title: Akinori
text: # Akinori
  
  Akinori (written: 聡徳, 昭徳, 昭典, 明徳, 明憲. 明訓, 明紀, 暉記, 晃教, 晶則 or 彰規) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
  
  * Asashōryū Akinori (朝青龍 明徳, born 1980), Mongolian sumo wrestler
  * Akinori Eto (江渡 聡徳, born 1955), Japanese politician
  * Akinori Ichikawa (市川 暉記, born 1998), Japanese footballer
  * Akinori Iwamura (岩村 明憲, born 1979), Japanese baseball player
  * Akinori Kosaka (小阪 昭典, born 1975), Japanese footballer
  * Akinori Mikami (三上 明紀, born 1969), Japanese footballer
  * Akinori Nakagawa (中川 晃教, born 1982), Japanese singer-songwriter and actor
  * Akinori Nakanishi (仲西 昭徳, born 1954), Japanese automobile designer
  * Akinori Nakayama (中山 彰規, born 1943), Japanese gymnast
  * Akinori Nishizawa (西澤 明訓, born 1976), Japanese footballer
  * Akinori Noma (野間 昭典), Japanese electrophysiologist
  * Akinori Ogata (尾形 明紀, born 1973), Japanese stock car racing driver
  * Akinori Otsuka (大塚 晶則, born 1972), Japanese baseball player
  * Akinori Yonezawa (米澤 明憲, born 1947), Japanese computer scientist
  
  ## Fictional characters
  
  * Akinori Konoha (木葉秋紀), a character from the manga and anime Haikyu!! with the position of wing spiker from Fukurōdani Academy.
  