Akio

Akio (written: 昭雄あきお, 昭夫あきお, 昭生あきお, 昭男あきお, 明雄あきお, 明夫あきお, 明生あきお, 章雄あきお, 章夫あきお, 章男あきお, 章あきら央ひさし, 彰あきら朗ろう, 彰あきら生せい, 秋雄あきお, 秋夫あきお, 秋男あきお, 陽ひ生せい, 晶夫あきお or あきお in hiragana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Akio Arakawa (1927–2021), Japanese-American climate scientist
• Akio Chen (born 1956), Taiwanese actor
• Akio Chiba (ちば あきお, 1943–1984), Japanese manga artist
• Akio Fukuda (福田ふくだ 昭夫あきお, born 1948), Japanese politician
• Akio Hattori (服部はっとり 晶夫あきお, 1929–2013), Japanese mathematician
• Akio Hong (born 1969), Chinese travel writer, broadcaster, television host, and columnist
• Akio Inoue (井上いのうえ 秋あき緒いとぐち), Japanese lyricist
• Akio Ishii (石井いしい 昭男あきお, born 1955), Japanese baseball player
• Akio Ishikawa (石川いしかわ 陽よう生せい, born 1964), Japanese shogi player
• Akio Jissoji (実相寺じっそうじ 昭雄あきお, 1937–2006), Japanese television and film director
• Akio Kakishita (柿下かきした 秋男あきお, born 1953), Japanese rower
• Akio Kaminaga (神永かみなが 昭夫あきお, 1936–1993), Japanese judoka
• Akio Kanai (金井かない 昭雄あきお, born 1942), Japanese optometrist
• Akio Kanemoto (born 1945), Japanese golfer
• Akio Kashiwagi (柏木かしわぎ 昭男あきお, 1938–1992), Japanese businessman and murder victim
• Akio Katayama (片山かたやま 章雄あきお, born 1957), Japanese historian
• Akio Kogiku (小菊こぎく 昭雄あきお, born 1975), Japanese football manager
• Akio Koizumi (小泉こいずみ 昭男あきお, born 1945), Japanese politician
• Akio Kudo (born 1947), Japanese field hockey player
• Akio Kuwazawa (桑くわ沢さわ 秋雄あきお, born 1959), Japanese cyclist
• Akio Matsuba (松場まつば 秋夫あきお, born 1914), Japanese naval aviator
• Akio Mimura (三村みつむら 明夫あきお, born 1940), Japanese businessman
• Akio Minakami (born 1948), Japanese karateka
• Akio Miyazawa (宮沢みやざわ 章夫あきお, 1956–2022), Japanese playwright, writer, and academic
• Akio Mizuta (水田みずた 章雄あきお, born 1973), Japanese baseball player
• Akio Mori (森もり 昭雄あきお, born 1947), Japanese physiologist and writer
• Akio Morimoto (森本もりもと晃生あきお, born 1960), Japanese racing driver
• Akio Morita (盛田もりた 昭夫あきお, 1921–1999), Japanese businessman
• Akio Johnson Mutek (1958–2013), South Sudanese Roman Catholic bishop
• Akio Nakamori (中森なかもり 明夫あきお, born 1960), Japanese writer
• Akio Nohira (野平のだい 明雄あきお, 1937–2015), Japanese table tennis player
• Akio Nojima (野島のじま 昭生あきお, born 1945), Japanese voice actor, actor and narrator
• Akio Ohta (born 1984), Japanese speed skater
• Akio Ōtsuka (大塚おおつか 明夫あきお, born 1959), Japanese actor and voice actor
• Akio Saito (斉藤さいとう 明雄あきお, born 1955), Japanese baseball player
• Akio Sasajima (笹島ささじま 明夫あきお, born 1952), Japanese jazz guitarist
• Akio Sasaki (佐々木ささき 彰あきら生せい, born 1991), Japanese figure skater
• Akio Sato (disambiguation), multiple people
• Akio Shibata (柴田しばた 明雄あきお, born 1981), Japanese boxer
• Akio Sohda (左右田そうだ 秋雄あきお, 1909–?), Japanese field hockey player
• Akio Sugino (杉野すぎの 昭夫あきお, born 1944), Japanese character designer
• Akio Suyama (陶山すやま 章あきら央ひさし, born 1968), Japanese voice actor
• Akio Suzuki (鈴木すずき 章夫あきお, 1929–2010), Japanese surgeon, medical scientist and educator
• Akio Takamori (1950–2017), Japanese-American sculptor
• Akio Takashima (born 1942), Japanese field hockey player
• Akio Tamashiro, Peruvian karateka
• Akio Toyoda (豊田とよだ 章男あきお, born 1956), president and CEO of Toyota Motor Corporation
• Tsurugamine Akio (鶴つるヶ嶺みね 昭男あきお, 1929–2006), Japanese sumo wrestler
• Akio Usami (宇佐美うさみ 彰あきら朗ろう, born 1943), Japanese long-distance runner
• Akio Watanabe (渡辺わたなべ 明夫あきお, born 1969), Japanese animator
• Akio Yashiro (矢代やしろ 秋雄あきお, 1929–1976), Japanese composer
• Akio Yasuraoka (安良岡やすらおか 章夫あきお, born 1958), Japanese classical composer
• Akio Yoshida (吉田よしだ 明生あきお, born 1986), Japanese footballer

Akio

Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used

Other people

• Jimmy Yang, American wrestler who used Akio as his ring name