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'', 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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