Akina (given name)

Akina

Pronunciation	AH-kee-nah
Gender	Female
Origin
Meaning	It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Other names
See also	Akiko

Akina (あきな, アキナ) is a Japanese feminine given name.

Possible writings

Akina can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

• 明菜, "bright, greens"
• 明奈, "bright, Nara"
• 明名, "bright, name"
• 明南, "bright, south"
• 秋菜, "autumn, greens"
• 秋名, "autumn, name"
• 亜稀菜, "Asia, rare, greens"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People

• AKINA, a member of a five-girl J-pop idol group Folder 5
• Akina Minami (南 明奈), a Japanese gravure idol
• Akina Nakamori (中森明菜), a Japanese pop singer
• Akina Pau, a Hong-Kong fencer

Fictional characters

• Akina, a character in the anime television series Najica Blitz Tactics
• Akina Hiizumi, a character from the manga Yozakura Quartet
• Akina Yashiro, a character in the shōjo manga series W Pinch
• Akina Nanamura (秋菜), a character in the manga and anime series UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie
• Akina "fishing vessel in fleetwood lancashire"

See also

• Akina (秋名), a mountain, appears in the anime Initial D