Akito is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
- Akito Arima (有馬 朗人) (1930–2020), Japanese nuclear physicist
- Akito Fukumori (福森 晃斗) (born 1992), Japanese footballer
- Akito Fukuta (福田 晃斗, born 1992), Japanese footballer
- Akito Hirose (born 1999), Canadian ice hockey player
- Akito Y. Kawahara, American-Japanese entomologist, scientist, and nature education advocate
- Akito Kawamoto (河本 明人, born 1990), Japanese footballer
- Akito Miura (三浦 旭人) (born 1987), Japanese footballer
- Akito Nakatsuka (中塚 章人), Japanese video game composer and sound director
- Akito Nishigaki (西垣 彰人) (born 1987), Japanese professional wrestler
- Akito Ōkura (大藏彰人, born 1994), Japanese baseball pitcher
- Akito Suzuki (鈴木 章斗, born 2003), Japanese footballer
- Akito Tachibana (橘 章斗) (born 1988), Japanese footballer
- Akito Takabe (髙部瑛斗, born 1997), Japanese baseball player
- Akito Takagi (髙木 彰人, born 1997), Japanese footballer
- Akito Tsuda (津田 明人, born 1966), Japanese photographer
- Akito Watabe (渡部 暁斗) (born 1988), Japanese Nordic combined skier
- Akito Willett (born 1988), Nevisian cricketer
Fictional characters:
- Akito Tenkawa, main character of the anime series Martian Successor Nadesico
- Akito Shinonome, a character in the video game Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage!
- Akito Sohma, leader of the Sohma clan in the manga and anime Fruits Basket
- Akito Hayama, main character in Kodomo no Omocha
- Akito Takagi, main character in Bakuman
- Akito Wanijima, character in the manga and anime Air Gear
- Akito Himenokōji, main character in the light novel and anime series OniAi
- Hiyama Akito, character in the manga, “ICE MOUNTAIN”
- Akito Hyuga, character from Code Geass: Akito the Exiled
See also
edit- Akito, a tonearm manufactured by the music system producer Linn Products