Akio (written: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , or in hiragana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: * Akio Arakawa (1927–2021), Japanese-American climate scientist * Akio Chen (born 1956), Taiwanese actor *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese politician *, Japanese mathematician * Akio Hong (born 1969), Chinese travel writer, broadcaster, television host, and columnist *, Japanese lyricist * Akio Ishii (石井昭男, born 1955), Japanese baseball player *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese television and film director *, Japanese rower *, Japanese judoka *, Japanese optometrist * Akio Kanemoto (born 1945), Japanese golfer *, Japanese businessman and murder victim *, Japanese historian *, Japanese football manager *, Japanese politician * Akio Kudo (born 1947), Japanese field hockey player *, Japanese cyclist *, Japanese naval aviator *, Japanese businessman * Akio Minakami (born 1948), Japanese karateka *, Japanese playwright, writer, and academic *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese physiologist and writer *, Japanese racing driver *, Japanese businessman * Akio Johnson Mutek (1958–2013), South Sudanese Roman Catholic bishop *, Japanese writer *, Japanese table tennis player *, Japanese voice actor, actor and narrator * Akio Ohta (born 1984), Japanese speed skater *, Japanese actor and voice actor *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese jazz guitarist *, Japanese figure skater * Akio Sato (disambiguation), multiple people *, Japanese boxer *, Japanese field hockey player *, Japanese character designer *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese surgeon, medical scientist and educator * Akio Takamori (1950–2017), Japanese-American sculptor * Akio Takashima (born 1942), Japanese field hockey player * Akio Tamashiro, Peruvian karateka *, president and CEO of

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*, Japanese sumo wrestler *, Japanese long-distance runner *, Japanese animator *, Japanese composer *, Japanese classical composer *, Japanese footballer

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, American wrestler who used Akio as his ring name {{given name Japanese masculine given names Masculine given names