Akane (, ) is the Japanese word for 'deep red' (, Akane, Rubia cordifolia) and is associated with red (from the red dye made from its roots) and brilliant red. Akane (written in a variety of forms) is both a female Japanese given name, ranked #9 of names to give girls in Japan, as well as a surname. In fiction, the name Akane has been used for various characters in anime, manga, games, books, and comics. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

  • , Japanese badminton player
  • , Japanese writer
  • , Japanese professional wrestler
  • , Japanese voice actress
  • , member of the Japanese rock band Band-Maid
  • , Japanese ice hockey player
  • , Japanese actress, model and tarento
  • , Japanese ice hockey player
  • , Japanese voice actress and singer
  • , Japanese Olympic dressage rider
  • , Japanese voice actress
  • , Japanese idol and model
  • , Japanese goalball player
  • , Japanese professional footballer
  • Akane Ogura (), Japanese manga artist
  • Akane Omae (, born 1982), Japanese voice actress
  • Akane Osawa (), member of the Japanese pop music duet Tomboy
  • , Japanese women's footballer
  • , Japanese actress
  • Akane Shibata (), Japanese field hockey player
  • , Japanese ice hockey player
  • Akane Sugazaki (, born 1989), Japanese pop singer and songwriter
  • Akane Takada (高田 茜) Japanese ballet dancer
  • Akane Takayanagi (), member of the Japanese girl idol group SKE48
  • Akane Tomonaga (), Japanese voice actress
  • , Japanese badminton player
  • Akane Yamaguchi (), Japanese badminton player who competed in the 2012 Japan Super Series
  • , Japanese competitor in synchronized swimming
  • , Japanese rhythmic gymnast
  • Akane Yoshida (born 1994), Japanese weightlifter

Surname

  • , Japanese model and AV actress
  • , Japanese anime director

Fictional characters

  • Akane, the main heroine from the video game Akane the Kunoichi
  • Akane, senior geisha in the Westworld series
  • , Hikaru's younger sister in Parodius
  • , the fox and guardian angel from Angel Tales (Tenshi no Shippo)
  • , the Japanese name of Whitney, a character in Pokémon
  • , in Dai Sentai Goggle-V
  • , a male character in the manga and anime series Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun
  • , a character in the manga series Dash Kappei
  • , a classmate from the series Kanokon
  • , Takoyaki shop owner from the series Pretty Cure (2004 TV series)
  • from the anime and manga series My-HiME
  • , one of the main characters of the series Smile PreCure!
  • , a character in the 2011 mobile game The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls
  • , a character in the manga series The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses
  • (Ema Skye), a character in the Ace Attorney franchise
  • , a character in the video game series Arcana Heart
  • , a main character in the anime series Vividred Operation
  • , in manga and anime series Dr. Slump
  • , the younger sister of the main character in the manga series Voice Over! Seiyu Academy
  • of Fatal Frame II
  • from Kitchen Princess
  • , a character in Doki Doki School Hours
  • , a major character from the video game series Zero Escape
  • , a character in the manga and anime series Oshi no Ko
  • , one of the main characters of Kampfer
  • , a main character in the visual novel Final Approach
  • , a main character in the video game, anime and manga series Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time
  • Akane Nakiko, a comic book character from Witchblade
  • , in Hot Gimmick
  • , a major character in the light novel series The Eminence in Shadow
  • , a character from The Idolmaster Million Live!
  • , the main character of the manga series Akane-banashi
  • , a character from the Danganronpa series
  • Akane Ryuuku, a roleplay character of Gumball Watterson from The Amazing World of Gumball
  • , a character in the manga series World's End Harem
  • , the main character of the anime and manga series Castle Town Dandelion
  • , a main character in the manga series Black God
  • , a main character in the visual novel One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e
  • , a character in the Chainsaw Man anime and manga series
  • , a minor character in the anime and manga series Pani Poni
  • , a character in the anime series SSSS.Gridman
  • , a character in the anime series Little Battlers Experience WARS
  • , a character in the anime and manga series My-Otome
  • , in the anime, manga, and visual novel series Higurashi When They Cry
  • , a character in Kimi ga Nozomu Eien and Akane Maniax
  • , in the manga and anime series Cross Game
  • , lead character in basketball manga series I'll
  • , in manga and anime series Ranma ½
  • Akane Toriyasu, a character in the video game Yandere Simulator
  • , a character in the anime Psycho-Pass
  • , from the video game, Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams
  • , a character in Dual!
  • , a character in the manga series Haikyū!!
  • , a male character in the manga and anime series Hori-san to Miyamura-kun
  • , a character in the film Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla
  • Lady Akane, a concubine in the Tales of the Otori

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