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'''Akio''' (written: {{Nihongo2|昭雄}}, {{Nihongo2|昭夫}}, {{Nihongo2|昭生}}, {{Nihongo2|昭男}}, {{Nihongo2|明雄}}, {{Nihongo2|明夫}}, {{Nihongo2|明生}}, {{Nihongo2|章雄}}, {{Nihongo2|章夫}}, {{Nihongo2|章男}}, {{Nihongo2|章央}}, {{Nihongo2|彰朗}}, {{Nihongo2|彰生}}, {{Nihongo2|秋雄}}, {{Nihongo2|秋夫}}, {{Nihongo2|秋男}}, {{Nihongo2|陽生}}, {{Nihongo2|晶夫}} or {{Nihongo2|あきお}} in hiragana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

*[[Akio Arakawa]] (1927–2021), Japanese-American climate scientist
*[[Akio Chen]] (born 1956), Taiwanese actor
*{{Nihongo|[[Akio Chiba]]|ちば あきお||1943–1984}}, Japanese manga artist
*{{Nihongo|[[Akio Fujimoto]]|藤元明緒||born 1988}}, Japanese film director 
*{{Nihongo|[[Akio Fukuda]]|福田 昭夫||born 1948}}, Japanese politician
*{{Nihongo|[[Akio Hattori]]|服部 晶夫||1929–2013}}, Japanese mathematician
*[[Akio Hong]] (born 1969), Chinese travel writer, broadcaster, television host, and columnist
*{{Nihongo|[[Akio Inoue]]|井上 秋緒}}, Japanese lyricist
*[[Akio Ishii (baseball)|Akio Ishii]] (石井 昭男, born 1955), Japanese baseball player
*{{Nihongo|[[Akio Ishikawa]]|石川 陽生||born 1964}}, Japanese shogi player
*{{Nihongo|[[Akio Jissoji]]|実相寺 昭雄||1937–2006}}, Japanese television and film director
*{{Nihongo|[[Akio Kakishita]]|柿下 秋男||born 1953}}, Japanese rower
*{{Nihongo|[[Akio Kaminaga]]|神永 昭夫||1936–1993}}, Japanese judoka
*{{Nihongo|[[Akio Kanai]]|金井 昭雄||born 1942}}, Japanese optometrist
*[[Akio Kanemoto]] (born 1945), Japanese golfer
*{{Nihongo|[[Akio Kashiwagi]]|柏木 昭男||1938–1992}}, Japanese businessman and murder victim
*{{Nihongo|[[Akio Katayama]]|片山 章雄||born 1957}}, Japanese historian
*{{Nihongo|[[Akio Kogiku]]|小菊 昭雄|4=born 1975}}, Japanese football manager
*{{Nihongo|[[Akio Koizumi]]|小泉 昭男||born 1945}}, Japanese politician
*[[Akio Kudo]] (born 1947), Japanese field hockey player
*{{Nihongo|[[Akio Kuwazawa]]|桑沢 秋雄||born 1959}}, Japanese cyclist
*{{Nihongo|[[Akio Matsuba]]|松場 秋夫||born 1914}}, Japanese naval aviator
*{{Nihongo|[[Akio Mimura]]|三村 明夫||born 1940}}, Japanese businessman
*[[Akio Minakami]] (born 1948), Japanese karateka
*{{Nihongo|[[Akio Miyazawa]]|宮沢 章夫|4=1956–2022}}, Japanese playwright, writer, and academic
*{{Nihongo|[[Akio Mizuta]]|水田 章雄||born 1973}}, Japanese baseball player
*{{Nihongo|[[Akio Mori]]|森 昭雄||born 1947}}, Japanese physiologist and writer
*{{Nihongo|[[Akio Morimoto]]|森本晃生|4=born 1960}}, Japanese racing driver
*{{Nihongo|[[Akio Morita]]|盛田 昭夫||1921–1999}}, Japanese businessman
*[[Akio Johnson Mutek]] (1958–2013), South Sudanese Roman Catholic bishop
*{{Nihongo|[[Akio Nakamori]]|中森 明夫||born 1960}}, Japanese writer
*{{Nihongo|[[Akio Nohira]]|野平 明雄|4=1937–2015}}, Japanese table tennis player
*{{Nihongo|[[Akio Nojima]]|野島 昭生||born 1945}}, Japanese voice actor, actor and narrator
*[[Akio Ohta]] (born 1984), Japanese speed skater
*{{Nihongo|[[Akio Ōtsuka]]|大塚 明夫||born 1959}}, Japanese actor and voice actor
*{{Nihongo|[[Akio Saito]]|斉藤 明雄||born 1955}}, Japanese baseball player
*{{Nihongo|[[Akio Sasajima]]|笹島 明夫||born 1952}}, Japanese jazz guitarist
*{{Nihongo|[[Akio Sasaki]]|佐々木 彰生||born 1991}}, Japanese figure skater
*[[Akio Sato (disambiguation)]], multiple people
*{{Nihongo|[[Akio Shibata]]|柴田 明雄||born 1981}}, Japanese boxer
*{{Nihongo|[[Akio Sohda]]|左右田 秋雄||1909–?}}, Japanese field hockey player
*{{Nihongo|[[Akio Sugino]]|杉野 昭夫||born 1944}}, Japanese character designer
*{{Nihongo|[[Akio Suyama]]|陶山 章央||born 1968}}, Japanese voice actor
*{{Nihongo|[[Akio Suzuki]]|鈴木 章夫||1929–2010}}, Japanese surgeon, medical scientist and educator
*[[Akio Takamori]] (1950–2017), Japanese-American sculptor
*[[Akio Takashima]] (born 1942), Japanese field hockey player
*[[Akio Tamashiro]], Peruvian karateka
*{{Nihongo|[[Akio Toyoda]]|豊田 章男||born 1956}}, president and CEO of [[Toyota|Toyota Motor Corporation]]
*{{Nihongo|[[Tsurugamine Akio]]|鶴ヶ嶺 昭男||1929–2006}}, Japanese sumo wrestler
*{{Nihongo|[[Akio Usami]]|宇佐美 彰朗||born 1943}}, Japanese long-distance runner
*{{Nihongo|[[Akio Watanabe]]|渡辺 明夫||born 1969}}, Japanese animator
*{{Nihongo|[[Akio Yashiro]]|矢代 秋雄||1929–1976}}, Japanese composer
*{{Nihongo|[[Akio Yasuraoka]]|安良岡 章夫||born 1958}}, Japanese classical composer
*{{Nihongo|[[Akio Yoshida]]|吉田 明生||born 1986}}, Japanese footballer

== Fictional characters ==

* {{Nihongo|Akio Ogino|荻野 明夫||}}, Chihiro's father in [[Spirited Away]]

==Other people==
*[[Jimmy Yang]], American wrestler who used Akio as his ring name

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[[Category:Japanese masculine given names]]
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