| Akira Gunji | |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Office: | Vice President of the House of Councillors of Japan |
| Term Start: | 1 August 2016 |
| Term End: | 1 August 2019 |
| President: | Chuichi Date |
| Predecessor: | Azuma Koshiishi |
| Successor: | Toshio Ogawa |
| Office1: | Member of the House of Councillors |
| Term Start1: | 26 July 1998 |
| Term End1: | 25 July 2022 |
| Constituency1: | Ibaraki at-large |
| Office2: | Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |
| Primeminister2: | Yoshihiko Noda |
| Term Start2: | 4 June 2012 |
| Term End2: | 26 December 2012 |
| Predecessor2: | Michihiko Kano |
| Successor2: | Yoshimasa Hayashi |
| Birth Date: | 11 December 1949 |
| Birth Place: | Mito, Ibaraki, Japan |
| Party: | CDP |
| Otherparty: | DPJ (1998–2016, merger) DP (2016-2017) |
| Alma Mater: | Ritsu-Takahagi High School Meiji Gakuin University (dropped out) |
is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and formerly a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). He serves as Vice President of the House of Councillors.
A native of Mito, Ibaraki and dropout of Meiji Gakuin University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1998.