Famous People with Name Akira

Akira Fujimoto            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Akira Fujimoto: Akira Fujimoto is president of Integra Incorporated, a Japanese software company producing visual computing systems which he founded in 1986.[1] Born in Poland as Wieslaw Romanowski, he became a Japanese citizen.[2]

Akira Kurosawa            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Akira Kurosawa: was a prominent Japanese film director, film producer, and screenwriter. His first credited film (Sanshiro Sugata) was released in 1943; his last (Madadayo) in 1993.Akira Kurosawa was born to Isamu and Shima Kurosawa on March 23, 1910. He was the youngest of eight children born to the Kurosawas in a suburb of Tokyo. Shima Kurosawa was forty years old at the time of Akira's birth and his father Isamu was forty-five. Akira Kurosawa grew up in a household with three older brothers and four older sisters. Of his three older brothers, one died before Akira was born and one was already grown and out of the household. One of his four older sisters had also left the home to begin her own family before Kurosawa was born. Kurosawa's next-oldest sibling, a sister he called "Little Big Sister," also died suddenly after a short illness when he was ten years old.

Akira Toriyama            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Akira Toriyama: in 1984, Toriyama was responsible for developing Dragon Ball which was initially serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump. It became an instant accomplishment—primarily selling over 35,000,000 copies in Japan, Dragon Ball eventually became a record-breaking best seller with over 120,000,000 copies sold. Aside from the Japanese fame, the series was equally successful internationally as well, including in the United States and Latin America.

Akira Takasaki            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Akira Takasaki: He first started his music career as a member of the band Lazy with Munetaka Higuchi. His musical style didn't gel with the band and he decided to make his original band, "Loudness". His guitar work has attracted many fans over the world.

Akira Fuse            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Akira Fuse: a Japanese singer who was once married to Olivia Hussey. He debuted in 1965 with the single "Tears and Smiles to You" (Kimi ni Namida to Hohoemi o, "Tears and Smiles to You"?). His greatest hits are "The Scent of Cyclamen" (, Shikuramen no Kaori?) and "You are More Beautiful than a Rose" (, Kimi wa Bara Yori Utsukushii?). He currently makes consistent appearances on television, performs occasional seasonal tours, hosts a late night talk show, and is involved in a number of stage plays. In 2005 he enjoyed a revival when his music was used in the popular Japanese TV-series Kamen Rider Hibiki with its second opening theme "To the Original You" (, Hajimari no Kimi e?) and the ending theme "Boy!" (, Shonen yo!?). He has one child, son Maximillian Fuse

Abe Akira            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Abe Akira: was a contemporary Japanese author. He was born in Hiroshima, where his father, a naval officer, was stationed, but spend the majority of his childhood in the seaside town of Kugenuma. He graduated from the University of Tokyo with a degree in French literature and worked for a broadcasting company until 1971, when he became a full time writer. His literary career began in 1962 with the publication of The Children's Room, (Kodomobeya), an emotional account of growing up with a mentally retarded older brother. Almost all of his stories are autobiographical and based on events from his own life and the lives of his family. His short story, Peaches, published in 1972, has appeared in several anthologies of short stories. Peaches is a beautiful, mystical tale that finds the author questioning the most fundamental source of his art——his memory.

Takekaze Akira            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Takekaze Akira: is a professional sumo wrestler from Akita Prefecture, Japan. A former amateur sumo champion, he turned professional in 2002, reaching the top division the following year. He has been a runner-up in one tournament and earned two special prizes for Fightin