Akiyama (written: lit. "autumn mountain") is a

Japanese surname Officially, among Japanese names there are 291,129 different Japanese surnames, as determined by their kanji, although many of these are Japanese orthography, pronounced and romanization of Japanese, romanized similarly. Conversely, some surnames w ...

. Notable people with the surname include: *, general in the Imperial Japanese Army and considered father of the Japanese Cavalry *

Denis Akiyama Denis Van Akiyama (May 28, 1952 – June 28, 2018) was a Canadian actor, best known as providing the voice of Iceman/Bobby Drake, Silver Samurai/Kenuichio Harada and Sunfire in ''X-Men'' and Malachite in the original English version of ''Sailor ...

(1952–2018), Japanese-Canadian actor and voice actor *, Japanese printmaker *, Japanese professional Go player *, Japanese mathematician *, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese massage therapist, former crab fisherman, best known for being the first grand champion (1999) of the TV series ''Sasuke'' *, Japanese conductor *, Japanese baseball manager, former player *, Japanese astronomer *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese writer *, Imperial Japanese Navy admiral *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese actress, gravure idol and television personality *, Japanese Paralympic swimmer *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese photographer *, Japanese female pop artist *, admiral of the Japanese Navy in the Russo-Japanese War, younger brother of Yoshifuru *, Japanese professional baseball player *, Japanese photographer *, Japanese literary critic *

Tadashima Akiyama Tadashima Akiyama, also called , was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi–Momoyama period who hailed from Tajima Province. A rather unknown figure, he is largely remembered for his defeat at the hands of the young Miyamoto Musashi, who was sixteen a ...

, 16th-century samurai known for being defeated by Miyamoto Musashi *, Japanese photographer *, Japanese shōjo manga author and artist *, admiral of the Japanese Navy in World War II *, Japanese sport shooter *

Tetuzi Akiyama Tetuzi Akiyama (Akiyama Tetsuji) (born 13 April 1964) is a Japanese guitarist, violinist, and instrument-maker. Akiyama formed the improvisation group Madhar in 1987, and the classical ensemble Hikyo String Quintet in 1994 (which also included T ...

, Japanese guitarist, violinist, and instrument-maker *, Japanese chef *, Japanese television journalist and cosmonaut *, Japanese sport wrestler *, judoka and mixed martial artist who has fought representing both South Korea and Japan *, Japanese archer *, Japanese engraving artist *, Japanese actress

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*, a character in the manga series ''

K-On! is a Japanese four-panel manga series written and illustrated by Kakifly serialized in Houbunsha's ''Manga Time Kirara'' magazine between the May 2007 and October 2010 issues, and also serialized in Houbunsha's ''Manga Time Kirara Carat ...

'' *, a character in the video game '' Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage!'' *, a character in the television series ''Kamen Rider Ryuki'' *, a character in the anime series ''Digimon Tamers'' *, a character in the manga series ''Liar Game'' *Jan Akiyama, 秋山醤, lead character from the manga series ''

Iron Wok Jan is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Shinji Saijyo. The manga was licensed in English by ComicsOne before the license was transferred to DrMaster. A sequel, ''Iron Wok Jan! R: The Summit Operations'', was also released in Japan by ...

'' *Kaiichiro Akiyama (秋山階一郎) and Baku Akiyama (秋山爆), family members of the lead character from ''

'' *, a character in the anime series ''

Girls und Panzer , abbreviated as ''GuP'' or ''Garupan'' , is a Japanese anime franchise created by Actas which depicts a competition between girls' high schools practicing tank warfare as a sport. The series was directed by Tsutomu ...

'' *, a character in the ''

Yakuza (series) ''Yakuza'', also known as is a Japanese video game franchise created, owned and published by Sega. The franchise incorporates elements of the action-adventure, beat 'em up, and role-playing genres. The storyline premise for each franchise i ...

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