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Arts and entertainment

* ''Akira'' (franchise), a Japanese cyberpunk franchise ** ''Akira'' (manga), a 1980s cyberpunk manga by Katsuhiro Otomo ** ''Akira'' (1988 film), an anime film adaptation of the manga ** ''Akira'' (video game), a 1988 video game based on the anime film **'' Akira Psycho Ball'', a 2002 pinball simulator for PlayStation 2 based on the anime film ** ''Akira'' (planned film), a planned live-action film adaptation of the manga * ''Akira'' (2016 Hindi film), a Bollywood film starring Konkana Sen Sharma, Sonakshi Sinha and Anurag Kashyap * ''Akira'' (2016 Kannada film), a Kannada film starring Anish Tejeshwar * ''Akira'' (album), a 2017 album by Black Cab *"Akira", a song by Kaddisfly from ''
Buy Our Intention; We'll Buy You a Unicorn ''Buy Our Intention; We'll Buy You a Unicorn'' is the second full-length album released by Kaddisfly. It is also the title of the album's thirteenth track. Track listing Christopher James Ruff #"La Primera Natural Disaster" – 3:16 #"A Messag ...
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Characters

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Akira Yuki Akira Yuki is a fictional character in the ''Virtua Fighter'' fighting game franchise by Sega. As the series' main protagonist and mascot, Akira appears in every ''Virtua Fighter'' game as a playable character, and is usually shown on the games ...
, a major character of the ''
Virtua Fighter is a series of fighting games created by Sega-AM2 and designer Yu Suzuki. The original ''Virtua Fighter'' was released in October 1993 and has received four main sequels and several spin-offs. The highly influential first ''Virtua Fighter'' game ...
'' series of video games * Akira (''The Simpsons''), a Japanese chef on ''The Simpsons'' * Akira (''Akira''), a character from the 1980s cyberpunk manga of the same name *Akira Hiragi, a character from ''
Valkyrie Drive is a Japanese media franchise created by Marvelous, which was announced at the AnimeJapan convention in March 2015. The franchise consists of three projects; , an anime television series produced by Arms Corporation, which aired in Japan f ...
-Mermaid'' *Akira Kurusu, the protagonist in the manga adaption of ''Persona 5'' * Akira Otoishi, a minor antagonist and antihero in ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' *Akira Nijino, a.k.a. ToQ #6, a character from '' Ressha Sentai ToQger'' *A-Kira, a.k.a. Minoru Tanaka, a character from ''
Death Note ''Death Note'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from December 2003 to May ...
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Other

*''Akira'' class, a class of starship in ''Star Trek''


People

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Akira (given name) is a given name present in a few languages. It is a unisex Japanese given name that is predominantly used for males. There are several kanji for Akira. In Thai, Akira or Arkira ( th, อาคิรา, อาคีรา, อาคีระ ...
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Akira (actor) , known by the stage name Akira, is a Japanese actor and dancer. He is also a member of the all-male J-Pop groups Exile and Exile The Second. Participating Groups Life and career Akira was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He m ...
(born 1981), Japanese actor and dance performer *
Asa Akira Asa Akira (born January 3, 1985) is an American pornographic actress and adult film director. Akira has appeared in over 505 adult films as of May 2016. In 2013, she became the third Asian performer (after Asia Carrera and Stephanie Swift) to w ...
(born 1986), an American pornographic actress, model, and director *Former stage name of
Natalie Horler Natalie Christine Horler (born 23 September 1981) is a German-English singer and television presenter, best known for being the lead singer of the Eurodance group Cascada. Early life and family Natalie Horler was born in Bonn, West Germany, t ...
(born 1981), German singer and television presenter


See also

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Akhirah al-Ākhirah ( ar, الآخرة, derived from ''Akhir'' which means last, ultimate, end or close) is an Arabic term for "the Hereafter". In Islamic eschatology, on the Day of Last Judgment, the natural or temporal world (''dunya'') will come to ...
, an Islamic term referring to the afterlife *
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 ...
, former Khmer Rouge conscripted child soldier *
Aquila (disambiguation) Aquila may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Aquila'', a series of books by S.P. Somtow * ''Aquila'', a 1997 book by Andrew Norriss * ''Aquila'' (children's magazine), a UK-based children's magazine * ''Aquila'' (journal), an orni ...
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Arika is a Japanese video game developer and publisher. It was formed in 1995 by former Capcom employees, originally as ARMtech K.K, later named Arika. The name of the company is the reverse of the name of the company's founder, Akira Nishitani, who ...
, a Japanese video game developer {{disambiguation