, a character in the anime ''Psycho-Pass''
* Akane Yagyu, ("Jubei") from the video game, ''Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams''
* Akane Yamano, a character in ''Dual!''
*, a character in the manga series ''Haikyū!!''
*Akane Yanagi, a character in the manga and anime series ''Hori-san to Miyamura-kun''
*Akane Yashiro, a character in the film ''Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla''
* Lady Akane, a concubine in the ''Tales of the Otori''

References

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Japanese feminine given names
Feminine given names
Japanese-language surnames