Akebono is a Japanese word meaning ''dawn'' or the color of the sky at dawn. It may refer to:

Science

* ''Akebono'' (fly), a fly genus in the family

Sciomyzidae The family Sciomyzidae belongs to the typical flies (Brachycera) of the order Diptera. They are commonly called marsh flies, and in some cases snail-killing flies due to the food of their larvae. Here, the Huttoninidae, Phaeomyiidae and Teta ...

or Phaeomyiidae *

Akebono (satellite) Akebono (known as EXOS-D before launch) is a satellite to study aurora and Earth's magnetosphere environment. It was developed by Institute of Space and Astronautical Science and launched by M-3SII rocket on February 22, 1989. After 26 years of s ...

, a magnetosphere observation satellite

Ships

* ''

Akebono Maru ''Akebono Maru No. 28'' was a Japanese fishing trawler that capsized on 5 January 1982.The Minerals Management Service of Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, ...

'', several ships * Japanese destroyer ''Akebono'', several ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy and the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force

Other uses

* ''Akebono'' (train), a sleeping-car train in Japan *

Akebono Brake Industry is a Japanese manufacturer of brake components for automobiles, motorcycles, trains, and industrial machinery. The company was founded by Sanji Osame in 1929 as Akebono Sekimen Kogyosho as a response to the demand by the Japan Army Authority ...

, a Japanese manufacturer *

Akebono scale The Akebono scale is a musical scale commonly used in traditional Japanese music. Akebono and the Diatonic scale use the same intervals, but Akebono has no fixed tonic; as such, any Akebono note can be the tonic. The 1891 ''Transactions of the As ...

, a common scale used in Japanese music *

Akebono Tarō is an American-born Japanese former professional sumo wrestler and professional wrestler from Waimānalo, Hawaii. Joining sumo in Japan in 1988, he was trained by pioneering Hawaiian wrestler Takamiyama and rose swiftly up the rankings, reach ...

(born 1969), retired sumo and professional wrestler * Kimura Akebono (1872-1890), Japanese novelist {{Disambiguation