Akira Explained

Akira may refer to:

People

• Akira (given name)

and a list of people with this given name

Surnames

• Asa Akira (born 1986), an 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

Other uses

• Akira class, a class of starship in Star Trek
• Akira (climb), a sport climbing route created in 1995 by French climber, Fred Rouhling

See also

• • Akhirah, an Islamic term referring to the afterlife
• Aki Ra, former Khmer Rouge conscripted child soldier
• Aquila (disambiguation)
• Arika, a Japanese video game developer