Aki (pronounced Ah-kee, /ˈækiː/) is a surname, a given name and a nickname. ''Aki'' is a common Japanese, Finnish and Nigerian given name. ''Aki'' is also a Japanese surname, and also of one of the

Vysya Vaishya (Sanskrit: वैश्य, ''vaiśya'') is one of the four varnas of the Hindu social order in India. Vaishyas are classed third in the order of caste hierarchy. The occupation of Vaishyas consists mainly of agriculture, taking care ...

families in India. They mainly reside in Andhra Pradesh, India.

Possible writings in Japanese

* あき, hiragana * アキ, katakana *明, "bright" *燦, "brilliant, bright, radiance" *昭, "shining" *秋, "autumn" *彬, "refined, gentle" *爽, "refreshing, bracing, resonant, sweet" *晶, "sparkle" *暁, "daybreak" *彰, "acknowledge" *晃, "clear" *亜紀, "asia, chronicle" *亜希, "asia, hope" *愛希, "love, hope"

People

Given name

Aki Avni Yitzhak "Aki" Avni ( he, אקי אבני; born ), is an Israeli actor, entertainer and television host. He appeared in the movie '' Free Zone'' with Natalie Portman. He also played the character Mohsen in the second season of the television series ...

(born 1967), Israeli actor, entertainer and television host *

Aki Berg Aki-Petteri Arvid Berg (; born July 28, 1977) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey defenceman. He was drafted third overall by the Los Angeles Kings in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft. He played both for the Kings and the Toronto Maple Leafs ov ...

(born 1977), Finnish former National Hockey League player * Aki Cederberg, Finnish writer, musician and filmmaker *

Aki Hakala The Rasmus is a Finnish rock band that formed in 1994 in Helsinki while the band members were in upper comprehensive school.Main source of the band's history: The original band members were Lauri Ylönen (lead singer-songwriter), Eero Heinonen ...

, Finnish drummer of The Rasmus *, Japanese musician and lyricist *

Aki Heikkinen Aki Heikkinen (born 24 February 1980 in Vieremä) is a Finnish decathlete. His personal best result was 8188 points, achieved in August 2000 in Lahti Lahti (; sv, Lahtis) is a city and municipality in Finland. It is the capital of the region ...

(born 1980), Finnish decathlete * (born 1977), Japanese gravure idol * Aki Jones (1982-2014), American football player * Aki Kangasmäki (born 1989), Finnish ice hockey player *

Aki Karvonen Aki Tapani Karvonen (born 31 August 1957 in Valtimo) is a Finnish former cross-country skier who competed during the 1980s. He won three medals at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, with a silver in the 15 km, and two bronze medals in 5 ...

(born 1957), Finnish cross-country skier * Aki Kaurismäki (born 1957), Finnish screenwriter and film director * (born 1980), Japanese gravure idol *

Aki Lahtinen Aki Lahtinen (born 31 October 1958) is a Finnish former footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football ...

(born 1958), Finnish former footballer * Aki Linnanahde, Finnish TV and radio personality * (born 1985), Japanese actress and singer *

Aki Maeda (MAX) MAX (pronounced "Max") is a Japanese female vocal group. The name is an acronym for "musical active experience". The original members of MAX made their musical debut as members of the Super Monkey's along with lead vocalist Namie Amuro. They bra ...

, a member of the J-pop group ''MAX'' from 2002 to 2008 * (born 1981), Japanese singer * , Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese speed skater *

Aki Ollikainen Aki Ollikainen (born 1973) is a Finnish writer. A photographer and journalist by profession, Ollikainen received widespread acclaim for his debut novel ''Nälkävuosi'' (2012), an account of the Finnish famine of 1866–1868. The book won several ...

(born 1973), Finnish novelist *

Aki Orr Akiva "Aki" Orr ( he, עקיבא "עקי" אור, born Karl Sebastian Sonnenberg; June 19, 1931 – February 7, 2013) was an Israeli writer and political activist. He was an outspoken critic of Zionism and supported a one-state solution to the Isr ...

(1931-2013), Israeli writer and political activist *

Aki Parviainen Aki Uolevi Parviainen (born 26 October 1974) is a retired Finnish track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. He won the gold medal at the 1999 World Championships and the silver medal at the 2001 World Championships. His best th ...

(born 1974), Finnish javelin thrower *

Aki Ra Aki Ra (sometimes written Akira, born ) is a former Khmer Rouge conscripted child soldier who works as a deminer and museum curator in Siem Reap, Cambodia. He has devoted his life to removing landmines in Cambodia and to caring for young landmine ...

(born c. 1973), Cambodian landmine disposal expert and former Khmer Rouge conscripted child soldier *

Aki Riihilahti Aki Pasinpoika Riihilahti (born 9 September 1976, in Helsinki) is a retired Finnish footballer. He is known as a hard working, defensive midfielder. He is now working as the CEO of HJK Helsinki. He was voted by leading European clubs to be the v ...

(born 1976), Finnish retired footballer * (born 1980), Japanese artist based in New York * (born 1988), Japanese former figure skater * Aki Seiuli (born 1992), New Zealand rugby union player * Aki Shibahara, Japanese musician, member of the British indie pop band Warm Jets (1997-?) * (born 1981), Japanese former volleyball player *

Aki Shimazaki Aki Shimazaki (born 1966 in Gifu, Gifu, Gifu, Japan) is a Canadian novelist and Translation, translator. She moved to Canada in 1981, living in Vancouver and Toronto. Since 1991 she has lived in Montreal, where she teaches Japanese language, Japan ...

(born 1954), Canadian novelist and translator * , Japanese manga artist *

Aki Sirkesalo Aki Pekka Antero Sirkesalo (25 July 1962 – 26 December 2004) was a Finnish singer and broadcaster. Career Sirkesalo started his public career in 1984 as an announcer in the Finnish Broadcasting Company radio show ''Rockradio''. In 1986, he fo ...

(1962-2004), Finnish musician *, Japanese ice hockey player * (born 1944), Japanese pianist * (born 1948), Japanese jazz pianist and composer * (born 1970), Japanese former synchronized swimmer *, Japanese speed skater * (born 1986), a Japanese voice actress *, Japanese ice hockey player *

Aki Ulander Aki Ulander (born 29 December 1981 in Oulu) is a Finnish basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary ...

(born 1981), Finnish basketball player * Aki Uusikartano (born 1977), Finnish retired footballer *, Japanese field hockey player *, Japanese slalom canoeist

Nickname or stage name

Aki Aleong Assing "Aki" Aleong (born December 19, 1934) is a Trinidad and Tobago–born American character actor and singer who has also been active in songwriting and musical production. His first important role was in the 1957 movie '' No Down Paymen ...

(born 1934), American actor, singer and songwriter * (born 1986), Japanese football player commonly referred to as "Aki" * (born 1979), Japanese baseball player and manager referred to as "Aki" while playing in Major League Baseball * Aki Kumar (born 1980), Indian-born American blues musician * Akihiko (born 1944), Japanese painter *

Aki Nawaz Aki Nawaz (born Haq Nawaz Qureshi) is an English singer, rapper and musician and part of the band Fun-Da-Mental. He is best known for his controversial lyrics. Profile In the 1980s, using his proper name Haq Qureshi, he played drums with the ...

(), British rapper and musician born Haq Nawaz Qureshi *

Alfred Schmidt (footballer) Alfred "Aki" Schmidt (5 September 1935 – 11 November 2016) was a German football player and manager. Schmidt played as attacking midfielder for Borussia Dortmund from 1956 to 1968, winning the German Cup in 1965 and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cu ...

(1935-2016), German football player and manager *

Aki (rapper) Labyrint formed in 2007 was a Swedish hip hop music group from Gottsunda, Uppsala. After performing for a number of years together, in 2007, they had a breakthrough with "Vår Betong" and in 2009 collaborated with Masse from The Salazar Brother ...

, real name Aleksi Swallow, Swedish rapper with Swedish hip hop band Labyrint

Surname

* (born 1977), Japanese singer-songwriter * Bundee Aki (born 1990), New Zealand-Irish rugby union player * (born 1960), Japanese pink film actress * (1930–2005), Japanese-American geophysicist and professor * Tong Kee or T. Aki (died 1887), Chinese immigrant businessman in the Kingdom of Hawaii involved in the Aki opium scandal * (born 1945), Japanese songwriter, actress, novelist and essayist

Fictional and legendary characters

* Aki the Wealthy, a 10th-century Dane in the medieval Icelandic ''

Egil's Saga ''Egill's Saga'' or ''Egil's saga'' ( non, Egils saga ; ) is an Icelandic saga (family saga) on the lives of the clan of Egill Skallagrímsson (Anglicised as Egill Skallagrimsson), an Icelandic farmer, viking and skald. The saga spans the yea ...

'' *

Aki (James Bond) Aki is a fictional character created for the 1967 ''James Bond'' film ''You Only Live Twice (film), You Only Live Twice''. In the film, Aki, played by Akiko Wakabayashi, is a kunoichi, female ninja agent with the fictional Japanese Secret Intel ...

, from the James Bond film '' You Only Live Twice'' played by

Akiko Wakabayashi is a retired Japanese actress. Career Wakabayashi is best known in English-speaking countries for her role as Bond girl Aki in the 1967 James Bond film '' You Only Live Twice''. Before this, she had made many films in her native Japan, especia ...

* Aki Adagaki (安達垣愛姫), in ''

Masamune-kun's Revenge is a Japanese manga series written by Hazuki Takeoka and illustrated by Tiv. The series is published by Ichijinsha and was serialized in their ''Monthly Comic Rex'' magazine in Japan from October 2012 to June 2018. The series is licensed ...

'' * Aki Hayakawa, from the manga series ''

Chainsaw Man is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tatsuki Fujimoto. Its first part was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from December 2018 to December 2020; its second part began serializati ...

'' * Akiza Izinski, or Akiza, Aki Izayoi from ''

Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's is the second main spin-off of the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise, succeeding ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX'', in celebration of the 40th anniversary of Weekly Shonen Jump and the 15th anniversary of V Jump. The series aired in Japan from April 2, 2008 to Mar ...

'' * Aki Kimura, from ''

Medabots ''Medabots'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese role-playing video game franchise created by Rin Horuma (Horumarin) and currently owned by Imagineer. The main series of RPGs focus on collecting and battling with the titular robots. The bulk of ...

'' * Aki Kino, from ''

Inazuma Eleven is an association football-themed media franchise created by Level-5 (company), Level-5. The franchise began with the release of ''Inazuma Eleven (video game), Inazuma Eleven'' in 2008, with the game series selling over 8 million copies worldwide b ...

'' * Aki Mikage, twin brother of Aya Mikage from '' Ceres: Celestial Legend'' * Aki Ross, from '' Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within'' * Aki Shiina, protagonist of ''

Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou is a Japanese romantic comedy four-panel manga series by Nekoume. It has been serialized in Ichijinsha's ''seinen'' magazine ''Manga 4-Koma Palette'' from 2014 until 2022, after which it was moved to '' Monthly Comic Rex''. There have been ...

'' * Aki Shirashi, protagonist of ''Usurper of the Sun'', a novel by

Hōsuke Nojiri (born 1961 in Mie Prefecture) is a Japanese science fiction writer. After a career as a CAD programmer and game designer, he was first published in 1992, the ''Creguian'' game novelization. He admires Arthur C. Clarke, and his own works are ...

* Aki Tomoya, protagonist of '' Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend'' * Aki Yuko, a doctor from ''

Sky Girls is a Japanese anime franchise produced by Konami and animated by J.C.Staff. A 30-minute OVA episode was released on August 25, 2006 and a television series adaptation aired on Chiba TV from July 5, 2007, to December 27, 2007. Plot In the ...

'' * Aki Zeta-5 (née Aki Lutinnen), leader of the Cybernetic Consciousness faction in '' Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire'' * Aki, one of the seven daughters of the evil demon Aku, specifically trained to destroy ''