Arakaki is an Okinawan surname. In

Okinawan language Okinawan (, , , ), or more precisely Central Okinawan, is a Northern Ryukyuan languages, Ryukyuan language spoken primarily in the southern half of the Okinawa Island, island of Okinawa, as well as in the surrounding islands of Kerama Islands, K ...

, it pronounced Arakachi. It means New Stone Wall or “wild enclosure”, but actually denoting the enclosure around a Shintō shrine. Notable people with the surname include: *

Alberto Arakaki Alberto Arakaki AKA japa (born May 14, 1972) is a Brazilian professional vert skater. Japa started quad skating when he was 6 in 1978, practiced skateboarding until was 15, and went to bmx flatland from 15 to 18 years old. Them met aggressive in ...

, AKA japa (born 1972), Brazilian professional vert skater * Ankichi Arakaki (1899–1927), Okinawan martial artist * Dennis Arakaki (born 1943), American politician and social worker * Ernesto Arakaki (born 1979), Peruvian football defender playing for Alianza Lima * Hayato Arakaki, Japanese professional baseball player * Hideyoshi Arakaki (born 1998), Peruvian footballer *

Hisako Arakaki is a J-pop singer from Okinawa, Japan, and an original member of the group Super Monkey's. She left at the end of 1993, and later worked as a dance instructor at the Okinawa Actors School is a school in Ginowan, Okinawa which has another ...

(born 1977), Ryukyuan J-pop singer from Okinawa, Japan * Hitoe Arakaki (born 1981), the oldest member of the J-pop group SPEED in Japan * Kiyoshi Arakaki (born 1954), karate practitioner, historian & novelist * Maria Eduarda Arakaki (born 2003), Brazilian rhythmic gymnast * Nagisa Arakaki (born 1980), professional baseball player in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball * Seishō Arakaki (1840–1918), Okinawan martial artist *, Japanese footballer

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