Akamatsu (written: lit. "
red pine
''Pinus resinosa'', known as red pine (also Norway pine in Minnesota), is a pine native to North America.
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Red pine is a coniferous evergreen tree characterized by tall, straight growth. It usually ranges from in height and in trun ...
") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Akamatsu clan
is a Japanese samurai family of direct descent from Minamoto no Morifusa of the Murakami-Genji. Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon''; Papinot, (2003)"Akamatsu" at ''Nobiliare du Japon' ...
**, Japanese ''daimyō''
**, Japanese samurai
**, Japanese samurai
**, Japanese samurai
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Akamatsu Tōshōin, Japanese ''daimyō''
*, Japanese politician
*, Japanese manga artist
*, Japanese politician
*, Japanese baseball player
*Naoki Akamatsu, guitarist in
Hysteric Blue
Hysteric Blue was a Japanese rock band formed in Osaka, Japan in 1997 and disbanded in 2004. During the course of their musical career they released a total of 14 singles, five studio albums, one compilation album, three video compilations, one D ...
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Ryōko Akamatsu
Ryōko Akamatsu (born 24 August 1929) is a Japanese politician. She was Minister of Education in the Hata Cabinet and Hosokawa Cabinet
The Hosokawa Cabinet governed Japan from August 9, 1993, to April 28, 1994, under the leadership of Prime ...
(born 1929), Japanese politician
*, Japanese naval aviator and World War II flying ace
Fictional characters
*, a character in the video game ''Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony''
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Japanese-language surnames