Akiya Explained

Akiya (秋谷) is a Japanese surname. Akiya can also mean an abandoned, vacant house (空き家).

Notable people with the surname include:

• , Japanese Buddhist leader
• Karl Ichiro Akiya (1909–2002), Japanese-American activist, Communist, author, and internee
• , Japanese voice actor

Akiya is also a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

• , Japanese retired professional wrestler.
• , Japanese art historian

See also

• Akiya (Assyrian king), an Assyrian king of the old Assyrian period