Akina (Japanese name)
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Possible writings
Akina can be written using different kanjiKanji
Kanji are the adopted logographic Chinese characters hanzi that are used in the modern Japanese writing system along with hiragana , katakana , Indo Arabic numerals, and the occasional use of the Latin alphabet...
characters and can mean:
- 明菜, "bright, greens"
- 明奈, "bright, NaraNara Prefectureis a prefecture in the Kansai region on Honshū Island, Japan. The capital is the city of Nara.-History:The present-day Nara Prefecture was created in 1887, making it independent of Osaka Prefecture....
" - 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
Hiragana
is a Japanese syllabary, one basic component of the Japanese writing system, along with katakana, kanji, and the Latin alphabet . Hiragana and katakana are both kana systems, in which each character represents one mora...
or katakana
Katakana
is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji, and in some cases the Latin alphabet . The word katakana means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana scripts are derived from components of more complex kanji. Each kana represents one mora...
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People
- AKINA, a member of a five-girl J-pop idol group Folder 5Folder 5Folder 5 was a five-girl Japanese pop idol group on the avex trax label. The group, consisting of Okinawa-natives, was known for singing Eurobeat-style music.- History of Folder 5 :...
- Akina MinamiAkina Minamiis a Japanese gravure idol and tarento signed to Free Style Company.-Movies:*Wanna be Free!: Tokyo Girl as amateur model*Chorus-tai: Kanojotachi no Kiseki as Aki*Buraburabanban...
(明奈), a Japanese gravure idol - Akina NakamoriAkina Nakamoriis a Japanese pop singer and actress. She was one of the most popular singers of the 1980s in Japan. She is known for her deep, power-house voice....
(明菜), a Japanese pop singer
Fictional characters
- Akina, a character in the anime television series Najica Blitz TacticsNajica Blitz Tacticsis an anime television series by Studio Fantasia. It premiered across Japan between October 4, 2001 and December 27, 2001. The show is similar to that of Agent Aika—both being directed by Katsuhiko Nishijima and animated by Studio Fantasia—with much of the same content.Though Najica was later...
- Akina Hiizumi, a character from the manga Yozakura QuartetYozakura Quartetis a Japanese manga created by Suzuhito Yasuda that began publishing by Kodansha in 2006, and was then published in the US by Del Rey in 2008. The series was animated in Japan and began airing on October 2, 2008; it comprises 12 episodes, all of which have aired. The anime was produced by Nomad and...
- 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 ValkyrieUFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie, aka UFO Princess Valkyrie, is an anime series based on the manga of the same name, which has run for at eleven volumes, and still seems to be continuing...
- Akina "fishing vessel in fleetwood lancashire"
Other uses
- Akina (秋名), a mountain, appears in the anime Initial D