title: Akashi (surname)
text: # Akashi (surname)
  
  Akashi (written: 明石) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Kaijin Akashi (明石 海人, 1901–1939), Japanese poet
  * Akashi Kakuichi (明石 覚一, 1299–1371), Japanese Buddhist monk
  * Ken Akashi (明石 顕, born 1976), Japanese race walker
  * Kenji Akashi (明石 健志, born 1986) Japanese baseball player
  * Masao Akashi (明石 昌夫, born 1957), Japanese musical arranger
  * Momoka Akashi (明石 百夏, born 1981), Japanese musician
  * Akashi Morishige (明石 全登, 1566–1618?), Japanese samurai
  * Akashi Motojiro (明石 元二郎, 1864–1919), Japanese general and Governor General of Taiwan
  * Akashi Shiganosuke (明石 志賀之助, c. 1600–c. 1649), Japanese sumo wrestler
  * Yasushi Akashi (明石 康, born 1931), Japanese diplomat
  
  Fictional characters:
  
  * Akashi Kaoru, character in Psychic Squad
  * Akashi, character in the film Ra.One
  * Akashi Seijūrō, character in Kuroko's Basketball
  * Akashi Yuuna, character in Negima! Magister Negi Magi
  * Akaashi Keiji, character in Haikyu!!
  * Akashi Takeomi, character in Tokyo Revengers
  