# Akio

Akio (written: 昭雄, 昭夫, 昭生, 昭男, 明雄, 明夫, 明生, 章雄, 章夫, 章男, 章央, 彰朗, 彰生, 秋雄, 秋夫, 秋男, 陽生, 晶夫 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 昭夫, born 1948), Japanese politician
* Akio Hattori (服部 晶夫, 1929–2013), Japanese mathematician
* Akio Hong (born 1969), Chinese travel writer, broadcaster, television host, and columnist
* Akio Inoue (井上 秋緒), Japanese lyricist
* Akio Ishii (石井 昭男, born 1955), Japanese baseball player
* Akio Ishikawa (石川 陽生, born 1964), Japanese shogi player
* Akio Jissoji (実相寺 昭雄, 1937–2006), Japanese television and film director
* Akio Kakishita (柿下 秋男, born 1953), Japanese rower
* Akio Kaminaga (神永 昭夫, 1936–1993), Japanese judoka
* Akio Kanai (金井 昭雄, born 1942), Japanese optometrist
* Akio Kanemoto (born 1945), Japanese golfer
* Akio Kashiwagi (柏木 昭男, 1938–1992), Japanese businessman and murder victim
* Akio Katayama (片山 章雄, born 1957), Japanese historian
* Akio Kogiku (小菊 昭雄, born 1975), Japanese football manager
* Akio Koizumi (小泉 昭男, born 1945), Japanese politician
* Akio Kudo (born 1947), Japanese field hockey player
* Akio Kuwazawa (桑沢 秋雄, born 1959), Japanese cyclist
* Akio Matsuba (松場 秋夫, born 1914), Japanese naval aviator
* Akio Mimura (三村 明夫, born 1940), Japanese businessman
* Akio Minakami (born 1948), Japanese karateka
* Akio Miyazawa (宮沢 章夫, 1956–2022), Japanese playwright, writer, and academic
* Akio Mizuta (水田 章雄, born 1973), Japanese baseball player
* Akio Mori (森 昭雄, born 1947), Japanese physiologist and writer
* Akio Morimoto (森本晃生, born 1960), Japanese racing driver
* Akio Morita (盛田 昭夫, 1921–1999), Japanese businessman
* Akio Johnson Mutek (1958–2013), South Sudanese Roman Catholic bishop
* Akio Nakamori (中森 明夫, born 1960), Japanese writer
* Akio Nohira (野平 明雄, 1937–2015), Japanese table tennis player
* Akio Nojima (野島 昭生, born 1945), Japanese voice actor, actor and narrator
* Akio Ohta (born 1984), Japanese speed skater
* Akio Ōtsuka (大塚 明夫, born 1959), Japanese actor and voice actor
* Akio Saito (斉藤 明雄, born 1955), Japanese baseball player
* Akio Sasajima (笹島 明夫, born 1952), Japanese jazz guitarist
* Akio Sasaki (佐々木 彰生, born 1991), Japanese figure skater
* Akio Sato (disambiguation), multiple people
* Akio Shibata (柴田 明雄, born 1981), Japanese boxer
* Akio Sohda (左右田 秋雄, 1909–?), Japanese field hockey player
* Akio Sugino (杉野 昭夫, born 1944), Japanese character designer
* Akio Suyama (陶山 章央, born 1968), Japanese voice actor
* Akio Suzuki (鈴木 章夫, 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 章男, born 1956), president and CEO of Toyota Motor Corporation
* Tsurugamine Akio (鶴ヶ嶺 昭男, 1929–2006), Japanese sumo wrestler
* Akio Usami (宇佐美 彰朗, born 1943), Japanese long-distance runner
* Akio Watanabe (渡辺 明夫, born 1969), Japanese animator
* Akio Yashiro (矢代 秋雄, 1929–1976), Japanese composer
* Akio Yasuraoka (安良岡 章夫, born 1958), Japanese classical composer
* Akio Yoshida (吉田 明生, born 1986), Japanese footballer

## Other people

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