Akihiro

Akihiro

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

Akihiro (written: 昭博, 昭宏, 昭大, 晶大, 昭裕, 明博, 明宏, 明弘, 明広, 晃博, 晃大, 聡寛, 彰宏, 彰洋, 晶洋, 暁洋, 顕弘, 章博, 章広, 観弘 or 彰弘) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Akihiro Asai (born 1975), Japanese racing driver
• Akihiro Endō (遠藤 彰弘, born 1975), Japanese footballer
• Akihiro Fukatsu (深津 旭弘, born 1987), Japanese volleyball player
• Akihiro Gono (郷野 聡寛, born 1974), Japanese mixed martial artist
• Akihiro Hakumura (白村 明弘, born 1991), Japanese baseball player
• Akihiro Hayashi (林 彰洋, born 1987), Japanese footballer
• Akihiro Higashide (東出 輝裕, born 1980), Japanese baseball player and coach
• Akihiro Higuchi, Ukrainian-born film director known by his alias Higuchinsky
• Akihiro Hino (日野 晃博, born 1968), Japanese video game designer and businessman
• Akihiro Hyodo (兵働 昭弘, born 1982), Japanese footballer
• Akihiro Ida (井田 明宏, born 1996), Japanese shogi player
• Akihiro Ienaga (家長 昭博, born 1986), Japanese footballer
• Akihiro Ito (伊藤 明弘), Japanese manga artist
• Akihiro Iwashima (岩島 章博, born 1959), Japanese volleyball player
• Akihiro Kanamori (金森 晶洋, born 1948), Japanese-born American mathematician
• Akihiro Kaneko (金子晃大, born 1997), Japanese kickboxer
• Akihiro Kasamatsu (笠松 昭宏, born 1976), Japanese artistic gymnast
• Akihiro Kitada (北田 暁大, born 1971), Japanese sociologist and associate professor
• Akihiro Kitamura (北村 昭博, born 1979), Japanese actor and director
• Akihiro Koike (小池 明広, born 1962), Japanese rower
• Akihiro Kurihara (栗原 明洋, born 1985), Japanese footballer
• Akihiro Kusumi (楠見 明弘, born 1952), Japanese biologist
• Akihiro Maeda (前田 章宏, born 1983), Japanese baseball player
• Akihiro Maeta (前田 昭博, born 1954), Japanese artist
• Matsumae Akihiro (松前 章広, 1775–1833), Japanese daimyō
• Akihiro Mayama (真山 明大, born 1988), Japanese actor
• Akihiro Mera (目良明裕, born 1967), Japanese sport shooter
• Akihiro Miwa (丸山 明宏, born 1935), Japanese singer, drag queen, director, composer and writer
• Akihiro Murata (村田 顕弘, born 1986), Japanese shogi player
• Akihiro Murayama (村山 暁洋, born 1980), Japanese mixed martial artist
• Akihiro Nagakawa (永川 明広, born 1972), Japanese darts player
• Akihiro Nagashima (永島 昭浩, born 1964), Japanese footballer
• Akihiro Nakamura (中村 彰宏, born 1977), Japanese footballer
• Akihiro Nishimura (politician) (西村 明宏, born 1960), Japanese politician
• Akihiro Nishimura (footballer) (西村 昭宏, born 1958), Japanese footballer and manager
• Akihiro Noda (野田 明弘, born 1988), Japanese footballer
• Akihiro Ohata (大畠 章宏, born 1947), Japanese politician
• Akihiro Ota (太田 昭宏, born 1945), Japanese politician
• Akihiro Rinzaki (林崎 昭裕, born 1942), Japanese sport shooter
• Akihiro Sakata (阪田 章裕, born 1984), Japanese footballer
• Akihiro Sato (footballer, born August 1986) (佐藤 昭大), Japanese footballer
• Akihiro Sato (footballer, born October 1986) (佐藤 晃大), Japanese footballer
• Akihiro Sato (model) (born 1983), Japanese-Brazilian model
• Akihiro Tabata (田畑 昭宏, born 1978), Japanese footballer
• Akihiro Tabuki (田吹昭博, born 1971), Japanese baseball pitcher
• Akihiro Takada (高田 明浩, born 2002), Japanese shogi player
• Akihiro Takizawa (滝澤 明博, born 1961), Japanese biathlete
• Akihiro Togo (十河章浩, born 1967), Japanese baseball player
• Akihiro Tsukatani (塚谷 晃弘, 1919–1995), Japanese composer
• Akihiro Tsukiyama, birth name of Lee Myung-Bak, President of South Korea
• Akihiro Yamada (山田 章博, born 1957), Japanese illustrator and manga artist
• Akihiro Yamaguchi (山口 観弘, born 1994), Japanese swimmer
• Akihiro Yamauchi (山内 晶大, born 1993), Japanese volleyball player
• Akihiro Yanase (柳瀬 明宏, born 1983), Japanese baseball player
• Akihiro Yano (矢野 燿大, born 1968), Japanese baseball player
• Akihiro Yasui (安井 章泰, born 1977), Japanese sprinter
• Akihiro Yoshida (吉田 明博, born 1975), Japanese footballer

Fictional characters

• Akihiro Kurata, a character in the anime series Digimon Data Squad
• Akihiro, also named Daken, a character in Marvel Comics

See also

• 5355 Akihiro, a main-belt asteroid