Akane

Template:Infobox given name2 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 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
• Akane, Hikaru's younger sister in Parodius
• Akane, the fox and guardian angel from Angel Tales (Tenshi no Shippo)
• Akane, the Japanese name of Whitney, a character in Pokémon
• Akane Aizawa, in Dai Sentai Goggle-V
• Akane Aoi, a character in the manga and anime series Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun
• Akane Aki, a character in the manga series Dash Kappei
• Akane Asahina a classmate from the series Kanokon
• Akane Fujita, Takoyaki shop owner from the series Pretty Cure (2004 TV series)
• Akane Higurashi, from the anime and manga series My-HiME
• Akane Hino, one of the main characters of the series Smile PreCure!
• Akane Hino, a character in the 2011 mobile game The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls
• Akane Hououji, a character in the manga series The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses
• Akane Inuwaka, a character in the video game series Arcana Heart
• Akane Isshiki, a main character in the anime series Vividred Operation
• Akane Kimidori, in manga and anime series Dr. Slump
• Akane Kino, the younger sister of the main character in the manga series Voice Over! Seiyu Academy
• Akane Kiryu of Fatal Frame II
• Akane Kishida from Kitchen Princess
• Akane Kobayashi, a character in Doki Doki School Hours
• Akane Kurashiki, a major character from the video game series Zero Escape
• Akane Kurokawa, an character in the manga and anime series Oshi no Ko
• Akane Mishima, one of the main characters of Kampfer
• Akane Mizuhara, a main character in the visual novel Final Approach
• Akane Motomiya, 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
• Akane Narita, in Hot Gimmick
• Akane Osaki, the main character of the manga series Akane-banashi
• Akane Owari, a character from the Danganronpa series
• Akane Ryuuku, a roleplay character of Gumball Watterson from The Amazing World of Gumball
• Akane Ryuzoji, a character in the manga series World's End Harem
• Akane Sakurada, the main character of the anime and manga series Castle Town Dandelion
• Akane Sakuramori, a character of the light novel series I Got Married to the Girl I Hate Most in Class
• Akane Sano, a main character in the manga series Black God
• Akane Satomura, a main character in the visual novel One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e
• , a character in the Chainsaw Man anime and manga series
• Akane Serizawa, a minor character in the anime and manga series Pani Poni
• , a character in the anime series SSSS.Gridman
• Akane Shinonome, a character in the anime series Little Battlers Experience WARS
• Akane Soir, a character in the anime and manga series My-Otome
• Akane Sonozaki, in the anime, manga, and visual novel series Higurashi When They Cry
• Akane Suzumiya, a character in Kimi ga Nozomu Eien and Akane Maniax
• Akane Takigawa, in the manga and anime series Cross Game
• Akane Tachibana, lead character in basketball manga series I'll
• Akane Tendo, in manga and anime series Ranma ½
• Akane Toriyasu, a character in the video game Yandere Simulator
• Akane Carver, a British school girl OC from London, UK
• Akane Tsunemori, a character in the anime Psycho-Pass
• Akane Yagyu, ("Jubei") from the video game, Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams
• Akane Yamano, a character in Dual!
• , a character in the manga series Haikyū!!
• Akane Yanagi, a character in the manga and anime series Hori-san to Miyamura-kun
• Akane Yashiro, a character in the film Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla
• Lady Akane, a concubine in the Tales of the Otori