Akihiko

Akihiko

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

Akihiko (written: 昭彦, 明彦, 彰彦 or 聡彦) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Akihiko Adachi (安達 明彦, born 1965), Japanese mixed martial artist
• Akihiko Hirata (平田 昭彦, 1927–1984), Japanese actor
• Akihiko Honda (本田 明彦, born 1947), Japanese boxing promoter
• Akihiko Hoshide (星出 彰彦, born 1968), Japanese engineer and astronaut
• Akihiko Ishizumi (石住 昭彦, born 1961), Japanese actor and voice actor
• Akihiko Kamikawa (神川 明彦, born 1966), Japanese footballer and manager
• Akihiko Koike (小池 昭彦, born 1973), Japanese racewalker
• Akihiko Kumashiro (熊代 昭彦, born 1940), Japanese politician
• Akihiko Matsuda (松田 明彦, born 22 June 1965), Japanese volleyball player
• Akihiko Matsui (松井 彰彦, born 1962), Japanese economist and professor
• Akihiko Matsui (松井 聡彦), Japanese video game developer
• Akihiko Mori (森 彰彦, 1966–1998), Japanese video game music composer
• Akihiko Nakamura (中村 明彦, born 1990), Japanese decathlete
• Akihiko Nakaya (中谷 明彦, born 1957), Japanese racing driver
• Akihiko Narita (成田 暁彦, born 1980), Japanese video game composer
• Akihiko Noro (野呂 昭彦, born 1946), Japanese politician
• Akihiko Ohya (大矢 明彦, born 1947), Japanese baseball manager
• Akihiko Okamura (岡村 昭彦, 1929–1985), Japanese photographer
• Akihiko Saito (斎藤 昭彦, 1961–2005), Japanese security guard
• Akihiko Shimizu (清水 明彦, born 1962), Japanese voice actor
• Akihiko Shiota (塩田 明彦, born 1961), Japanese film director and screenwriter
• Akihiko Suzuki (鈴木 昭彦, born 1945), Japanese bobsledder
• Akihiko Tago (多胡 昭彦, born 1932), Japanese astronomer
• Akihiko Takeshige (竹重 安希彦, born 1987), Japanese football goalkeeper
• Akihiko Tanaka (田中 明彦, born 1954), Japanese academic
• Akihiko Yamamoto (山本 明彦, born 1947), Japanese politician
• Akihiko Yamashita (山下 明彦, born 1966), Japanese animator
• Akihiko Yoshida (吉田 明彦, born 1967), Japanese video game artist

Fictional characters

• Akihiko Sanada, a character in the video game Persona 3
• Akihiko Usami ("Usagi"), Junjo Romantica
• Akihiko Kayaba, a character from Sword Art Online
• Akihiko Kajii, a percussionist from GIVEN