Comments for the name Akira

Name of famous Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa.

The meanings "brightness" and "intelligence" are separate for this name. They use different kanji and the different kanji have different meanings for this name. It can also mean "pleasant/cheerful" or "glitter/glisten" or "morning sun" or "chapter of a book" or "shine/throw light".

It is male and female.

Also the name of a famous manga by Katsuhiro Otomo.

Famous bearer is Akira Toriyama, a Japanese cartoonist. His famous works are "Dragon Ball" and "Dr. Slump".

Akira is such a common name because there are at least a hundred ways to write it, each with a completely different meaning.

I have a friend named Akira but she is a girl and so this name can be used for either girl or guy.

Akira Ishida is a famous anime voice actor. He also voiced Tom Riddle in the Japanese version of "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets".

Japanese-born Australian fashion designer Akira Oshigawa bears this name.

Well, I am a girl and my name is Kili-Akira. Akira isn't really my first name, but it is because it's a part of it. I really like my name. Lots of people think that Akira is only a girls name, but it's not. I know a few people named Akira and they are all boys. But people only say that the name is cute when they hear it in my name. But no one can ever pronounce it right. It is KEY-lee a-KEY-ra. That's why everybody calls me Kailey.

The Gransazers (a fictional force entrusted with the powers of Flame, Wind, Earth and Water to guard planet Earth from alien attackers) are probably only well-known in Japan, but here goes anyway: one of the Sazers is called Akira. Being born under the sign of Gemini, he is entrusted with Wind powers (Gemini is an Air Sign).

iFuturelist is a creepy song on DDR. Sung by Akira Yamaoka.

Of Japanese and Scottish origin, meaning 'distinct' and 'anchor' respectively.

Toya Akira is one of the main characters in the popular manga and anime, Hikaru no Go.

Sohma Akira is also a character in Takaya Natsuki's manga Fruits Basket.

Akira is the name of a character in the anime series, "Kikaider" and the drama series, "Kikaida". He's a quiet boy who is the son of an evil professor named Professor Gill.

My daughter's name is Aikira, it is pronounced eye/key/ruh. I made it up. It means "beautiful little one". Now this is the history of the name Aikira.

In the Japanese culture, a name that ends with an "A" is masculine and names ending with an "O" is feminine.

This is a lovely name or either boy or girl. It brings to mind a person who is happy-go-lucky; who can smile and make a bleak room bright and inviting. I wish this was my name. But hey, who says I can't name my kid this in the future?

For all you Akiras out there; stay bright!

Actually, there are no feminine or masculine endings in Japanese names (except perhaps "ko", but that's tied into its meaning). The gender of a name depends on the meaning. For example, Aimi is a feminine name because it is a combination of the elements "love" and "beauty", and Katsu is a masculine name because it means "victory".

The bassist's for the band GazettE's real name is Akira. He's awesome! (This name's beautiful too.)

There are numerous other kanji for Akira as well.

Akira from Monochrome Factor. ^_^

There is an ambient/electronic musician called Akira Kosemura, beautiful music. :)

Means intelligent person.

I think this name is very pretty. I think it's more feminine than masculine and I love its meaning. Keep on shining!

Actually pronounced ah-kee-dah.

Akira Sasaki is a Japanese alpine skier.

Akira is the name of the main protagonist of the Japanese BL visual novel "Togainu no Chi."